No matter where you’re, if you want to see what a country really is like, you have to leave the highway, forget about the city and turn into a country road of your choice: stop in a village and check out the real deal. I had the luck to get to […]
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Legagate: the end of the saga
A past to forget for Lega? “Legagate: the past always comes back to hunt you,” must Italy’s Home Secretary Matteo Salvini think. And certainly he is right, especially after recent news related to Genoa Court of Appeal’s sentence of Umberto Bossi – and other former high representatives of the party – […]
La Lega Nord
What is Lega Nord? Italy has been one of the cradles of culture and democracy, and we, its people, believe in freedom of thought and expression more than anybody else, as far as it doesn’t hurt our fellows’ freedom and self respect. Yet, Lega Nord (which became simply La Lega in January 2018) has been […]
Pirelli Calendar History
When Sophia Loren agreed to appear semi-naked for the 2007 Pirelli Calendar at 72 her decision was controversial. This was nothing new for the producers of the innovative calendar who have always been ahead of their time. Surprisingly, this prestigious calendar which is given away to certain select VIP’s and celebrities […]
Bernardo Bertolucci
Bernardo Bertolucci, one of the best Italian film directors, has died today, November 26 2018, aged 77. His movies often caused debates, as they all were ahead of their time (he was sentenced to 4 months of reclusion due to obscenity – and possibly rape – in his movie “Last […]
Silvio Berlusconi, protagonist of iconic Italian comics
Italy’s own recipe for comedy Since ancient times, satire has mostly been based on politics. Comedians have tried to push facts and people to the extreme, making them ridiculous, even when they may have not initially been. In Italy, we can say much of the humor comes from politics, to […]
Rome, the Eternal City
Traveling through 3,000 years of history.
Sophia Loren – Mambo Italiano
Sophia Loren in Mambo Italiano. A collection of scenes with Sophia Loren dancing and singing. Click on the image to watch the video (by AstroArt on youtube).
Artists for Abruzzo
DOMANI 21.04.2009 If we are united, tomorrow is here already A couple of weeks after the earthquake in Abruzzo in April 2009, 56 Italian singers reunited to record this song with the aim to raise money for the reconstruction of the theatre and conservatory in L’Aquila. I’ve never seen so […]
Lake Maggiore and its Islands
Click to watch the video. Below is the translation: The mediterranean landscape shows itself in the Pre-Alps Lake Maggiore. On the Piedmont shore, Stresa boasts an old turistic tradition with its line of big international hotels bounded to the splendor of the belle epoque. Many villas were built after 700 AD, […]
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