Lucio Dalla (wikimedia) Lucio is a name evoking strong feelings in all Italian music lovers. Beside Dalla’s, Lucio is also the first name of another great singer: Lucio Battisti. Lucio Dalla was probably equal to Battisti himself when it came to defining the best of Italian pop music. Lucio Dalla was born in Bologna […]
Lucio Battisti (Photo from Wikipedia) When Lucio Battisti died in 1998, the world of Italian music seemed to stop, with the entire country mourning a legend. Battisti was not just a singer, but a man who, through music and composing, was able to bind emotionally together three generations. The end guitar of “Non […]
Sofia Coppola. Ph. George Biard on wikicommons When Sofia Coppola got married for the second time she chose a place that was quite significant, a clear message of just how much her family and its history has played an important role in the writer/director’s life. For her wedding […]
Giacomo Agostini (b. Brescia 1942) is a legend in Italy for having won the most motorbike championships in history: a total of 15. These astonishing result arrived after winning 123 races. These numbers are doubly astonishing when one realizes that he raced in more than one category (and competed in more than […]
Riccardo Cocciante, born in Vietnam to a French mother and an Italian father, is an artist who has left an indelible mark on Italian culture. Cocciante’s multicultural background has allowed him to bring something unique to his music, which has set him apart. While he was raised in Italy, Cocciante’s […]
Daria Bignardi (photo from Wikipedia) What strikes the most about Daria Bignardi are her versatility and her incredibly young looks, despite the fact that she has been on Italian television for over two decades. She was able to move from hosting the number one edition of Big Brother to become […]
122.337 inhabitants. Monza Brianza is one of the newest provinces in Italy, as it was established in 2004, but only truly operational since 2009. It was mainly a political decision, made due to the growing economic power of the area and also to slim down the already very busy province of […]
Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (Ph. from Wikipedia) Luca Cordero di Montezemolo is one of Italy’s elite businessmen, successful and powerful and very well connected. From a noble Italian family, Montezemolo is a driver of fancy cars (and even a pro race car driver in some smaller races) who was groomed by the […]
A Trabocco in Chieti, Abruzzo. Ph. bass_nroll on flickr (flic.kr/p/8zdLeR) If you don’t know what a trabucco (or trabocco) is, read on: a trabucco is a large wooden construction, a real fishing machine, with a platform bonded to coastal rock by big pine logs and two, but sometimes more, antenna-like cranes […]
Mario Monicelli (Photo from Wikipedia) Mario Monicelli was a film director able, more than anyone else, to capture the true spirit of Italian comedy on the silver screen, especially in the 1950s and 60s. His movies reflect how things really were, and he created characters whose actions could have been those of your […]