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 system of the Civic Museums of Rome, which includes museums and archeological sites of great artistic and historical value in the Italian capital,…
Siena is preparing to celebrate the summer solstice with the third edition of “Lux in Nocte 2014 – Art, Faith, Music and Dance on the longest day of t…
“Neapolitan pizza is a pizza to savor slowly while sitting at the table. It is not fast-food, it is not a pizza to fold in half and eat while walking.…
Every year during the summer solstice a remarkable astronomical event can be observed inside Florence’s Cathedral.
Between 12.30 pm and 1.30 pm on 21…
Italy is playing its second game in the 2014 World Cup tonight against Costa Rica.
The Italian team is feeling cheerful after their win 2-1 over Engl…
It is likely going to be another four years before the Domus Aurea in Rome can be reopened to the public. The announcement was made on Wednesday by Cu…
The 2014 edition of the popular summer festival held at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome opens June 24 with Bizet’s Carmen.
The annual open-air event f…
After more than two years, the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento can again be visited by train. And not just a regular train, but a vintage one.
The…
The first coffee machine to deliver real espresso in space may soon become a reality, thanks to a joint venture between Italian aerospace company Argo…
One of the latest trends in wedding venues is… the university, especially for those couples who met during college and want to celebrate their wedding…
Summer is “wedding season” in Italy, and we have picked sposa – bride as our Word of the Week.
Getting married is sposarsi. I miei amici si sono sposa…
The most eco-friendly Italian beach is Castiglione della Pescaia in the province of Grosseto.
The Tuscan beach has been awarded the prestigious “Cinqu…
The FIFA World Cup trophy is made in Italy. Precisely in Paderno Dugnano, in the province of Milan, by a company called Bertoni, which has been produc…
Be prepared for quite the show when Andrea Bocelli turns on Ponte Vecchio's new eco-friendly lighting system on the evening of Monday, June 16.
The l…
If you’re walking around the Florence’s Baptistery and you see colorful, monumental scarves hanging down each side of the iconic building, it is not a…
Bologna boasts an important music heritage, and churches in the area have the largest number of still functioning Renaissance organs in the world.
One…
While the 2014 FIFA World Cup is under way in Brazil, a one-of-a-kind soccer tournament is about to take over Florence: the Calcio Storico Fiorentino…
The 92nd season of the Arena di Verona’s internationally-renowned Lyric Festival opens next Friday, June 20.
Un ballo in maschera by legendary opera…
A weekend dedicated to street food, wine and exploring the Franciacorta area of Lombardy: this is Franciacortando 2014, a two-day festival taking plac…
The Mausoleum of Romulus within the Circus of Maxentius on Rome’s Appian Way has reopened to the public after more than 20 years.
The mausoleum was de…
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