“Progettazione e gestione dei viaggi delle radici”, presentazione online del primo Master sul turismo delle radici dell’Università della Calabria in collaborazione con il Maeci
Si è tenuta online la presentazione del Master di I livello in “Progettazione e gestione dei viaggi delle radici” promosso dall’Università della Calabria e finanziato dal Ministero degli Esteri. Il webinar è stato organizzato dall’Associazione Direttori Albergo, rappresentata da Giovannangelo Pergi, che ha parlato della necessità di hub territorial...
Italian Women Taking the Lead
In expressing their thoughts on paper, Veronica Gambara, Vittoria Colonna and Grazia Deledda brought the intimacy of their worlds into public view. Two wrote during the Renaissance, one wrote during the early years of Italy as an independent nation. In 1509, Veronica Gambara entered an arranged marriage with her widowed cousin, the Count of Corregg...
Mount Etna emits 12 km high ash plume into sky
Mount Etna, the active volcano on the east coast of Sicily, continued to erupt on 4 March, emitting a 12-km high plume of smoke and ash into the sky. The north-eastern city of Catania, along with a number of other towns and villages, was covered in a layer of ash and lapilli. However Catania airport remained operational, with a south-easterly breez...
Innovitalia – Il portale della diplomazia scientifica
Innovitalia è la piattaforma gestita dal Ministero degli Affari Esteri e dal Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca per la diffusione di informazioni e per il networking degli attori della ricerca e dell’innovazione italiana all’estero. Innovitalia favorisce le relazioni tra il sistema della ricerca scientifica in Italia e all’estero, e tra i ri...
Protecting Italy’s food and wine
I still remember the first glass of Italian wine I drank while in Italy. Only a few days after my arrival in Bologna, I took my first sip in a friend’s small apartment, just a few steps away from Piazza Maggiore, the city’s central square, home to the iconic fountain of Neptune, the Basilica di San Petronio, and plenty of walkers, visitors, and tho...
How a 583-year-old Italian mural is professionally restored
My name is Andrea Sozzi Sabatini, and I'm the CEO and founder of Etrurio. It's a farm where it aims to produce top-quality olive oil in Tuscany. Today, I'm going to walk you through how Marco restores this beautiful 583-year-old fresco. The first work that we have to do is to consolidate the walls. The first thing is really to take the stones that...
Word of the week: Mannaggia– it seems innocuous, but careful when you use it!
Italians often use the word mannaggia (mahn-nadj-dja) instead of others they think more offensive. It usually expresses annoyance or spite and can sometimes come in association with other words to create colorful sayings, such as mannaggia la miseria!, which we render in English with “for goodness’ sake” or, quite simply, with “damn.” Very common i...
Certaldo, the medieval village of Boccaccio
The medieval village of Certaldo is one of the most characteristic places in Tuscany and in the Val D’Elsa. The historic village is located a few kilometers far from Florence and hosts a large number of buildings and places of historical and artistic interest. A picturesque atmosphere envelops the streets of Certaldo and the historic buildings, pre...
Ferrari Trento Named Official Toast of Formula 1®
Ferrari Trento is the Official Sparkling Wine of Formula 1®. Announced globally ahead of the start to the 2021 FIA Formula 1 World Championship, the prestigious three year partnership will see Ferrari Trento's award winning sparkling wine become the official toast of Formula 1® celebrations throughout 2021, and beyond. Formula 1® has appointed Ferr...
All Forks Lead to Rome
“Cacio e pepe, please!” After reading the menu from start to finish, gazing upon dishes whose names flow like poetry, my index finger stops on one of the most traditional Roman pastas, made with Pecorino Romano cheese and black pepper. Yet this particular preparation is the brainchild of a Michelin-starred chef, Fabio Ciervo, executive chef of Terr...
Rome's La Sapienza rated top university in the world for Classics
La Sapienza University in Rome has been ranked the top university in the world for Classical Studies and Ancient History in the 2021 edition of the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings. The result, which reconfirms rankings held in 2018 and 2019, sees Rome knock Oxford off the podium and also makes La Sapienza the only Italian univer...
The village of Sperlonga, an enchanted place to visit: not only lido, beach and sea
We are therefore in the small town near the sea of Sperlonga, in the province of Latina. It is the southernmost part of the Lazio region, exactly halfway between the big cities of Naples and Rome and has a large sandy beach. It is the most southern part of the Lazio region, exactly halfway between the big cities of Naples and Rome. We are therefore...