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
Michelangelo tackled the theme of la pietà (the death of Christ) throughout his career and the so-called ‘Bandini Pietà’ was one of his last works, cr…
Days are getting shorter and temperatures are getting chillier: as we get deeper into the fall season and inevitably start to spend more time inside,…
The beloved late Italian chef Antonio Carluccio, celebrated as the man who taught the British the pleasures of authentic Italian cuisine, is getting h…
As summer turns into fall, Italy’s harvest season begins. Experiencing it in first person, be it olive picking, grape picking or apple picking, is a w…
It’s described as the most spectacular and challenging trek in the whole of Europe.
While I’m not for absolute statements and I certainly haven…
Welcome to the Hobbits’ Shire… of Abruzzo.
In the countryside of Bucchianico, near the town of Chieti, Nicolas Gentile is building his Halfling…
Fall in Italy is synonymous with vendemmia (grape harvest), so this makes it a perfect time to visit small towns and villages immersed among rolling h…
As the name implies, a ‘house museum’ is a house transformed into a museum. The house or building in question may have been the home of notable people…
The remains of an ancient Roman road and dock have been discovered at the bottom of the Venice lagoon.
The discovery is important because it suggests…
The Venice Film Festival, Italy’s most glamorous film festival, organized by La Biennale di Venezia, returned in style to Venice’s beachfront Lid…
Before she moved to Italy’s Val di Non, Silvia Tadiello didn't even know that Groppello di Revò existed. However, this obscure - to most - red wine pr…
Michelangelo, the artist symbol of the Renaissance, is famous mainly for his work on the Sistine Chapel (ceiling and Last Judgement), and for the scul…
The 2020 Summer Paralympics are under way in Tokyo and Italian athletes are standing out.
The 2020 Summer Paralympics are under…
As a passionate hiker, I especially love hiking Italy’s Dolomites, where I have explored quite a bit. I wasn’t prepared though for the spectacle that…
Pompeii never stops surprising, as Italy’s Culture Minister Dario Franceschini put it when commenting on the latest extraordinary discovery at Italy’s…
Fellini fans, take note: the world’s largest museum devoted to the life and work of the acclaimed Italian director opened in his hometown of Rimini la…
[Photo: The view towards San Francesco della Vigna, one of our chosen secret spots in Venice, from the Campanile di San Marco.]
Our series on little-…
It may sound like blasphemy in a country celebrated for its artisanal gelato, but sometimes you may find yourself in a city or beach bar with only the…
With the latest heat wave, dubbed Lucipher, sweeping across Italy, and temperatures easily reaching 40°C in cities, you may want to look for some resp…
Perhaps few symbols have crossed different places, eras, and cultures as the labyrinth has.
If the labyrinth had a mostly mystical meaning in t…
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