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In Sicily Volcanos activity is under red alert
August 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Local agencies continue to monitor eruptions of Sicily’s Mount Etna and Mount Stromboli. Catania Airport was closed because of the potential risks from ash in the atmosphere from Mount Etna. One of Europe's most active volcanoes, Etna began...
Sicily, Agrigento is now grappling with severe water shortages
August 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Agrigento, a historic city perched on a hill in Sicily, known for its Valley of the Temples, is now grappling with severe water shortages. The ancient and modern aqueduct systems that once reliably supplied water are now running dry, forcing small...
Venice: New rules and limiting tour group sizes
July 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
New rules banning loudspeakers and limiting tour group sizes to 25 people have come into force in Venice. The measures have been introduced to limit the impact of over-tourism on the Italian city, officials say. The canals of Venice's historic...
The religious life at the heart of Ancient Rome
July 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
A trove of perfectly preserved ceramics, burnt animal bones and a wooden chalice were pulled up from a well in Ostia Antica, shedding new light on religious life at the heart of Ancient Rome. Discarded peach stones, oil lamps and marble fragments...
Tourists in Italy
July 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Tourism in Italy hit a record high last year and foreigners made up the majority for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, national statistic bureau ISTAT said last month. Registered arrivals in accommodation such as hotels rose a yearly 13.4...
The landscape behind Mona Lisa are shores of Lake Como in Lombardy
June 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Lo sfondo del famoso dipinto di Leonardo da Vinci, La Gioconda, è sempre un dibattito senza fine. Alcuni storici dell'arte suggeriscono che lo sfondo fosse immaginario. Altri storici pensano che la vista provenga da una specifica località italiana....
Italy will be able to recover a 2,000-year-old Greek statue from the Getty Museum in California
June 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Un tribunale europeo ha dichiarato che l’Italia ha un diritto su una statua greca di 2.000 anni. La statua attualmente risiede al Getty Museum in California. La statua, conosciuta come La Gioventù Vittoriosa, o L'Atleta di Fano, o ancora Getty...
A new papyrus scroll found under Vesuvius volcanic ash
June 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Un rotolo di papiro sepolto sotto le ceneri dell'eruzione del Vesuvio può aiutare gli storici a comprendere le ultime ore della vita di Platone. Gli archeologi hanno deprecato il rotolo e hanno potuto leggere ciò che era scritto. Platone fu una...
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...
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