L'italo-americano Staff

The Italian language, as well as many others, is rich of expressions, sayings and proverbs. Whether they originated centuries ago or only recently, they reflect our culture and history, and are part of our everyday life.   Many of these …

Ancient Sicily as a center of cultural innovation An island at the crossroads of the Mediterranean, Sicily occupied a pivotal place in antiquity between Greece, North Africa, and the Italian peninsula. The exhibit Sicily: Art and Invention between Greece and …

Ambassador of Italy to the United Stated Claudio Bisogniero will be visiting Southern California in April, for his second official mission since last Fall. His presence here will honor the success received by the many initiatives for the 2013 – …

ROME – Even though the saying goes ‘Natale con i tuoi, Pasqua con chi vuoi’ or ‘Christmas with the family, Easter with whom you like,’ most Italians generally end up spending the Sunday celebrating the resurrection of Christ (and Spring) …

  La chiesa parrocchiale di Fobello nella frazione Centro   La chiesa parrocchiale di Fobello nella frazione Centro Si trova in Valsesia, collocato all’estremità di uno dei due rami della Val Mastallone. Il nome, Fobél o Fobeli in piemontese, significa faggio bello, …

Try to ask which country outside of the U.S. would an American choose for a vacation and the answer will be Italy. According to a survey ran by popular airfare search engine Fly.com, the Bel Paese, always among the top …

The United States will attend the Milan 2015 Expo, the event’s commissioner general said. “(Former Secretary of State) Hillary Clinton assured me that the U.S. will participate,” said Roberto Formigoni, who was also the governor of Lombardy, the region surrounding …

America’s Homecoming Queen competition to promote education   America’s Homecoming Queen, a Tennessee non-profit corporation, has been promoting education and community service for high school homecoming queens since 1981. Girls from the fifty U.S. states can participate, but upon invitation only. …

  Chiesa di Santa Maria del Castello a Losine   Chiesa di Santa Maria del Castello a Losine Lúden, in dialetto, è situato nella Val Camonica ai piedi del monte Concarena e sulle sponde del fiume Oglio. È attraversato dal torrente Poia. …

It took a young mayor to come up with a bright idea to repopulate the ghost town of San Basile, located on the slopes of Mount Pollino in the province of Cosenza (Calabria). The online initiative was called: A home …