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In this column we share the cuisine and recipes of Italy and our Italian American communities. Each month we feature recipes curated from our research and those shared by LGI readers. Food and cooking are important aspects of our cultural...

Nearly everyone loves watching sunsets. Colors such as pink, orange, and the blues of dusk can evoke feelings of peace, joy, relaxation, and contentment. Sunsets can release dopamine, a chemical in the brain that makes us feel good. Here are some...

The Cuyahoga River, dividing the east and west sides of Cleveland, was one of the most polluted waterways in the country. Unregulated dumping for over 100 years had smothered the river in a foot of oil, chemicals, and other pollutants, causing it...

The advent of bridges coincided with the rise of modern civilization in ancient Mesopotamia. A bridge is a structure that provides passage over valleys, rough terrain, rivers and bodies of water and is crucial in connecting lands, regions, workers,...

When Joseph Carabelli, a funerary monument maker, moved to Cleveland in 1880 and established the Lake View Granite and Monumental Works near the cemetery, he encouraged Italian immigrants to settle nearby and work for him, and thus, within five...

I have a peculiar curiosity for death and the hereafter and a love of the peacefulness of cemeteries. So, on my travels, I have gravitated toward experiencing what most people think is bizarre, but I think is awesome.  The high altar of San...

What you are now, we once were; what we are now, you shall be The Capuchins They were first known as “Friars Minor of the hermetic life,” then later called Capuchins, which comes from the Latin word cappuccio or capuche, for the hood the Friars...

L'articolo tratta di catacombe, tombe, delle cripte e del culto delle reliquie presenti ovunque in Italia. Descrive alcune catacombe e cripte esistenti fin dal Medioevo. Tombe e reliquie si trovano anche in Vaticano. Questi luoghi e ossari vari...

The word altar comes from the Latin, altarium, meaning “high” and adolere, meaning “to ritually burn or sacrifice,” which suggests its original purpose was, as detailed in the Bible, sacrifice, adoration, and worship. For Catholics, the Son of God...

L'articolo descrive i vari altari esistenti nelle diverse religioni. Ad esempio, i romani pagani usarono un altare chiamato lararium. Si trovano nelle case e hanno sempre una candela accesa. Fu un altare per il dio Lares. Gli altari cristiani...