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He played no less than twenty-nine roles in his career. Wanting to bring opera to the masses, he performed in great arenas and open spaces. His monumental artistic and philanthropic career created lasting synergies between his world and the world of pop and rock music, as the “Pavarotti & Friends” events well represent on the international level. L...

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Ferrari, Maserati, and Pavarotti all hail from St. Paul’s sister city in Italy: Modena. Not interested in exotic cars and opera? This northern Italian city also holds a claim to creating tortellini, tortelloni (not the same thing!), Parmigiano-Reggiano, prosciutto, and the dark, syrupy aceto balsamico (balsamic vinegar).  You may not have realized...

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The “Lovers of Modena”, a pair of skeletons so called because they were buried hand-in-hand, were both men, researchers have found. The bones, from between the 4th and 6th century AD, were found in a cemetery in 2009 near Modena in northern Italy. Due to the poor state of the remains, it was not possible to establish the sex of the couple, despite...

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Una nuova tecnica chirurgica robotica è stata applicata con successo all’Ospedale Civile di Baggiovara dall’equipe del prof. Fabrizio Di Benedetto, direttore della Chirurgia Epato-Bilio-Pancreatica e dei Trapianti di Fegato dell’Azienda Ospedaliero – Universitaria di Modena, col supporto anestesiologico dell’equipe di Anestesia e Rianimazione dell’...

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If you love cars, any trip to Italy isn’t complete without a visit to Modena, Italy’s ‘Motor City’ and home to Ferrari. Go to Modena any day of the year and the town is practically painted red from all the Ferrari flags and banners and related businesses. There are Ferrari-themed restaurants, cafés, hotels, and of course rental-car shops. You can l...

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There’s Italian hospitality and then there’s Casa Maria Luigia. Just outside Modena—the historic town already famous for being home to Maserati, parmigiano reggiano, balsamic vinegar and lambrusco wine—also houses the former number one restaurant in the world, Massimo Bottura’s three-Michelin-starred Osteria Francescana. And now, there’s Casa Maria...

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Today, when chefs can be as famous as movie stars and their creations in the kitchen as admired as original works of art, there are few who rival the success and celebrity of Massimo Bottura.  His restaurant, Osteria Francescana has three Michelin stars and, as we first reported last year, it ranked number one on the list of "The World's 50 Best Re...

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New York City hosted an exclusive event dedicated to the original Balsamic Vinegar of Modena, with acclaimed chefs engaged in spectacular show cooking and a sensorial tasting with many ideas for recipes. Sunday, June 23rd 2019, Consorzio Tutela Aceto Balsamico di Modena (Consortium for the Protection of Balsamic Vinegar of Modena) in collaboration...

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Dopo 70 anni, riparte dall'Emilia-Romagna lo storico marchio milanese Isotta-Fraschini. Nata all'ombra della Madonnina nel 1900, la casa automobilistica insedierà due nuovi stabilimenti lungo la Via Emilia, uno a Bologna e uno a Modena, per progettare e realizzare autovetture elettriche "intelligenti" ad elevatissime prestazioni. Ma nella Motor Val...

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Tre caratteristiche che rendono unico lo champagne sono: vitigni, territorio e presa di spuma; i vitigni autorizzati sono il Pinot Nero, il Pinot Meunier e lo Chardonnay. Il nome lo deve alla regione della Champagne, nel nord-est della Francia, e il metodo di vinificazione è il Metodo Classico un tempo chiamato champenoise. Il disciplinare impone u...

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