Word of the Week

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by Silvia Donati | Mon, 02/09/2015 - 03:00
The 65th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival begins this week in the charming coastal town of Sanremo, also known as "la città dei fiori", the city of…
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by Silvia Donati | Mon, 02/02/2015 - 06:04
As we plan to run several articles dedicated to the beautiful island of Sicily this month, we decided our Word of the Week would be isola - island.  La Sicilia…
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by Silvia Donati | Mon, 01/26/2015 - 11:35
This is the time of the year when many Italian families head to the beautiful mountains of Italy for the much beloved "settimana bianca" (white week),…
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by Silvia Donati | Mon, 01/19/2015 - 08:44
Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano resigned last week, setting the stage for the election of a new head of state, which will take place over the next couple…
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by Silvia Donati | Mon, 01/12/2015 - 09:11
Given the bleak international news making headlines just a few days into the new year, we decided our Word of the Week would be pace - peace.   Pace is a…
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by Alesha Allen | Mon, 01/05/2015 - 09:10
  Having spent five winters in Rome, I never saw snow - la neve - like in the UK. However, I have spent a very wintery weekend in Venice a few years ago, where…
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by Silvia Donati | Mon, 12/29/2014 - 05:22
2014 is ending and a new year is about to begin, so our Word of the Week is anno, year. The plural is anni, years. New Year's Eve is Capodanno - the new year…
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by Silvia Donati | Mon, 12/15/2014 - 09:28
Catholics in Italy just recently celebrated the Feast Day of Santa Lucia, on December 13. St. Lucy is the patron saint of the blind and those with eye-trouble…
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by Silvia Donati | Mon, 12/01/2014 - 08:49
This Sunday, December 7, Italy’s most famous opera theater, La Scala in Milan, inaugurates its annual opera season, awaited with anticipation by music lovers.…
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by Silvia Donati | Mon, 11/24/2014 - 09:54
We’ve followed with trepidation astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti’s launch into space to reach the International Space Station, which happened last night.…