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 […]
Venetian Lagoon Torcello is a small island located at the northern tip of the Venetian lagoon in Italy. The island is very sparsely populated but at one point it used to be the oldest region in Venice to be continuously populated. After the Roman Empire’s downfall, the locals from the […]
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 […]
Totò in the 1930s (wikimedia) The legend of Totò Antonio De Curtis, better known as Totò, is not really popular outside of his home country, but here in Italy, he’s a true legend. His name’s largely associated with 1950’s and 1960’s comedy movies, however Totò marked with his talent also the […]
Il Teatro del Mondo Third of August 1778: it is a warm evening in Milan, but a breeze of novelty makes the air sparkle with expectation. The iconic Teatro alla Scala, in Milan, celebrates its 238th birthday (Lorenzoclick/Flickr flic.kr/p/rfefTZ) Young Antonio Salieri, already official composer of the imperial court in Vienna, stands […]
Woody Allen’s voice: Oreste Lionello Italy has a long and strong tradition in film dubbing and lip sync, to the point that it has probably developed the most important class of “dubbers” in the world. It all started with the first Italian films, where expressive actors who were not blessed with […]
We would like to offer you a general guideline on what to seek when searching for an hotel in Italy. Most of the rules are common to other countries, so feel free to apply them to your needs. Hotel Moderno, Palermo (Luca Savettiere/flickr flic.kr/p/4p91jL) Location The most important thing is clearly location, […]
