5 scholarships reserved to Trentino emigrants descendants to attend the University of Trento Academic Year 2020/2021
The Autonomous Province of Trento, in collaboration with the University of Trento and the Opera Universitaria of Trento 1, is organizing a selection process for the awarding of 5 scholarships to descendants of Trentino emigrants living abroad, for the purpose of attending the University of Trento (Unicolor Project). The scholarships are divided as...
Talking Puglia With Anna Maggio, Author of Under The Olive Tree
Puglia native Anna Maggio believes eating is one of life’s greatest pleasures, and that simple dishes are the ones we should relish. "When someone has done something with a few fresh ingredients and it tastes good, that’s a victory,” she says. And those victories are a way of life in her homeland. Her beautiful new book, Under the Olive Tree: Memor...
The Best Spots to Visit in Italy, According to T+L Editors
At Travel + Leisure, we love all things Italy — the culture and history, the food and drink, the people and hospitality, and of course, the gorgeous scenery. In fact, we love it so much, we named it our 2021 Destination of the Year. These days, it feels like we're constantly dreaming of the day we can return, so we're sharing our favorite spots...
5 Reasons Why Calabria Is More Than Just 'The Toe'
Whenever someone in my native Ireland asks me where in Italy I live and I answer “Calabria,” I almost always get the same reaction: a vacant nod or a question along the lines of “Is that near…?” I find that if I simply say, ‘The Toe,” people can connect that to the visual representation of ‘The Boot’ for which Italy has become so famous. That the a...
Borsalino looks ahead with cool bucket hats, baseball caps
The fedora Humphrey Bogart wore in “Casablanca” may have secured Borsalino’s place in fashion and cinematic history, but it will be something like the cow-print bucket hat that will help ensure its future. The storied Italian hatmaker still makes its felt hats by hand in a Piedmont region factory, using the same artisanal techniques from when the c...
Why Capri is famous: stacks, gin, sea, luxury and more
Known as the Pearl of the Mediterranean, Capri is one of the most enchanting islands in the world: a little paradise on earth in the heart of the Bay of Naples, which every year attracts millions of tourists. But why is Capri famous? In this article we'll take you on a virtual journey through the island's beauty, including luxury, gin, sea and ever...
The Italian town where they eat 500-year-old meals
The signs of the Renaissance are everywhere in Italy. Grand piazzas and palazzos. Metal-spiked doors. Looming archways. And, of course, all that ever-present art in the churches and galleries. But in one city, you also get a taste of the Renaissance every time you enter a restaurant. Ferrara, in the northern region of Emilia Romagna, was once home...
Maserati celebrates 70th anniversary of the A6G 2000
The A6G 2000 was built as a replacement for the A6 1500 series. Displacement on the A6GCS engine was carefully engineered to increase from 90 to 100 horsepower, enabling a top speed of 180km/h. At the 1950 Turin Motor Show, Maserati introduced the A6G 2000 in two both a four-seater two-door sedan and a convertible. The latter was designed by Pietro...
Italy's Cristoforetti set for 2nd stint in space
Italy's Samantha Cristoforetti, an astronaut for the European Space Agency (ESA), is set to have a second stint on the International Space Station (ISS) in 2022. The Italian Space Agency (ASI) is set to make an official announcement during an online encounter on March 3. The prospect of Cristoforetti, who is often called AstroSam, having a second s...
The Art of The Etruscan Sarcophagus
The ancient Etruscan people occupied a swath of central Italy stretching roughly between Campania in the south, and the Po River in modern-day Lombardy. Their culture flourished in the pre-Roman era, between approximately 1,000 and 90 BCE. The name “Etruscan” formed the root of the word Tuscany; the Greek word for the people of central Italy, tyren...
Vittoriale degli Italiani, what to see in D'Annunzio's house
In Gardone Riviera, on the Brescia side of Lake Garda, stands the Vittoriale degli Italiani. A complex of buildings, parks, squares and museums built by the poet and writer Gabriele D'Annunzio to celebrate the exploits of the Italians during the First World War. Unusual environments and particular structures characterise the nine hectares of the Vi...
Women’s Day: how and where to celebrate in Italy
On 8th March, International Women’s Day is celebrated all over the world. A recurrence that has always been felt and that in recent years has acquired further vital force in recalling the struggles and achievements of all women in the world for gender equality in all areas of society, from work to family. In Covid time it is difficult to think of c...