Italy in Brief

Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff |
The (one) upside of an alarming downturn in water levels? Buried treasure. As Italy’s severe lack of rainfall continues —  with scientists warning that…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff |
As Italy prepares for a general election on September 25, Eike Schmidt, the director of Florence’s state-run Uffizi Galleries — a group that also includes the…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff |
Fifty years ago, a discovery rocked the archeological world and turned the little Calabrian town of Riace into a household name. In 1972, a Roman tourist…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff |
The lush green heart of the city of Florence is about to get a major facelift.  A €50 million mega-project to restore the Boboli Gardens was announced…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff |
Citing lackluster sales due to coronavirus restrictions, coupled with stiff competition from traditional pizzerias getting on the delivery-app bandwagon,…
Travel
by Italy Magazine Staff |
Ever wonder what the Eternal City looked like during the Roman Empire’s heyday? To find out, be a fly on an “Aurelian” wall this August and embark on the…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff |
At midnight on August 5, 2022, it snowed on the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.  The solemn celebration, Madonna della Neve (miracle of the…
Travel
by Italy Magazine Staff |
With the dollar strong against the euro for the first time in two decades — dipping briefly to a one-to-one status in July — Americans have been flocking to…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff |
After a nearly six-year hiatus, the National Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum “Giovanni Antonio Sanna", commonly known as Museo Nazionale “G.A. Sanna”,…
Travel
by Italy Magazine Staff |
To combat pollution, one of many sustainability issues Venice has to face when dealing with tourism, the city is encouraging tourists to drink from water…