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Liguria

Sassello

Sassello is a small commune and town located in the region of Liguria in Italy in the province of Savona. The town is located close to the cities of Savona and Genoa and is on the north side of the Apennines of Liguria. The town had been a popular site due […]

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Italian-American

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio started his career very young as a member of the cast of Growing Pains: it was clear since the beginning he was destined to stardom. His film career started to take an important shift with movies such as What’s Eating Gilbert Grape and The Quick and the Dead, where […]

History

Enrico Mattei

The figure of Enrico Mattei is one of the most intriguing in modern Italian history, and perhaps in the world in general, as he changed the economic balance in the Middle East, as well as relations between America, Russia and Europe.   Mattei worked in a very sensitive business: oil. […]

Piedmont

Verbania

31,115 inhabitants. A fairly recent province considering that it was only established in 1992, Verbania has an extraordinary location, right on the shores of Lake Maggiore. It combines nature, mountains and national parks in the very favorable geographic location surrounding Verbania.   Among those parks the one that definitely deserves […]

Tuscany

Arezzo History and Sights

  Piazza Grande in Arezzo. Ph. depositphoto.com/scrisman   100,140 inhabitants. Arezzo is a beautiful city in Tuscany, and like the rest of the region it offers a spectacular scenes of medieval buildings and harmonious architecture, right in the middle of four gorgeous natural valleys. Arezzo is actually a very old […]

TV

Maurizio Costanzo

Maurizio Costanzo. Ph. Birillo253 on wikimedia   Maurizio Costanzo is one of the most well-known people in Italy, a legend of Italian television. While his profile has declined in recent years, the presence of his wife Maria De Filippi has only increased. Here we’ll take a closer look at Costanzo, […]

Potpourri

Carpe Diem

Carpe Diem- Photo Chris Parker on flickr (flic.kr/p/i73bSZ)    This multi centennial Latin expression became famous and quite common in modern times after the release of the 1989 motion picture Dead Poets Society. The Italian translation of carpe diem is “vivi alla giornata” or “cogli l’ attimo” (seize the moment) and the […]