Italy in Brief

Food & Drink
by Italy Magazine Staff | Tue, 09/13/2022 - 11:54
After offering (ostensibly) helpful cooking advice for those concerned about Europe's looming energy crisis, and the home-hitting consequences of inflation,…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff | Thu, 09/08/2022 - 08:16
For the first time since 1881, two Italian men reached the quarter-finals of the US Open tennis tournament in the same year.   Causing a stir around the…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff | Mon, 09/05/2022 - 16:09
Calling all young men: The world’s smallest army charged with “protecting and serving” the Pope and the Holy See wants you.  Watching over the Pontiff and the…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff | Wed, 08/31/2022 - 11:25
In two separate events this weekend, Italian supergroup Måneskin and longtime pop-rap icon Jovanotti set tongues wagging — but for entirely different reasons…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff | Mon, 08/29/2022 - 11:56
The (one) upside of an alarming downturn in water levels? Buried treasure. As Italy’s severe lack of rainfall continues —  with scientists warning that the…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff | Tue, 08/23/2022 - 11:10
As Italy prepares for a general election on September 25, Eike Schmidt, the director of Florence’s state-run Uffizi Galleries — a group that also includes the…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff | Mon, 08/22/2022 - 01:23
Fifty years ago, a discovery rocked the archeological world and turned the little Calabrian town of Riace into a household name. In 1972, a Roman tourist…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff | Tue, 08/16/2022 - 10:53
The lush green heart of the city of Florence is about to get a major facelift.  A €50 million mega-project to restore the Boboli Gardens was announced last…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff | Mon, 08/15/2022 - 19:54
Citing lackluster sales due to coronavirus restrictions, coupled with stiff competition from traditional pizzerias getting on the delivery-app bandwagon,…
Travel
by Italy Magazine Staff | Wed, 08/10/2022 - 10:44
Ever wonder what the Eternal City looked like during the Roman Empire’s heyday? To find out, be a fly on an “Aurelian” wall this August and embark on the…