La Ragazza di Bube (Bebo’s girl) is a novel written by Carlo Cassola in 1960 and made into a film in 1963, starring an amazing Claudia Cardinale. The story is about a 16 years old girl after WWII that falls in love with a partisan. What is good about the book and […]
Meet Anthony, 107 yo, the oldest barber in the world, an Italian living in New York.
Assergi is a beautiful medieval village 11km from L’Aquila, the capital province of Abruzzo, Italy. It’s quite small (it only has about 500 inhabitants), but it is full of history and very picturesque. It’s a great place where to relax after a day of hiking in the Gran Sasso d’Italia, […]
A new project has been launched in Italy to give new life to State-owned buildings that are not used anymore. A specific part of the project is intended to safeguard Italian historic lighthouses. The “fari” (lighthouses in Italian) are often so picturesque or in such an amazing location, that their deterioration would be […]
UPDATE, NOVEMBER 2015. The two best parks in Italy for 2015 have been announced: they are the Giardino di Ninfa for the private parks category and the garden at Villa Medici in Rome for the public parks category. “The most beautiful parks in Italy” competition has arrived to its 13th edition in 2015. […]
Spring is the time of the “Top Beaches” and “Best Summer Destinations” lists. The “Foundation for Environmental Education” awards the “Blue Flag” to beaches in 48 countries in the World since 1987. In Italy, every year environmental group Legambiente and tourism association Touring Club Italiano publish a “Blue Guide” with a […]
She is only 15 when in 1969 Nada sings “Ma che freddo fa” (It’s so cold) at the Sanremo Festival, the biggest music contest in Italy. At the Festival she gets only the 5th position, but the song is a winner and for the following 5 weeks it is at the top of the […]