Giulia Louise Steigerwalt

On August 27th movie lovers, directors, celebrities, writers, and journalists will take a boat or a “gondola” to celebrate cinema. It’s the 71st Mostra Internazionale del Cinema di Venezia, the Venice International Film Festival, which takes place every year in …

In Greek mythology, Dionysus was the god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness and religious ecstasy. He was also known as Bacchus, the name given him by the Romans, who celebrated through him agriculture and wine. …

Many people around the world today want to learn Italian. Some because they have Italian origins, maybe their grand parents were Italian; others because they like to travel and be able to speak while they visit Italy. Italian is one …

On July 13th, 1814 the Carabinieri, Italy’s national military police, was created in Turin by King Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia (Victor Emmanuel I of Savoy) with the aim of providing the Kingdom of Sardinia with a police corps. When the …

Every October for the past nine years, the International Rome Film Festival, or Festival Internazionale del Film di Roma, has taken place in the Eternal City and brought many stars and thousands of people to the city’s movie theaters. Though …

Like many great stories, it starts in a little garage. In 1928, Enzo Ferrari formed Scuderia Ferrari, literally “Ferrari Stable”, and usually used to mean “Team Ferrari”, as a sponsor for amateur race drivers headquartered in Modena. Enzo Ferrari initially …

In 1924 the L.U.C.E. Institute (Educational and Cinemato-graphic Union) was founded to narrate Italian history through images, stories and movies. One year later, the name was changed to Luce National Institute (Istituto Nazionale Luce) and taken over by Benito Mussolini, …

As far back as we know, to the days of the ancient empire, it seems that the Romans have been very good at enjoying their free time. Nothing has changed. It’s called the “Estate Romana”, literally “The Roman Summer”, an …

Lovere is a lovely little town in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, placed at the northwest end of Lake Iseo and surrounded by a semicircle of mountains that gives the town a perfect and breathtaking natural frame. If you …

On August 5th “La notte della Taranta” music festival began under the starry sky of Salento, or Apulea, an area in the region of Puglia. It’s one of Italy’s biggest festival and one of Europe’s most important events dedicated to …