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Notte della Taranta Music Festival Begins in Salento

by Silvia Donati | Tue, 08/05/2014 - 04:29

La Notte della Taranta, one of Europe’s most important folk music festivals, begins today in the Salento area of Apulia, continuing until August 23. Now in its…

Food & Drink

Calici di Stelle: Toasting to Summer

by Silvia Donati | Mon, 08/04/2014 - 05:28

On August 10 every year, on the night of San Lorenzo, wine lovers across Italy enjoy one of summer’s most popular event: Calici di Stelle. Many cellars around…

Culture

Google Glass Technology Used by Italian Opera Company during Live Performance

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 08/01/2014 - 02:30

Google Glass technology was used for the first time during a live opera performance of Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot at the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari, Sardinia,…

Culture

Discover Padua and Its Creative Genius

by Silvia Donati | Thu, 07/31/2014 - 08:26

Throughout summer, visitors to Padua will have the chance to learn more about historical figures hailing from the area, as part of the annual “Notturni d’Arte…

Lifestyle

Rethinking Pistoia Joust after Two Horses Die in Accident

by Katia Amore | Mon, 07/28/2014 - 09:51

Every 25th of July, the city of Pistoia celebrates its local saint, Saint Jacopo, by holding its traditional "Giostra dell'Orso" (The Bear Joust)…

Lifestyle

The End of Miss Muretto Beauty Pageant

by ITALY | Mon, 07/28/2014 - 07:05

'Meno Miss. Più Muretto!' (Literally: 'Less Miss. More Muretto!) this is the latest tweet by the organizers of Miss Muretto beauty pageant in…

Culture

Verona Celebrates Paolo Veronese with a Major Exhibition at Palazzo della Gran Guardia

by Katia Amore | Sun, 07/27/2014 - 04:06

Around one hundred masterpieces by Paolo Caliari , known as Il Veronese, coming from major national and international museums and art galleries…

Culture

What's On in Italy - August 2014

by John Bensalhia | Sat, 07/26/2014 - 02:30

Miracles, music and movies combine to make August a month to remember in Italy, as John Bensalhia finds out... The last sweltering month of summer brings some…

Lifestyle

Procession at Sea: The Feast of St. Andrew

by Barry Lillie | Fri, 07/25/2014 - 02:30

For over 150 years on the last Sunday in July, the sea around the Adriatic coastal town of Pescara is awash with action as a flotilla of fishing boats and…

Lifestyle

Ferrari Test Drive Ends with a Bang

by Silvia Donati | Thu, 07/24/2014 - 02:00

Oops. The test drive on a €150,000 Ferrari California ended with a crash – and with several expletives yelled by the test drive supervisor. At Maranello,…