UNESCO World Heritage Site

Travel
by Alexa Ahern | Mon, 04/04/2022 - 16:07
Just an hour northwest of Milan, the city of Varese is an often-overlooked destination with a lot to see, whether you’re into culture and art or the outdoors.…
Food & Drink
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 12/21/2021 - 03:16
Truffle hunting and extraction in Italy was inscribed onto UNESCO’s List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on December 16, 2021. Described by…
Travel
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 10/15/2021 - 04:21
A native Bolognese writer takes us on a tour of Bologna’s porticoes, recently inscribed by UNESCO onto its World Heritage list.  With its 62 kilometers of…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 08/03/2021 - 04:49
Italy has just added two more sites to its long list of Unesco-inscribed places and monuments, art and architecture, for a total of 58 Unesco World Heritage…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 05/13/2021 - 07:17
Is the espresso coffee ritual an Italian or a Neapolitan tradition? That is the question at the center of a debate that sees two different candidates fight for…
Travel
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 04/15/2021 - 04:41
Classified as one of Italy’s most beautiful historic villages, Civita di Bagnoregio will be vying for Unesco World Heritage status.  The proposal came early…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 01/12/2021 - 00:00
Italy is the country with the largest number of Unesco World Heritage sites in the world, and, every year, more areas or monuments vie for the prestigious…
Food & Drink
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 01/08/2021 - 00:00
Among Italy’s Unesco World Heritage Sites aren’t just artworks, castles, cities and monuments; there are also entire areas, such as the vineyard landscape of…
Travel
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 08/28/2020 - 00:00
How limiting to be visiting a place based on just one world-famous site in order to take a quick snapshot to post on social media and then leave. This is often…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 10/22/2019 - 05:06
The Cavallerizza Reale in Turin, a Unesco World Heritage site, caught fire early on Monday. A portion of the roof collapsed. Turin firefighters extinguished…