Articles by ITALY

Mon, 11/22/2010 - 04:42
Italy Magazine followed the lead-up, this year, to the seventieth anniversary of the Arandora Star tragedy, in which 486 British Italian internees wer…
Fri, 11/05/2010 - 10:39
If you have had a bad week, you may be able to take comfort in the fact that it cannot have been as bad as that of Silvio Berlusconi: as further luri…
Wed, 10/20/2010 - 06:14
Words by Rebecca WinkePerugia’s Eurochocolate 2010 is in full swing, and more than a million visitors are expected before this year’s edition ends on…
Fri, 10/15/2010 - 10:26
Recipe by Michele DeLeo - Images by Giuseppe AversaWe talked to chef Michele DeLeo who is ‘excited about the amazing quality of the products we have h…
Wed, 09/22/2010 - 06:59
The beautiful, medieval port of Trapani, on the western coast of Sicily, will play host to the penultimate round of the Extreme Sailing Series™ 2010 i…
Fri, 09/10/2010 - 10:28
Every girl knows that beauty doesn't come cheap. But a new series of ''ultra-exclusive'' spa treatments takes this to a whole new level. The 'Just 4 Y…
Fri, 08/27/2010 - 05:59
Casual bathers between Torre Borraco and San Pietro in Bevagna on the Gulf of Taranto [Puglia] found the remains of a Roman cargo boat two hundred met…
Thu, 08/26/2010 - 05:50
The phrase “dog days of summer” has taken on a whole new meaning for tourists on some of Italy’s beaches, where, as well as the traditional human life…
Wed, 08/25/2010 - 05:03
Italian composer Ennio Morricone is to receive the Polar Music Prize, regarded as the “Nobel Prize” of the music world, on 30th August in Stockholm. T…
Tue, 08/24/2010 - 06:56
Over 150,000 people gathered in the small town of Guardia Sanframondi [Campania] on Sunday to watch a penitential rite that takes place every seven ye…
Mon, 08/23/2010 - 06:34
Italy’s Interior Minister Roberto Maroni has praised the French government for deporting hundreds of Romanians last week. The deportations were said t…
Thu, 08/05/2010 - 07:11
Basilicata is a region of Southern Italy, which has two contrasting coasts, the Ionian and the Tyrrhenian. Vine covered cliffs and coves with unspoile…
Wed, 06/16/2010 - 04:11
Started on Sunday 13th June and valid until 11th December 2010, Trenitalia’ (Italian Railways) summer schedule is rich in improvements as far as High…
Fri, 06/11/2010 - 08:06
The remains of an Etruscan home dating back more than 2,400 years have been found at an archaeological site at Vetulonia, near Grosseto [Tuscany]. T…
Fri, 06/11/2010 - 07:33
A new boutique hotel due to open at the end of June in Milan will be the city's first zero emission hotel and one of the few such hotels in Italy. Th…
Thu, 06/10/2010 - 05:06
Whether intentionally or not, Andrea Bocelli finds himself in the centre of the abortion debate in Italy after a video in which he praises his mother…
Thu, 06/10/2010 - 03:57
A Mafia supergrass has claimed that Amanda Knox, her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito and Rudy Guede, who are all serving sentences for the 2007 mu…
Wed, 06/09/2010 - 06:45
Meet the Reverend Russell Ruffino, vicar of the Church of the Resurrection in Orvieto [Umbria]. The Church is recognised as a mission church of the C…
Wed, 06/09/2010 - 05:59
The city of Venice is selling off some of its historic palazzi in order to make ends meet, reports The Telegraph. Several of the palazzi for sale over…
Tue, 06/08/2010 - 06:59
Meet Melanie Renzulli, author of Italofile, which is more than a blog – it’s a travel resource!Melanie, you started your “Italofile” to “bring guidebo…