Sophia Loren interview: 'Why I burnt my diaries'
Sophia Loren has long epitomised glamour and pure Hollywood sex appeal – even though many of her movies were in fact Italian. There is probably no greater on-screen chemistry than Sophia Loren and Cary Grant's in Houseboat (1958). They met when they made The Pride and the Passion in 1957, and they were really in love. She was enthralled wi...
Santa Maria della Scala, an artistic treasure in the oldest European hospital
Between naturalism and real life, between dream and reality: walking through the Santa Maria della Scala museum will take you into a special world where the art and history of one of Europe's oldest hospitals are brought to light. Located along via della Francigena in Siena, Santa Maria della Scala used to be the hospital for abandoned chi...
Sibillano – Cataldo: “America il musical”: successo a Roma. Aggiunta una data a Crotone
di Ilaria Faraoni America, il musical che racconta l'emigrazione italiana del Novecento, scritto da Guido Cataldo e Simone Sibillano, dopo un breve tour ed il successo del ritorno al Teatro Italia di Roma, dove il pubblico gli ha riservato una standing ovation, sarà eccezionalmente a Crotone, presso il Teatro Apollo, il 13 marzo (ore 10:00 e ore 2...
Roma Sparita
by Alessio Garofoli In Rome, on the banks of the Tiber, around 150 years ago, where Richard Meier's shrine containing the Ara Pacis is located nowadays, there was a small harbor: Porto Di Ripetta, whose appearance, it is said, served as inspiration for Trinità dei Monti Spanish Steps. At that time the houses next to Tiber's waterf...
Luxottica Boosted by Currency, U.S.
Currency tailwinds and a strong performance in the U.S. and Europe sustained Italian eyewear giant Luxottica Group SpA in the first quarter, leading to record sales and operating profits as well as double-digit gains in net income. After the close of trading Monday in Milan, where Luxottica is listed, the company said that in the first three month...
10 wonderful frescoes to admire in Central Italy
by Claudia Baroncelli With the wonderful Jacopo Juvarra hall in the seventeenth century Palazzina di Caccia Stupinigi (Turin) coming back to new life after restoration and the famous Andrea Mantegna's Bridal Chamber in Castello di San Giorgio (Mantua) reopening to public, Italy is once again one of the best places to admire timeless and ex...
Pasquale Remedio: 'It's a no hard you can do it.'
I would like to pay tribute to my father for strongly influencing my life by instilling in me the principles to seize opportunities and to strive for a better life by hard work and dedication. He was born poor in southern Italy where farming was the main industry. His own father, Joe Remedio, an orphan left his wife and five children to fi...
10 greatest designs from Pininfarina, the studio that shaped Ferrari
Italian studio Pininfarina designed the twentieth century's greatest Ferraris and through their work with the Prancing Horse -- plus the likes of Fiat, Lancia, and Alfa Romeo -- helped define the emotive Italian style of the mid-century sportscar. On the company's 85th birthday, Paulo Pininfarina, the fourth patriarch of the family to head...
Cuisine of the 20 Regions of Italy
Italy is made up of 20 regions with distinct characteristics; each region makes the same dish in vastly different ways and each one has its proudest specialty. These cooking traditions define people's identities just as much as their dialects and traditional costumes. Local cooking preferences and customs are shaped by geographic, historical and cl...
An Anecdotal Compendium of Historical Italian Military Engagement
For those interested in learning about Italy's foreign relations in the past, a recent book Italy Invades written by Christopher Kelly and Stuart Laycock may be of interest. The book is a fast-paced and fun read, certainly not an academic history of gravitas, that illuminates little known engagements that the Italic people have had around the world...
A journey through Italy’s lesser-known UNESCO World Heritage Sites
by Chiara Assi Did you know that Italy counts a whooping 50 UNESCO World Heritage Sites? That makes it the country with the most sites on the World Heritage List. And while some are very well known around the globe – think glitzy Amalfi Coast, the stunning archeological area of Pompeii, and the historical centers of cities such as Florence...
Italy submits Neapolitan pizza for World Heritage consideration
The Italian government on Friday unveiled its proposal to have the art of pizza-making that originated in Naples added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage traditions. If selected, this would be the first time the UN's culture agency has picked something related to food-making, officials said in Rome. "The art of pizza-makers is a worldwide symbol o...