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Culture

Meet Angelina Mango, the First Woman to Win Sanremo in a Decade

by ��ý Magazine Staff | Mon, 02/12/2024 - 16:00

Ed., May 11, 2024: We’re re-sharing this piece originally published in February as Angelina Mango prepares to represent ��ý at the Eurovision Song Contest…

Lifestyle

Jannik Sinner Makes Italian Tennis History (Again) With Australian Open Win

by Toni DeBella | Mon, 01/29/2024 - 06:00

Roaring back from a two-set deficit against the tournament’s third seed Daniil Medvedev, Jannik Sinner stunned the tennis world on Sunday with his gutsy, come-…

Culture

��ý’s “Io Capitano” Secures Oscar Nomination for Best International Feature Film

by ��ý Magazine Staff | Thu, 01/25/2024 - 10:20

Ed., May 4, 2024: We’re re-sharing this article after the 69th edition of ��ý’s David di Donatello Awards, where Io Capitano took home top honors for Best…

Culture

Gian Lorenzo Bernini's Baldacchino (canopy) towers over the tomb of St. Peter

Ahead of the Catholic Jubilee Year, Bernini’s Canopy at St. Peter’s Gets a Brush-Up

by ��ý Magazine Staff | Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:41

Ahead of the Catholic Church’s Jubilee year in 2025, restoration plans have been unveiled for Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s soaring Baldacchino (Baldachin), the 17th-…

Culture

Beachcombers at the Lido Pavarotti in Pesaro

What to Expect in Pesaro, the 2024 Italian Capital of Culture

by Toni DeBella | Thu, 01/11/2024 - 13:12

Pesaro will hold the title of Italian Capital of Culture in 2024, following on the heels of twinned 2023 capitals Bergamo and Brescia. The official…

Travel

People squeeze down a narrow street in Venice

Venice to Limit Large Tour Groups to Curb Overcrowding

by ��ý Magazine Staff | Wed, 01/03/2024 - 15:30

The city of Venice has announced that it will begin limiting the size of tourist groups in an effort to reduce the impact of overcrowding that’s plagued the…

Culture

Luxurious Ancient Roman Home With Extraordinary Mosaic Wall Unveiled Near Colosseum

by ��ý Magazine Staff | Tue, 12/12/2023 - 13:50

Archaeologists in Rome working near the Colosseum have unearthed a lavish ancient home that holds an extraordinary mosaic wall, the Ministry of Culture…

Culture

Aerial view of the prison-bakery in Regio IX of Pompeii

Prison-Bakery Emerges at Pompeii Ahead of Exhibition on Hidden Lives in Ancient City

by ��ý Magazine Staff | Mon, 12/11/2023 - 07:00

Archaeologists at Pompeii have uncovered a “prison-bakery” where enslaved people and donkeys were confined to grind grain for bread in harrowing conditions,…

Culture

Italian Opera Singing Recognized as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

by ��ý Magazine Staff | Sat, 12/09/2023 - 07:00

Italian opera singing took its place on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list earlier this week, just as Milan’s renowned Teatro alla Scala…

Culture

Udine Named Top City in ��ý For Quality of Life

by ��ý Magazine Staff | Wed, 12/06/2023 - 14:00

The 34th edition of Il Sole 24 Ore’s yearly Quality of Life Index, published earlier this week, crowned Udine the top city in ��ý. It’s the first time the…