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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
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,…
Culture
by Anne Harrison | Tue, 05/08/2012 - 06:16
Well, my window / looked out on the Square where Ogni Santi / meets San Trovaso / things have ends and beginnings [ Ezra Pound Cantos]When Ezra Pound arrived…
Culture
by Kate Wickers | Mon, 05/07/2012 - 07:53
Venture over the Ponte Romano to the eastern bank of Verona’s river Adige and you will find yourself in an oasis of peace and calm. Hidden behind the crumbling…
Culture
by Paul Harcourt Davies | Fri, 05/04/2012 - 08:41
Mother Nature, can be the best gardener, as Paul Harcourt Davies discovers in two parts of the peninsula.Perish the thought that it might be my ‘Italophilia’…
by ITALY | Wed, 04/18/2012 - 04:24
words by Gabi LoganThe European Commission and the Italian Government have jointly pledged 105 million euros to the Great Pompeii Project, a four-year plan to…
Lifestyle
by ITALY | Fri, 04/13/2012 - 04:33
words by Gabi Logan Woody Allen's latest European destination film, To Rome With Love, debuted its first two-minute trailer last week. The film will premiere…
Culture
by Suzanne Edwards | Wed, 04/11/2012 - 06:30
Bagheria, once the playground of rich aristocrats from Palermo, hides a fantastical secret. At the heart of the urban sprawl - amidst traffic chaos,…
by ITALY | Tue, 04/03/2012 - 03:46
When visiting Rome you cannot miss the costumed gladiators and centurions around the Colosseum area offering to pose with you in front of a camera and then…
Culture
by Sylvia Downes | Wed, 02/29/2012 - 06:13
During my last visit to Italy I was on a mission: to track down the ancient Greeks. Why? Because, during earlier trips to Apulia, and Calabria I discovered…