Region of italy
Girasole
August 2016 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Since the 18th century, sunflowers have bloomed in Tuscany. Exotic to North America, the plant was taken to the European continent by Spanish explorers sometime around 1500, becoming widespread throughout present-day Western Europe mainly as an...
Tuscany: A Filmmaker’s Dream
August 2016 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Tuscany had already begun to appear in films at the beginning of the 1900s. Most notable for its rolling hills of vibrant colors, Tuscany’s diverse natural landscape (from the snow-capped Apennine Mountains to the sunny beaches of the...
Discovering the Italian Middle Ages
July 2016 | Ilaria Massacesi
Whenever I return to Italy and drive up and down our beautiful peninsula, I cannot help but notice the amount of villages and medieval castles scattered everywhere and around every corner. They are magnificent views that make our hills and...
Tuscany... Did you know?
July 2016 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Tuscany was where the Italian language was born. The official Italian language spoken today is based on the Tuscan dialect that dates back to the Renaissance period.
Pinocchio is from Tuscany. The Disney animated story about the marionette who...
An unforgettable stay in Tuscany
July 2016 | Myra Robinson
Nel suo ultimo racconto, “The best mud in Italy”, la scrittrice britannica Myra Robinson presenta una galleria di eccentrici e divertenti personaggi immersi sullo sfondo di una tranquilla cittadina termale e dei suoi benefici fanghi...
Positano, Italy
June 2016 | Paul Sciria
Positano is a picturesque and charming town located near Sorrento, Capri, Amalfi, and Ravello on the Amalfi Coast in Italy. Famous for its magnificent cliffside views, Positano has been featured in major motion pictures like “Only You”...
Get a Gondola in Venice!
May 2016 | Michele Alonzo
I was recently in Venice, returning after about three decades, and the fascination for the City of the Doge is always the same.
Doge comes from the Latin word dux, which means military leader. The Doge was the antique commander in chief of the...
San Gennaro in Oratino
September 2015 | Mary Fatica-Martin
Amidst the cascade of mountainsides in the province of Molise, the charming town of Oratino has approximately 1,200 year-long inhabitants who revere San Gennaro as their patron saint on September 19 every year. Though the patron saint of many an...
The Giant is Still Sleeping
August 2015 | Antonio De Palma
This year is the 71st anniversary of the most recent eruption of Italy's famed Vesuvius. Not only the most picturesque volcano in the world, but also the most dangerous. Vesuvius, however, has been remarkably quiet for the last 71 years, after...
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