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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.…
Giorgio Armani will be designing the uniform for the Italian Olympic team while Prada will sponsor the the Italian national sailing team. EA7 Armani,…
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…
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…
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…
The water flowing through Venice’s famous canals lapping against the majestic palazzi, creating that special charming atmosphere is getting a little h…
Earlier this month, the newly appointed Italian Ambassador to the United States, Claudio Bisogniero, announced that 2013 will be the Year of Italian C…
On the 24th of March, a new exhibition entitled "Lazzi, sberleffi e dipinti" (jokes, mockery and paintings) featuring paintings and art creations of…
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…
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…
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…
words by Elizabeth Ganley-RoperEarlier this month, the Vatican announced the first international competition for a piece of sacred music to be sung by…
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…
words by Elizabeth Ganley-RoperEarlier this month, a number of museum curators and managers working for some of Italy’s most important museums, librar…
words by Elizabeth Ganley-Roper
Yesterday, just four days after celebrating his 92nd birthday, Tonino Guerra passed away. Born in Santarcangelo di Ro…
words by Elizabeth Ganley-RoperThe anti-racist group and advisor to the United Nations, Gherush92, has declared that Dante Alighieri’s infamous Divine…
words by Elizabeth Ganley-RoperA new controversial book, Ricette Proibite: Rane, Asini, Rondinotti, Gatti e Tartarughe nella Tradizione Alimentare by…
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…
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…
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…