Silvia Donati
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Silvia is ITALY Magazine's Contributing Editor. She graduated from the University of Bologna in Literature and studied Print & Broadcast Journalism at the University of California in Los Angeles, where she has lived, on and off, for several years. She began her career in journalism working for a Southern California news agency before returning to Italy and going freelance. She has written both in English and Italian for a variety of publications; she has covered the entertainment industry in Los Angeles, where she had the chance to interview Leonardo DiCaprio and Al Pacino among others and reported live from the Golden Globes for ANSA. She now specializes in everything Italy-related.
Articles by Silvia Donati
The southern Italian town of Bari has been included in the recently released ‘Best in Europe’ annual list by Lonely Planet, which determines “the most…
May You Live in Interesting Times is the title of the 2019 Venice Art Biennale, one of the most important contemporary art exhibitions in the world, h…
[Photo: Pamela McCollough traveled to Abruzzo to search for her relatives...and found them!]
Pamela McCollough, a retired modern language educator, tr…
As restorers keep working on the Domus Aurea, Emperor Nero’s villa in ancient Rome, more incredible findings continue to emerge. The latest is a room…
The Val D’Orcia steam train is back for the summer season, ready to take visitors across a landscape so beautiful and unique it’s part of Unesco’s Wor…
May in Italy sees the opening of major exhibitions centered around the life and work of Leonardo da Vinci , on the 500th anniversary of his death. Her…
Italy’s most prestigious road bicycle race, the Giro d’Italia is set to begin in just a few days: on May 11, the 102nd edition of the Giro, one of cyc…
Sicily’s first nature reserve, Zingaro, established in 1981, stretches for seven kilometers along the north-western coastline of the Gulf of Castellam…
It’s the spring show you don’t want to miss: the blooming of colorful flowers on the Piani di Castelluccio plain in Umbria, near Castelluccio di Norci…
Capers have been widely used in Mediterranean cuisine (as well as in medicine) since ancient times: references to its use are found in the Bible, and…
The wooden casing that covered the Holy Stairs in Rome for the past 300 years has been temporarily removed to allow for restoration and, until June 9,…
[The idyllic Renon plateau has breathtaking views of the Dolomites.]
“Here on the Renon it’s divinely beautiful,” wrote Sigmund Freud as he vacationed…
70 kilometers from Rome, perched on the slopes of the Simbruini Mountains, at an altitude of 1,000 meters, Cervara di Roma is known as the ‘artists’ v…
From the Brennero Pass at the border between Italy and Austria to Lake Garda, and on to Mantua, Bologna, Pistoia and Florence, by bike on a dedicated…
For our series ‘Back to Your Italian Roots,’ where we share stories of readers who have traveled to Italy to reconnect with relatives and visit their…
Castello is the largest of the six sestieri of Venice. Start at Campo Santa Maria Formosa, which takes its name from the Church of Santa Maria Formosa…
Most people may be familiar with the Domus Aurea, the sumptuous palace Emperor Nero built in the heart of ancient Rome after the Great Fire of 64 AD h…
[Photo: The main house of La Grande Quercia B&B.]
For our series about home ownership, where we share true stories of people who have gone through…
Isola delle Femmine, a tiny islet a short distance from the Sicilian coast, has been put up for sale, and the local municipality isn’t happy.
The real…
Italian Carabinieri police detained a 20-year-old British tourist after she was caught removing the tiles of a mosaic at a house in Pompeii.
The Carab…
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