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Rome's Colosseum Will Begin 2.5-Year Restoration in December

by Gabi Logan | Fri, 08/24/2012 - 05:48

Italian Minister of Culture, Lorenzo Ornaghi, announced late last month that the long-awaited restoration of Rome's Colosseum, funded by billionaire Diego…

Travel

Genova: 'La Superba'

by Teresa Fisher | Mon, 08/13/2012 - 08:58

Genoa does not yield up its charms easily, but to really know it is to love it. Teresa Fisher reports on a city of contrasts.Picture this: a small, compact…

Travel

200 Steps From San Marco

by Anne Harrison | Wed, 08/01/2012 - 09:13

The morning mists still swirled over the lagoon as the ferry approached Venice. At first all we could see were wooden channel markers (bricole) as they drifted…

Flemish Painter Utens' Birds-eye-view paintings of the Medici Villas on Display in Villa La Petraia

by Gabi Logan | Tue, 07/24/2012 - 09:07

Through the 30th of September 2012, villa La Petraia in the Chianti mountains, is hosting three of Flemish painter Justus Utens birds-eye-view paintings of the…

Culture

Discovering the Bardini Gardens in Florence

by Hugh Macindoe | Wed, 07/11/2012 - 06:27

Only a few hundred metres from the back gate of the Boboli Gardens and the Costa San Giorgio will lead you to another wonderful, less crowded garden. The…

Culture

Italian Art and Cultural Centre to Open Next to Louvre and Guggenheim in Abu Dhabi

by Gabi Logan | Thu, 06/28/2012 - 04:27

Abu Dhabi has announced plans to build the Palazzo Italia cultural centre and an Italian language school on its new cultural and residential island development…

Travel

Florence: Summer and The City

by Gabi Logan | Thu, 06/21/2012 - 13:04

words by Gabi LoganDespite the fact that it's muggy, searingly hot, and more crowded than a sports bar during the Euro Cup finals, summer is the most popular…

Culture

Bologna: The Real Italy

by Sandra Srivastava | Fri, 05/25/2012 - 08:11

Bologna, the capital of the region of Emilia-Romagna, in northern Italy, has a population of approximately 390,000, including 80,000 university students. It is…

Culture

Day Tripper: The Elegant City of Parma

by Sandra Srivastava | Wed, 05/23/2012 - 09:07

The elegant city of Parma, in Emilia-Romagna, is one of Italy’s most prosperous cities and has one of the world’s oldest universities. It is known as ‘the…

Travel

Ferrara, City of the Renaissance

by Sandra Srivastava | Tue, 05/22/2012 - 09:03

In 1995 the city of Ferrara was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site named ‘City of Ferrara’. In 1999 its designation was extended and renamed ‘Ferrara,…