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Nei suoi sette anni di vita, il piccolo Michele ha rischiato più volte di morire per shock anafilattico a causa di una grave forma allergica. Con i suoi genitori costretti a vigilare sulla composizione di qualsiasi cibo dovesse ingerire, attenti a verificare l'assenza di uova, nocciole, pesce, frutta. Perfino del latte, così importante per la cresc...

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As the citizens at Boys' and Girls' Towns get ready to head to school, we ask for your help. Unlike other kids, our young people do not have a mother or father to buy them a backpack, or pick up their favorite pen. They do not have a sibling's hand-me-down shirt or shoes.   We are raising $25,000 to ensure our kids are ready to enter school...

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The opportunity is not to be missed. Three times a week, Palazzo Farnese, seat of the French Embassy in Italy since 1911, and one of the most important and spectacular palaces in Rome, opens to the public.   Those wishing to visit the Palazzo must book online at http://inventerrome.com. Professional multilingual tourist guides - in French, I...

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Emperor Nero's golden palace, the walls of medieval Siena and the foundations of Venice will all receive sorely needed restoration funds after Italy approved a planto spend €300m ($325m/£220m) to protect its cultural heritage. Caring for thousands of years' worth of art and architecture is a perennial problem in Italy, and many sites have been...

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WTI Magazine #1    2013 Oct,18Author : Enrico De Iulis      Translation by: The Language Institute   The Borghese Gallery is a place of rare beauty, conceived and experienced as a large container of powerful art and politics. In 1606, Cardinal Scipione Borghese wanted it right from the start with the intention of having a huge display case in whi...

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By Mauro Battocchi   ELIS (Educazione, Lavoro, Istruzione, Sport) is a remarkable professional school in the Tiburtina district of Rome that educates students in many trades from metalworking and cooking to computer science and more. In the vein of computer science, their programs are especially strong, offering professional instruction and...

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Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) was a master anatomist as well as anartistic genius. He dissected numerous cadavers and developed a profoundunderstanding of human anatomy. Among his best-known artworks are thefrescoes painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (1508–1512), in Rome.   Currently, there is some debate over whether the fre...

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Per presentarsi ha scelto un video caricato su YouTube il nuovo ambasciatore degli Stati Uniti a Roma, John R. Phillips. "Rappresentare gli Stati Uniti d'America in Italia ha per me un significato speciale e personale. Sono nipote di immigrati italiani e sono cresciuto in una famiglia italo-americana molto unita. Sono onorato che il Presidente Obam...

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Leonardo Zangani was born and raised in La Spezia and still sports his Italian accent proudly. Now he's using his knowledge of his home country to help Michael Reagan establish the (President Ronald) Reagan Legacy Foundation in Italy.   Zangani and the son of the late president are "very good friends," Zangani said enthusiastically from his...

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by Alex Schechter   There's a reason Italy ranks as one of the top-visited destinations in the world. Actually, there are a lot of reasons. Its exquisite beauty, its relaxed pace, its startling integration of the ancient and the modern—it all contributes to the magic.   Whether you're flying down pistes in the Dolomites, or sunning yo...

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