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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

Ferrara, City of the Renaissance

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

Even Gondolas Need Some Love

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

Giardino Giusti Verona

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

Italy's Flower

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’…

Pompeii Restoration Project Receives 105 Million Euros Amid Protests Against Austerity Measures in Art

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

Woody Allen Sets New Film "To Rome With Love" in Italy

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

The Villa of the Monsters in Bagheria

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,…

Rome, Colosseum: “Centurions vs Policemen”

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

In Search of Magna Graecia

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…