Matterhorn: the perfect mountain
Most of the children draw mountains just like pyramids. That's just the way the Matterhorn is! A perfect mountain that stands out on enchanting valley (Valtournenche): isolated from the rest of the Alpine ridge and meeting point between Italy and Switzerland. Matterhorn: the origins of its name The name Matterhorn comes from the German and means "h...
Getting to know the different types of Italian Coffee Drinks
Coffee was introduced in the 1500s. Since then, Italy has boarded the train by taking the beverage and putting its own authentic and classic spin on it by creating their own unique blend of Italian Coffee Drinks. Read on and get to know the different types of Italian coffee-related beverages. THE RULES OF DRINKING ITALIAN COFFEE Ciao! The typical I...
Puglia Shows Itself Part Of The Vanguard Of Italian Wine
Nowhere on earth are natural beauty, food, and wine so intimately entwined as in Italy, and the soaring interest in that delicious trinity finds full flourish in Puglia, where valleys of vineyards, hillsides of olive trees, fields of wheat, and seas teeming with life conspire with ancient traditions to make the region irresistible to gourmets and c...
Intercom priest: Italian cleric reaching parishoners one visit at a time
It is a gloomy and rainy Sunday morning in Portici, a densely populated town near Naples. Local priest Don Giorgio Pisano walks the streets to visit his parishioners who are forced to stay in because of the lockdown. He cannot see them in their homes, but he can still talk to them on the Intercom. Don Giorgio knows them all individually. He asks ab...
Parmigiano Reggiano PDO’s fight against Italian Sounding, explained
According to Nicola Bertinelli, president of the Consortium for the protection of Parmigiano Reggiano PDO, “as far as the ‘king of cheeses’ is concerned, most cases of Italian Sounding consist of the phenomenon of evocation or imitation of its name. Operators from all over the world try in fact to exploit the fame and excellent reputation of our p...
Lake Garda's Spectacular Bike Path Scheduled to Be Completed in 2021
Lake Garda is already a paradise for those who love exploring on a bike; from 2021, even more so, as the so-called Garda by Bike project, is scheduled to be completed. The bike path will offer amazing views over Italy’s largest lake and the mountains that surround it. It is expected to attract many bike enthusiasts who already travel to the area t...
Three Culinary Traditons in Palermo
The traditional Palermo cuisine is a journey through different tastes and cultures. A journey full of colors, simplicity, and old traditions. Here we can read three dishes that people cook and eat in Palermo for three famous and traditional celebrations. The Sicilian country seat experienced long periods of colonization, decadence, and magnificence...
Coronavirus Covid-19: Comunità di Sant’Egidio, grazie a stanziamento Usaid e in collaborazione con Uisg aumentato sostegno alimentare a più deboli
“Una delle conseguenze più drammatiche della pandemia è la crescita del disagio sociale e economico, che ha colpito soprattutto persone che hanno perso il lavoro. In questi mesi di emergenza si sono moltiplicate le domande di aiuto che sono, sempre più spesso, domande di cibo”. Lo sottolinea la Comunità di Sant’Egidio, che, in una nota diffusa oggi...
Antonio Valla nuovo Local Representative AmCham Italy per lo Stato della California
Il Consiglio di Amministrazione dell’American Chamber of Commerce in Italy - affiliata alla US Chamber of Commerce di Washington D.C - annuncia la nomina di Antonio Valla quale Rappresentante Locale per lo Stato della California per il biennio 2020-2022. Grazie al network di Rappresentanti Locali presenti nei principali Stati americani, AmCham Ita...
Italy steps closer to creating 'Netflix of Italian Culture'
An ambitious project to create what has been hailed as the "Netflix of Italian Culture" has taken further steps to becoming a reality, reports online art newspaper Artribune. The plan, first announced by culture minister Dario Franceschini during Italy's covid-19 lockdown in the spring, was recently allocated €10 million as part of the nation's so-...
Pope picks Italian-American diplomat, migrant minister, as new cardinal
Italian-born Cardinal-designate Silvano Tomasi describes himself as “one of those 40 million Americans who were born outside the United States, but at the same time are part of the makeup of the country.” The Italian-American cardinal-designate, who celebrated his 80th birthday on Columbus Day, has not lived full time in the United States since 198...
Art Historian Claims a Newly Discovered Drawing Is the Work of Leonardo da Vinci
More than 500 years after his death, Leonardo da Vinci continues to captivate, inspiring art lovers to question the secrets behind the Mona Lisa’s smile and ponder the symbolism of Lady With an Ermine as readily as they did centuries ago. Given the artist’s enduring popularity, the fact that an Italian scholar’s purported discovery of an unknown Le...