Articles by ITALY
Thu, 04/05/2012 - 04:50
This year, Pope Benedict XVI will lead the traditional Via Crucis on Good Friday at the Colosseum in Rome and the event will be broadcast worldwide.…
Wed, 04/04/2012 - 05:20
Giorgio Armani will be designing the uniform for the Italian Olympic team while Prada will sponsor the the Italian national sailing team. EA7 Armani,…
Tue, 04/03/2012 - 08:54
An unprecedented exhibition and media event, "Lux in Arcana", has recently opened at the Capitoline Museums in Rome to mark the 4th Centenary of the f…
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…
Mon, 04/02/2012 - 04:31
Last week, Carolina Kostner won the gold medal at the ISU 2012 World Figure Skating Championships in Nice with a new personal best of 128.94 in Saturd…
Fri, 03/30/2012 - 05:03
The water flowing through Venice’s famous canals lapping against the majestic palazzi, creating that special charming atmosphere is getting a little h…
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 09:58
Earlier this month, the newly appointed Italian Ambassador to the United States, Claudio Bisogniero, announced that 2013 will be the Year of Italian C…
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 03:54
On the 24th of March, a new exhibition entitled "Lazzi, sberleffi e dipinti" (jokes, mockery and paintings) featuring paintings and art creations of…
Wed, 03/28/2012 - 05:32
As the sole sponsor of the Louvre’s latest exhibition on Leonardo da Vinci, the Italian fashion house, Salvatore Ferragamo, has been granted the histo…
Tue, 03/27/2012 - 10:35
The Italian Culture Institute in New York has launched a series of events to celebrate the 100th-year anniversary of the great Italian film director M…
Tue, 03/27/2012 - 06:32
The Louvre Museum proposes a major exhibition as part of the restoration of St. Anne by Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo’s masterwork The Virgin and Child…
Mon, 03/26/2012 - 04:04
words by Elizabeth Ganley-RoperEarlier this month, the Vatican announced the first international competition for a piece of sacred music to be sung by…
Fri, 03/23/2012 - 05:01
words by Elizabeth Ganley-RoperThe most popular and longest-standing American soap opera, The Bold and The Beautiful, or as it is known in Italy simp…
Thu, 03/22/2012 - 10:07
words by Elizabeth Ganley-RoperEarlier this month, a number of museum curators and managers working for some of Italy’s most important museums, librar…
Thu, 03/22/2012 - 05:11
words by Elizabeth Ganley-Roper
Yesterday, just four days after celebrating his 92nd birthday, Tonino Guerra passed away. Born in Santarcangelo di Ro…
Wed, 03/21/2012 - 06:12
words by Elizabeth Ganley-RoperThe anti-racist group and advisor to the United Nations, Gherush92, has declared that Dante Alighieri’s infamous Divine…
Tue, 03/20/2012 - 09:53
words by Elizabeth Ganley-RoperA new controversial book, Ricette Proibite: Rane, Asini, Rondinotti, Gatti e Tartarughe nella Tradizione Alimentare by…
Tue, 03/20/2012 - 05:27
words by Elizabeth Ganley-RoperIn Spoleto, an Italian man is suing the lover of his wife of 18 years for €600,000 in physiological damages. This is th…
Fri, 03/16/2012 - 09:22
An "old lady" steeped in the culture and history of Italy, who provided hospitality for emperors, popes, artists and the nobility. No, we are not spea…
Fri, 03/16/2012 - 06:50
Until now, American audiences have had to make do with mere glimpses of the brilliant career of Lorenzo Cherubini, better known as Jovanotti, Italy’s…