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The Mayor of Alicudi ask you to “adopt a goat”
May 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
The mayor of a remote Italian island overrun by wild goats has offered to give the animals away to anyone willing to take one in. Riccardo Gullo came up with the idea after a recent census estimated the number of goats on the three-square mile...
After 450 years, eight Piero della Francesca's panels have been reassembled
May 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Eight surviving panels of Piero della Francesca’s Augustinian altarpiece have been reassembled after 450 years, possibly solving one of its enduring mysteries. The celebrated polyptych was created by the early Italian Renaissance master...
Supercar Italian Designer Marcello Gandini passed away
May 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Marcello Gandini, the Italian designer, died at age 85 on March 13. Gandini was known for creating supercars for the super-rich, and such exotic machines as Lamborghini’s Miura and Countach, Alfa Romeo’s Montreal and Maserati’s Khamsin were...
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...
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