Chestnuts in Porta Portese. Ph. Giorgio M. on flickr (flic.kr/p/76ypp) Flea markets, thrift shops, farmers’ markets—they have them in every city. You may have already discovered the rush of finding a diamond in the rough, of bargaining for a hidden gem, yet if you haven’t visited the Porta Portese market […]
Italian food is some of the most popular in the world so during your trip to Italy, why not give yourself the ultimate souvenir by participating in one of the many cooking schools throughout Italy! Some of these culinary schools are located in beautiful countryside villas, so you can learn the secrets […]
Spending time in Italy today is not much of a cultural shock: in the end, both the US and Italy belong to the same western cultural context and share a good amount of habits. There are quirks and differences, though, and it’s often these that make each of these countries […]
Veline, Letterine and other sexy Showgirls Two Veline at Striscia la Notizia: Federica Nargi and Costanza Caracciolo Historically, the term “velina” referred to the press releases sent by the Ministry of Culture to newspapers in Fascist Italy. These releases reported facts, and most often the government’s interpretation of facts, to the […]
Movie Review: Scarlet Diva Asia Argento – Scarlet Diva Ph. Olivier Strecker on wikicommons Scarlet Diva stars Asia Argento. She also wrote and directed the film. Asia doesn’t deny that this is a self-serving piece and even says, quite dramatically, in the opening segment that it “saved my […]
About forty-five minutes from Rome is the small town of Sambuci, a quaint center that owes its origins to the Benedictine monks who founded many of the area’s settlements. One of the main attractions in charming Sambuci is Castello Theodoli. From the 1200s to the 1600s the castle underwent various […]
Fontanellato is a comune and a small town located in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy in the province of Parma. The town is located close to the cities of Piacenza and Parma on the plains of the Po River. According to scholars the town was first founded around the 15th […]
Where in all of Italy can you go when you can’t afford the prices in Rome and Milan? If you can’t stand the crowds in Florence and Siena, and the heat in Naples? The answer is Bologna! The greatest overlooked city in Italy. Well, it depends on what you want […]
Italian Comics and Cartoons Comics are usually associated with the US or, if you’re more into big-eyed, funky-hair-colors characters, Japan. However, Italy has, throughout the year, produced a seried of memorable characters. They may not be as popular around the world as Mickey Mouse and Sailor Moon, but they do […]
Visitors to certain Italian churches are often shocked by the display of a corpse, dressed in religious vestments and encased in a glass coffin at the high altar or in the crypt. What is most shocking is that many of these bodies are hundreds of years old and yet are […]
