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Last mounth, Storms, Strong winds and Landslides to Italy
April 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Extreme weather brought avalanches, storms, strong winds and landslides to Italy last month. A 16-year-old boy died after being hit by an avalanche while skiing off-piste in Plan in Val Passiria in Italy’s South Tyrol region, near the Austrian...
A New amazing Fresco discovered in Pompei
April 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Archaeologists have unearthed a fresco depicting the Greek mythological siblings Phrixus and Helle at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. Gabriel Zuchtriegel, the director of Pompeii Archaeological Park, described the find as a poignant reflection...
Paolo Taviani, movie director, died at 92
April 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
The Italian film-maker Paolo Taviani, whose gritty biopic “Padre Padrone” won top prize at the Cannes film festival, died at age 92, Rome’s mayor, Roberto Gualtieri, said last month. For more than three decades Taviani and his brother Vittorio...
Agrigento Sicily, terminate a restoration for Statue of Atlas
April 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
A colossal statue of Atlas that lay buried for centuries among ancient ruins has been reconstructed to take its rightful place among the Greek temples of Agrigento in Sicily, after a 20-year research and restoration project. The statue, standing at...
Venice will limit tourist groups
March 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Venice is to ban loudspeakers and tourist groups of more than 25 people, in a bid to ease the impact of mass tourism on the Italian city. The new rules will come into effect this June, the city said in a statement. The use of loudspeakers has been...
Football champion Gigi Riva has died at the age of 79
March 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Italy's record goal scorer and former Cagliari forward Luigi Riva died at the age of 79. Riva had been in hospital in Sardinia's capital after reportedly suffering a heart attack in late January. Nicknamed 'Roar of Thunder', Riva scored 35 goals in...
First time a Turkish Abstronaut on ISS
March 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Astronauts from Turkey, Italy and Sweden returned to Earth in early February, ending a private three-week mission to the International Space Station. The trio were accompanied by a retired NASA astronaut who now works for Axiom Space, the Houston...
The oldest man in Italy has died at the age of 111
February 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Tripoli Giannini, nicknamed Tripolino, died at his home in Cecina, near Livorno in Tuscany, on New Year’s Eve. He was the second-oldest man in Europe, after André Ludwig, a Frenchman who is 75 days older. Giannini’s son, Romano, wrote on Facebook:...
Venice limits access to tourists
February 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Venice is to limit the size of tourist groups in an attempt to reduce the pressure of thousands of visitors crowding its squares, bridges and narrow walkways each day. From June, groups visiting the Italian canal city will be limited to 25 people,...
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