Bologna, if the chief town of the Emilia Romagna region in Italy. Over history, the town was called in many ways, and now we’ll learn three of Bologna’s nicknames. Bologna’s Nicknames 1. Bologna La Dotta “La dotta”, erudite, because of its well-known medieval University. The University of Bologna, founded in […]
The Guggenheim Museum in Venice (Gabriella Alù/Flickr flic.kr/p/rgYbK) Italy is a country rich in art and artistic talent. The country holds between 55 to 65% of all the world’s art. Based on these stats, it’s clear that art lovers will have a lot to see and do in Italy, and […]
Pienza is a town located in Tuscany, Italy in the province of Siena in the region of Val d’Orcia. Pienza was declared a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1996. The town was actually built on the site of an existing village by the name of Corsignano. The rebuilding of […]
Second Part of our list of the most visited attractions in Italy. The Spanish Steps Rome is probably the most beautiful city in the world in terms of architecture and art. The Spanish Steps are in the center of its shopping area, just a few meters from some of the […]
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 special “made in Italy” product, the passata di pomodoro, plain tomato preserve or Tomato purée. “Made in Italy” is synonym with history, creativity, imagination and culture. It is a true way of life, recognized and sought after all over the world. We are a country where the homemade and […]
Morgan Castoldi (wince/wikimedia) The very first time that I saw Morgan on TV, I changed the channel as I had a natural desire to shut him off, thinking “there we are again, another artist wannabe with zero talent who ended up on primetime television because of his connections.” Months later, after […]
My sister and I in Venice. My husband is in the Army. Almost one year ago (2013) he told me that we were moving to Vicenza, Italy; it seemed so unbelievable to me that we were actually that lucky! We were given the choice of living in Government house or private. We […]
The blue sea of Caprera – Punta Palma Ph. flickr/The One Caprera is a small and beautiful island located along the Maddalena archipelago, just away from the coast of Sardinia in Italy. It has been declared a nature reserve due to the variety of rare species found on this island. […]
Overall, 15 Italian movies have received an Oscar: 11 in the Best Foreign Movie category, 3 with a Special Oscar assigned before this category was created, all won by Vittorio De Sica. Some seminal Italian directors, such as Mario Monicelli received six nominations, but never won. Neglected by the Academy have […]
