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 Giant Apennine (Gigante dell’Appennino) sculpture is back on display at the Villa di Pratolino near Florence, after it had been closed to visitors…
[Photo: Treno Natura near Asciano. Credit Frank Andiver.]
Looking for a different way to visit the Siena countryside? Then hop on the Treno Natura!
Th…
Filippo Brunelleschi, one of the most notable architects and engineers of the Italian Renaissance, is best known for one brilliant work: the construct…
[Image: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, "Flight into Egypt", 1725-1735.]
Considered one of the greatest artists of 18th century Europe and the first master…
The southern city of Matera in Basilicata was picked last week as European Culture Capital 2019.
Known as "la città sotterranea" (the Subterranean Cit…
Winter sports enthusiasts will find plenty of fun activities to do in the beautiful mountains of Lombardy.
Start your journey in the Orobie Prealps, i…
The theme of next year’s Venice Carnival will be “gluttony”, to honor Milan’s food-themed Expo 2015, it was recently announced.
The motto of the Carn…
Chocolate lovers, brace yourselves for 10 days of absolute chocolate feasting: the annual Eurochocolate Festival returns to Perugia for its 21st editi…
A recently opened exhibition in Pisa highlights the artistic career of a major modern painter, one that perfectly embodies the myth of the troubled an…
Ferrari unveiled its latest model at a special event held in Beverly Hills over the weekend to celebrate sixty years since the iconic Italian company…
Italy may very well be the country of the passeggiata! Be it in the historic center of town on a Sunday afternoon, along a seaside promenade on a warm…
The Italian Food & Wine Festival, hosted by Identità Golose and Merano WineFestival, is set to begin tomorrow, October 14, at Eataly Chicago.
The…
“Men of the Cloth,” an inspiring documentary about three Italian master tailors sharing their pride and devotion for an old-world craft in danger of d…
The Verdi Festival returns this October to Parma to celebrate the great opera composer hailing from the nearby town of Roncole di Busseto.
The festiva…
The woman who seduced the great Italian poet Gabriele D’Annunzio and would become the muse for the greatest artists of her time is celebrated in an ex…
As part of the celebrations marking 2,000 years since the death of Rome's first emperor, Augustus, the ancient Vicus Iugarius, or street of the Yoke-m…
Palazzo Vecchio was built on the ruins of a theater from the times of the Roman Empire.
Archeological excavations carried out for years by Archaeolog…
Strolling the small alleys of Certaldo, it’s easy to feel transported back to the time when none other than the author of the Decameron, Giovanni Bocc…
Next Saturday, get a taste of Italy in Los Angeles at the sixth annual “Taste of Italy” cultural-gastronomic event, organized by the Italian American…
Set in the enchanting Tuscan countryside, the Medici villas, built between the 15th and 17th centuries, are worth a stop on your tour around the regio…
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