San Gennaro: A Traditional Catholic Neapolitan Feast If you go to Naples on September 19th you will find the city celebrating its patron saint, San Gennaro, a bishop and a martyr from Pozzuoli, canonized by the Catholic Church. The feast of San Gennaro involves prayer, processions and celebrations, and is usually based around […]
Though Jews first came to Rome from Jerusalem in 161 BC, many people are not aware of their enduring history in Italy. They arrived during Chanukah, asking the Romans for protection from the Syrian king Antiochus, and have been an integral part of Roman society ever since. They are neither […]
The Synagogue: This massive building was erected between 1901 and 1904 and designed by V. Costa and O. Armanni. The synagogue stands in the area in which the old ghetto used to be before being demolished by King Vittorio Emanuele II after Italy became united (1870). The king rebuilt the ghetto […]
Scaliger Castle is located in the Italian lakeside town of Sirmione. Sirmione is a comune and town located in the province of Brescia in the region of Lombardy. Sirmione has a beautiful historic center which is situated on top of a small peninsula that juts out into the southern […]
Italy is the country of good wine, and everybody knows that. But more than a few foreigners are surprised when they learn that Italians drink respectable quantities of beer too. Nastro Azzurro is one of Italy best loved beers Beer is known and drank in Italy since ancient times: even […]
The area of Val d’Orcia is a part of the agricultural landscape of Siena, which was developed and redrawn when it was made a part of the city-state in the 14th and 15th centuries. Val d’Orcia’s landscape, with its fortified villages and small towns, is typical of the area and […]
Sicilia – Sicily Sicily, Sicily By GK Stritch Sicily, Sicily, Hot Southern Italy Lampedusa’s Leopard And hearty goat shepherds Nonne black dresses Girls with dark tresses Gelato and ices Pasta and vices Clemenza unholy Take the cannoli Pagliacci sad clown Thin pizza uptown The world’s first multicultural society was in […]
Lasagne, pizza and carbonara are certainly conventional recipes that should never be missing in the recipe book of Italian food lovers abroad. However, Italian cooking has a range of dishes that comes from a past tradition: some have more sophisticated and complex tastes that may be totally unknown abroad, while others are very […]
The modern port city of Ancona is located in the celebrated Le Marche region of central Italy. The region has been gaining in popularity recently, favored for its untouched natural beauty and delicious cuisine and while Ancona itself is not strictly a tourist town it has much to offer visitors. Located on […]
The Health Care System is a thorny subject in every country of the world: often tied dangerously to the political agendas of its creators, it is known to be one of those matters that could make a government capitulate. Health care in Italy and the US: is there […]
