Articles by ITALY
Harvesting olives to make your own olive oil may not be everyone’s idea of a holiday, but for Margherita Piliero and her family, it’s splendid.
Marghe…
In an unprecedented turn of events, Pope Francis appeared as special guest on talent show The Voice of Italy to support Suor Cristina's performance an…
What an impressive sight for Florentines and tourists alike when they looked up and saw a crane right by the central rose window (rosone) of Florence’…
David and Victoria Beckham bought the villa owned by the late Gianni Versace in Miami for $60 million, according to Spanish news agency Europa Press.…
From Mirabella Imbaccari, a small town in the province of Catania, comes a story of entrepreneurial success that brings a message of hope to the milli…
10,000 marshmallows and half a billion sprinkles decorated the huge, 12-square-meter cake prepared to celebrate the 450th anniversary of Michelangelo’…
It all started in early November when we asked you to nominate your favourite blogs. We got an amazing number of nominations and reduced that to a sho…
"Non e' vero, ma ci credo" (It is not true, but I believe it), Italians say! And this goes for the horoscope too. Every year in Italy, during the firs…
What to ask when you get to a rented holiday house in Italian.As more and more people prefer renting a house or apartment for their holidays in Italy,…
The British Library has digitised a notebook of sketches by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci and published it online.The organisation owns the genius’…
Today, Italian President Napolitano handed Enrico Letta, deputy of the centre-left Partito Democratico (Democratic Party), a mandate to try to form a…
Romans are ready to celebrate the city’s 2,766th birthday this Sunday, 21 April.The Eternal City is preparing itself for the festivities, concerts and…
The ‘Radio Times’ has revealed that the BBC has bought three Italian drama series to air later this year.BBC4 will show a new four-part series of ‘Il…
BACKGROUND
Aida is a four-act opera written by Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antoni Ghislanzoni, which was based on a scenario by French Egyptologi…
A study of items located in the drains and on the floors of Ancient Roman baths reveals that they were used for more than bathing.The study examined f…
The Via Crucis devotion (Stations of the Cross or Way of the Cross) has been practiced by Roman Catholics for many centuries. It commemorates the pass…
Following six days of consultations, Italian centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani told President Napolitano on Thursday that he had not been able to…
Pisa and Florence celebrate the traditional New Year ceremony that marked the life of the Tuscan cities from the middle ages to the 18th century.
This…
Following two days of consultations, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano handed Democratic Party leader Pier Luigi Bersani a mandate to try to form a…
Italian 1980 Olympic 100m gold medalist and longtime world 200m record-holder, Pietro Mennea, died today in Rome at 61 after a long battle with a term…