This artistic record, which serves as a significant tourist attraction and an embellishment, could only have originated in Naples. The metro reflects the exuberance and vitality of the Campanian capital. The city is already an open-air museum and one of Italy’s greatest cultural hubs, but there’s so much more to […]
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August 21,1911: the story of the theft of the Gioconda
The night of August 21-22, 1911, was unlike any other. It is a symbolic date for Italian artistic tradition and fervent patriotism. On that night, Vincenzo Peruggia, an Italian employee of the Louvre Museum, stole the Mona Lisa to reclaim it as Italian property. This is the story of the […]
Titanic Shipwreck: On the Trail of Italians on Board
As we commemorate the most tragic and unforgettable shipwreck in modern history, new information emerges about the stories of the Italians aboard and some survivors. Let’s go back to that frigid night 112 years ago, just 3 days after the boarding of the 269-meter marine giant. At 2:20 am on […]
The best Italian DJs of the 2000s’
A DJ (Disk Jockey) is an extremely important part of the music industry. It has been like this starting with the year 1973, when a Jamaican-born Kool Herc used to perform at parties in his neighborhood, Bronx. He invented DJing by developing a technique of mixing back and forth between […]
Kobe Bryant and Italy: a story to remember him by
Kobe Bryant and Italy: it was in Italy where he discovered basketball and it was here he wore his first team’s jersey
Violence against women in Italy
Violence against women and gender-related killing on the rise in Italy On the 23rd of November, Italians joined en mass a series of events organized by the radical feminist collective Non Una di Meno. In Rome, about 100,000 people participated, to rise attention on gender-related violence and crimes against women. The […]
More Stars than the Sky
A Day at the Rome Film Festival 2007 Red flags flapping in cold October wind and soldier-like lines of huge red panels lead to the long red carpet that shows celebrities the way into the Auditorium Music Park for the Rome Film Fest 2008. Rome festival 2007 Film The ‘big […]
The Last Colony
Interview with filmmaker Parvin Ansary Don’t miss part two of the interview with Parvin Ansary Parvin Ansary and Vittorio de Sica I wrote this interview four years ago but it never really reached the right audience which is the women of all nationalities as there is no place on earth […]
Parvin Filmmaker
The Last Colony Interview with filmmaker Parvin Ansary Don’t miss part one of the interview with Parvin Ansary Q: Tell me about the latest film you are working on now? A: “Beatrice Cenci!” It takes place at the end of the 16th century. She lived near Piazza Navona in Rome […]