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Tennis-themed installation in Malaga, Spain

On the “Miracle of Málaga” and Why the Future Looks Bright for Italian Tennis

by Toni DeBella | Thu, 11/30/2023 - 13:00

In a victory that the sports press has dubbed the “Miracle of Málaga,” Italian tennis players broke a dry spell of nearly five decades to become the Davis Cup…

Culture

The Cinque Terre Park Area Takes Steps Toward Self-Protection

by ��ý Magazine Staff | Mon, 11/20/2023 - 16:00

Le Cinque Terre (or Five Lands), a string of picturesque towns along the northern Ligurian coast, is known for its steep, terraced vineyards and olive groves,…

Culture

A Lion Escaped the Big Top for a 5-Hour Roman Holiday. Animal Activists are Roaring.

by ��ý Magazine Staff | Thu, 11/16/2023 - 11:00

On November 12, residents of Ladispoli, a small community within the greater metropolitan area of Rome, were warned to stay indoors as an escaped circus lion…

Food & Drink

Italian Food Exports on Track to Break Economic Records by End of 2023

by ��ý Magazine Staff | Mon, 11/13/2023 - 14:00

Italian food exports were up by 8% in the first eight months of 2023 and are on track to surpass 2022’s record-breaking value of €60.7 billion by the end of…

Culture

The coins number at least 30,000 and potentially up to 50,000

Enormous Deposit of Ancient Coins Discovered off Northeastern Coast of Sardinia

by ��ý Magazine Staff | Tue, 11/07/2023 - 17:00

After a recreational diver spied some mysterious metallic remains off the northeastern coast of Sardinia, near the town of Arzachena, experts were called in…

Culture

Venere degli Stracci, Venus of the Rags, in Piazza Municipio

Michelangelo Pistoletto to Donate “Reborn” Venus of the Rags to Naples

by ��ý Magazine Staff | Thu, 11/02/2023 - 18:40

Contemporary artist Michelangelo Pistoletto’s Venere degli Stracci (“Venus of the Rags”) will be re-installed in Piazza Municipio in Naples early next year, in…

Culture

Basilica di San Benedetto under construction in 2020

7 Years Post-Earthquake, Norcia’s Iconic Local Basilica Holds First Mass Since 2016

by ��ý Magazine Staff | Tue, 10/31/2023 - 16:30

On Monday, October 30 at 7.40am — exactly seven years after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck central ��ý — the Basilica di San Benedetto in Norcia, a small…

Culture

The Roberto Saviano Case: A Crash Course on Debates Around Defamation in ��ý

by Laurence Connell | Sat, 10/28/2023 - 13:30

The 44-year-old Italian writer and commentator Roberto Saviano is used to having powerful enemies. Over the course of a career spent exposing organized crime…

Culture

Banksy Mural in Dorsoduro District of Venice to be Restored

by ��ý Magazine Staff | Fri, 10/20/2023 - 07:01

A mural entitled Migrant Child — one of only two works by the English graffitist Banksy in ��ý — has been slated for restoration and safeguarding, the…

Food & Drink

These are the Top 2 Restaurants in ��ý, According to Gambero Rosso

by ��ý Magazine Staff | Tue, 10/17/2023 - 15:50

Osteria Francescana in Modena (Emilia-Romagna) and Reale in Castel di Sangro (Abruzzo) have just been named the top restaurants in ��ý by the 2024 guide from…