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
Improvements at the archeological site of Pompeii continue with the restoration of one of its most famous symbols: the dog mosaic found in the vestibu…
Natural and simple ingredients, handicraft and centuries-old traditions which vary from region to region make egg pasta one of the great prides of Ita…
The Croda Rossa mountain was looming above me. It was grand and beautiful, albeit almost a bit menacing.
I was hiking the Alta Via della Croda Rossa…
For the first (and only) time, visitors to Florence’s Duomo will be able to admire up-close the monumental rose window of the façade, or “rosone”, des…
Life isn’t black and white, it’s not even gray – it’s multi-color, right?! (especially in Italy).
So to add a little bit of Italian color into your li…
A new walking tour within the archeological site of Herculaneum offers visitors the chance to relive the 79 AD Vesuvius eruption through the narration…
If you love cooking and learning Italian, here are a few words and expressions to practice next time you’re in the kitchen preparing some delicious It…
“Sorbets and gelato are the products of the most refined human intelligence.” Thus wrote the Neapolitan doctor Filippo Baldini back in 1775, when he p…
With the World Expo currently under way in Milan, there’s no better time to visit this cosmopolitan city, boasting beautiful art and architecture, unr…
The Quirinale Palace in Rome, once a papal residence, since 1947 the home of Italy’s presidents, is now open to the public for guided visits every day…
Italians are famous for their love of leisurely, multi-course meals; while it’s not true that we enjoy three-hour multi-course lunches and dinners eve…
La dotta, la grassa, la rossa (the learned one, the fat one, the red one).
This is how Bologna, the capital of Emilia-Romagna in north-central Italy,…
If you’re in Rome this summer, don’t miss the rare chance to admire Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic self-portrait, for the first time on display at the Cap…
The words salumi and salami (along with salume and salame, their singular versions) are often cause for confusion among foreigners, who may be tricked…
This is Part 2 of our tour around the Duchy of Parma & Piacenza in Emilia-Romagna. Read Part 1 here.
On my second day in the Duchy of Parma…
A museum and restaurant dedicated to the legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti opened in Milan last week to coincide with Expo. …
Below are a few words and expressions to help you out with directions in the city, if you need to reach the train station or a museum or other point o…
As I pull off the countryside road into the parking area of the Bed & Breakfast where I’ll be spending the weekend, owners Valeria Lusa and France…
Three Italian sites have been added this week into UNESCO’s prestigious list of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves, described as "places for lear…
If you’re considering buying a house in Italy, or you simply want to impress your Italian friends the next time they host you in their home by showing…
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