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Per l'undicesimo anno consecutivo, la Liac ha celebrato con un gala la partecipazione di una sua rappresentativa alla Coppa Carnevale, il torneo calcistico per formazioni Primavera (calciatori fra i 16 e i 18 anni, ovvero nati tra il 2006 e il 2008) piú prestigioso al mondo.   L'evento ha richiamato domenica scorsa circa 250 ospiti al "Russo...

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WTI Magazine #66    2015 August, 21Author : Umberto Mucci      Translation by:   Ciao from Rome! Welcome to the 66th issue of our online magazine, which is back after a tiny break, while our website www.wetheitalians.com never stopped publishing news regarding Italy in/and the USA, or simply interesting facts about our beloved country. We've almo...

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In a city like Florence where big-name labels like Gucci and Ferragamo are mainstays for international shoppers, it's easy to overlook smaller, homegrown names.   A number of these designers can be found in the Santo Spirito neighborhood. Situated in the Oltrarno quarter, south of the Arno River, this residential enclave is a collection of q...

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One reason Sicilians tend to identify with Sicily first and Italy (a distant) second? Sicilian food. The same goes for Veneto in the north or Puglia in the south. Italy is a young country -- it only celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2011. Despite the successful export of the "Italian restaurant," the idea of a unified Italian cuis...

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  WTI Magazine #28    2014 May, 1Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin      Translation by:   One of the days while staying in the beautiful countryside of Tuscany I toured a few of the wineries in the reknowned Chianti Classico region as discussed in one of my previous blogs, Chianti region. A very well known producer, Castellare di Castellina, was...

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Once a year, on the first Saturday of October, guided tours in Italian historic palaces take place in those buildings of great artistic value that are usually closed to the public. The thirteenth edition of "Invito a Palazzo" is programmed from 10 am to 7 pm on October 4th, in buildings scattered all over the country and owned by those banks which...

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In honor of the 50th anniversary of Nostra Aetate and Pope Francis' visit to the United States, Salon/Sanctuary Concerts explores the cross-fertilization of Jewish and Catholic musical cultures that enriched the music of both Synagogue and Sanctuary.bA rich schedule of events featuring discussion, education, and performance with guest artists and e...

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Ieri sera a New York una decina di studenti provenienti dalle scuole più difficili dei cinque distretti sono stati i protagonisti di un'iniziativa che difficilmente dimenticheranno. La Palazzo Strozzi Foundation Usa, per il terzo anno consecutivo, ha infatti selezionato i ragazzi più meritevoli per un viaggio premio in Italia alla scoperta dei teso...

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By Nardine Saad   That's "Amore" for Andrea Bocelli — the singer is now a married man!The Italian tenor wed his longtime girlfriend Veronica Berti in a Tuscan village near Livorno, Italy, last week, his rep said in a statement to the Associated Press. Bocelli, 55, and Berti, 30, have been together for 12 years and are already parents to dau...

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  WTI Magazine #54    2015 February, 20Author : folclore.it      Translation by:   This is a historical re-enactment that takes place during the Carnival period. The local tradition tells about a Bibbiena divided into two districts: the one of "Piazzolini" which takes its name from the Piazza, still nowadays called Piazzolina, and the lower of t...

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