Articles by Pat Eggleton

Thu, 02/05/2015 - 02:00
For our Italian Delicacies series, we are heading to Sicily this week to tell you about the region’s classic tomato paste, 'strattu. When you visit Si…
Sat, 08/23/2014 - 03:00
The Tuscan island of Elba, Italy’s third largest island after Sardinia and Sicily, is famous in history for being the location French emperor Napoleon…
Tue, 01/04/2011 - 03:33
In Italy one festival quickly follows another and no sooner is the Christmas season over than the Carnival season is upon us. In Tricarico [Matera, Ba…
Wed, 12/29/2010 - 04:24
The Museo Archeologico Virtuale [MAV] at Herculaneum has carried out a virtual reconstruction of the House of the Gladiators at Pompeii, making it pos…
Tue, 12/28/2010 - 12:28
If you are askedLe dà fastidio?the person is not asking you if you are fastidious! The word fastidio means “irritation”or “bother” so the expression m…
Thu, 12/23/2010 - 06:39
It has been announced that Pope Benedict will reach out to children, especially those who are unwell, at Christmas.The Pope will visit children in hos…
Wed, 12/22/2010 - 06:34
As part of the 2011 celebrations of 150 years of Italian Unity, the Italian Ministry of Culture is offering Italian and EU citizens a special birthday…
Tue, 12/21/2010 - 06:35
A novella is not a novel in Italian. It is a short story.A romanzo is not a romance, but a novel.So what do you call a book whose theme is a love sto…
Mon, 12/20/2010 - 05:05
A television advertisement for the new Renault Twingo car has been banned in Italy by both Rai, the state broadcaster and Silvio Berlusconi’s Mediaset…
Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:33
There was never a street market like the one in Catania. If Modica’s weekly market has everything, Catania’s enormous street market has everything an…
Thu, 12/16/2010 - 10:09
Looking for Italy-themed Christmas Cards? Check out these great Christmas cards ITALY Magazine prepared! We are sure that some of you will want to sen…
Wed, 12/15/2010 - 05:21
Much confusion is caused to English speakers by the way in which Italians express centuries from 1000 a.d. to 2000 a.d., so let’s try to clear it up:…
Wed, 12/15/2010 - 03:40
Now here is a calendar for all you romantics out there, for who could go to Italy and not fall in love at least once? The country is so beautiful, th…
Tue, 12/14/2010 - 09:32
We return to Emilia-Romagna this week to take a look at what is probably , to Italians, the most famous New Year festival of them all – “L’anno che ve…
Tue, 12/14/2010 - 04:16
Last month, Italian showgirl Elisabetta Canalis, interviewed in the popular talk show “Che tempo che fa” revealed some fun details about her life with…
Mon, 12/13/2010 - 05:56
Visitors to Florence between now and 23rd January have the opportunity to catch the first exhibition entirely devoted to the art of Agnolo di Cosimo,…
Mon, 12/13/2010 - 05:04
Argentinian model Belen Rodriguez, whose star has risen high in Italy over recent months, is being blamed for the failure of the latest TIM [Telecom I…
Fri, 12/10/2010 - 09:26
The weather in Sicily can be capricious at this time of year and never was it more so than in the past week: on Friday Modica’s Chocobarocco Festival…
Fri, 12/10/2010 - 04:54
Every woman knows that a new pair of shoes can transform her outfit and her life and if those shoes happen to be high-heeled and red, so much the bett…
Fri, 12/10/2010 - 04:48
It is probably the end of the line for a bus driver whose determination to keep a promise to his lady love annoyed passengers in Rome on Tuesday, repo…