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There’s no denying that you can’t miss Rome, Italy's shining capital and home to centuries of awe-inspiring history that make any return visit just as special as the first. In fact, every time I visit, I make it a point to discover some of the neighborhoods and monuments that often don’t show up on most visitor’s radar. My two-cents is that you sho...

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Ciao from Rome, welcome to the #110 magazine of We the Italians! First of all: Merry Christmas and a Happy 2019! Another year went by, full of Italian excellences, here at We the Italians.

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In these days is about to end an unusual exhibition hosted at the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome. This is not a strictly monographic exhibition that attempts to retrace the work of an artist, but rather one that aims to describe the impact of the work of the Roman poet Ovidio on the figurative arts of the centuries following his works.

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Take a tour of the villas of Rome, plunged into gorgeous gardens and expansive parks, imbued with magnanimous histories and accessible any time of year.

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Certainly not lacking for cultural excellence, Italy is not only the cradle of Roman, Renaissance and Baroque art, but it also plays a rather important role in the international modern and contemporary art scenes. Museums, galleries, cultural institutions and the artists themselves are organized into collectives: art in Italy follows the flux of ev...

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There are things that apparently are said without intention, not really with distraction, but in an abstract way, without really thinking that they are achievable. Then suddenly you realize that you are really working on it. You almost don't know how you got there, to give voice and body to your dreams, but there they are, on stage, in a beam of li...

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Alitalia will launch flights between Washington and Rome this spring, the carrier's first direct route between the two capitals. The five-times weekly flight between Rome Fiumicino and Washington Dulles commences May 2. The eastbound leg, departing at 4:15 p.m. and arriving at 7:00 a.m. Rome time, is designed to allow passenger connections via Alit...

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The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is honored to announce that The Center for American Studies awarded the Prize for American-Italian Relations (PAIR) to NIAF Board Vice Chair of Cultural Affairs Anita Bevacqua McBride today in Rome, Italy.  McBride is the Executive-in-Residence at the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies...

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The traditional nativity scene in St. Peter's Square won't be so traditional this year. For the first time, it is made of sand - 720 tons of it. For the past two weeks, Rich Varano, a professional sand artist, has been guiding three sculptors from the Netherlands, Russia and the Czech Republic, to craft the work, which measures about 5.5 meters hi...

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Founded in the 4th century and repeatedly renovated until the 18th century, the Basilica of San Marco Evangelista in Rome is nestled between the façade and the courtyard of Palazzo Venezia, which in the mid-15th century was the residential palace for Venice-born Pope Paul II, and later became the embassy of the Republic of Venice. The basilica, ded...

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