Toscanelli, the geographer who inspired the voyages of Columbus
There is a portrait of Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli standing next to philosopher Marsilio Ficino, one of the foremost minds of the Italian Renaissance. In it, Toscanelli appears as a mysterious man. He wears a turban embroidered alla moresca — in the Moorish-style — in a 15th-century Florence committed to fighting against the Turks. But who was Paolo...
Living in Italy: 5 Crucial Mistakes Expats Make
I am the first person to admit that life in Italy is not always a bed of roses. Or rather, it is a bed of roses, but someone neglected to remove the thorns. So, just as you get comfy and cozy on this sweet smelling bed, you get pricked, and it hurts. Then, you curse the bed and the whole idea of the bed and whose idea was it to lie down in this stu...
Are Museums A Sign of Hope for Italy?
Red, orange and yellow. These colors have become symbols of the restrictions on life in Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Among many things it has entailed — from closed shops to restrictions on movement, the tricolor system of epidemiological measures introduced in November has closed cultural institutions across the country. And that has includ...
Could Remote Working Revive Italy's Dying Villages?
Italy’s small towns and villages have been hemorrhaging residents for decades as dire job opportunities have pushed inhabitants to move to cities or even abroad. The boom in working from home due to the coronavirus pandemic, however, could mean a reversal of this trend. Small towns are seeing an influx of new residents and homeowners looking to tak...
Lucca, city of art, music and comics!
An insight dedicated to Lucca, a city keeping its charm intact over the centuries, linked to a long musical and artistic tradition and international homeland of comics! Lucca: the city Lucca, capital of the eponymous Tuscan province, has the uniqueness of preserving its historic center surrounded by sixteenth-century walls. The city has Roman origi...
“Innovate to win”: 1° Virtual Industry Day tra Italia e USA
Si è svolto lo scorso 17 febbraio, in videoconferenza, il primo meeting del Virtual Industry Day tra Italia e Stati Uniti dal titolo “Innovate to Win”. Un evento svolto in collaborazione con lo US Department of Defense e le Industrie/Società italiane del settore Aerospazio e Difesa. A darne notizia il Ministero della Difesa sul proprio sito. L’even...
Kidney tumour removed by robot as patient awake, world 1st
A kidney tumour has been removed by a robot surgeon while the patient was awake in a world first in Turin, the Molinette Hospital said Wednesday. The groundbreaking operation was performed in the Molinette's urology university department. It used the Da Vinci robot system and innovative 3-D image reconstruction technologies, doctors said. The malig...
“Scoprirsi Italiani, speciale USA: il viaggio delle radici in Italia”, webinar di ORI e Associazione AsSud in collaborazione con il Maeci
“Scoprirsi Italiani, speciale USA: il viaggio delle radici in Italia”, questo è stato il titolo del webinar condotto e moderato dal ricercatore Giuseppe Sommario dell’Associazione AsSud insieme a Riccardo Giumelli, membro ORI e Università Mar del Plata. Sommario ha ricordato l’esperienza già di successo del Piccolo Festival delle Spartenze; introdu...
Extra virgin olive oil is considered a super food in Italy: here’s why
Extra virgin olive oil is a pillar of the Mediterranean diet, and is back in fashion and at the top of consumers’ preferences. According to Assitol, the Italian association of the oil industry, consumption has more than doubled worldwide in recent decades. A trend that remained positive even in 2020 despite the coronavirus pandemic. Estimates for t...
Italy’s Treasures: Alice Pasquini
2020 will be remembered as the year we were made to change our lifestyle, restricted from the freedoms we have been used to. The year we have relied on nurses and doctors to save our lives from a war with a virus. The Lazio region promoted the project ‘Diciamo insieme grazie’ in 2020. Twelve artists were each given a medical facility to create an...
Coffee: Make That a Double, Please
The heads of two of the world’s leading Italian companies, Andrea Illy and Giuseppe Lavazza, sip coffee together as friends, discussing the future, their dreams, and the impact of loyalty. In alphabetical order: Illy and Lavazza. Italy’s two most important coffee companies remain in the hands of the families whose surnames they bear. They’ve proved...
600 years for a Masterpiece: Brunelleschi's Cupola in Florence
Imagine 37 thousand tons above your head, 116 meters towards the sky, your eyes lost in admiration of the 700 figures in the 3.600 square meters of Vasari and Zuccari’s Last Judgement. A lantern brushes up against the sky, while your feet feel as if they were avidly climbing invisible steps, so much is the desire to touch that marvel, which seems t...