Battle of The Oranges

Culture

Top Ten Italian Carnivals 2013

by Carol King | Fri, 02/01/2013 - 10:35

It’s carnival time in Italy and with it comes the promise merrymaking aided by good food, crazy costumes, spooky masks, spectacular processions of floats and…

Culture

Top Five Fun Festivals in Italy

by John Bensalhia | Mon, 01/21/2013 - 06:46

John Bensalhia looks at five well-known Italian festivals, and investigates their backgrounds and notable quirks.In June 2012, we listed some of the notable…

Culture

Carnival of Ivrea

by Carla Passino | Thu, 01/22/2009 - 04:28

Ivrea’s long Carnival starts on Twelfth night. On the Twelfth night of 200 years ago, to be precise. Some of the town’s Carnival traditions date from the…

Lifestyle

180 injured in Ivrea Carnival orange battle

by ITALY | Tue, 02/20/2007 - 05:58

Some 180 people were injured in this year's Battle of the Oranges, the high point of carnival celebration in this suburb of Turin.An estimated 120,000 people…