L'italo-americano Staff

A group of international scientists are trying to work together and gather information about Leonardo Da Vinci and his work, in order to solve a long-time mystery and determine if bones presumed to belong to the famed Renaissance artist are …

The Italian Carabinieri recovered the letter, dating 1493, through which Christopher Columbus announced the discovery of the America and the ‘new world’.   The letter had been stolen in Florence from Riccardiana library and was found in the United States …

Villa D’Este will host some Vintage Ferraris, some of them belonging to actors, Steve McQueen and Marcello Mastroianni, as well as a Jaguar of movie star Clark Gable during the so-called Villa d’Este Concours d’Elegance in Cernobbio, northern Italy.   The …

The Sofia Coppola’s production of Italian Opera “La Traviata” has broken Rome Opera House’s box-office record of any time with a 1.2 million euros ticket sales five days before its debut next Tuesday. While the costs of taking the opera …

The restoration of the Gallery of the Candelabra at the Vatican Museums has been taken back to its original beauty. The renovation project costed 700K euros. The gallery’s name comes from the massive marble candelabra that, along with the marble …

The Trajan’s Column was shown for the first time on May 12 113 AD as a triumphal column that commemorated Roman emperor Trajan’s victory in the Dacian Wars. It was probably constructed under the supervision of the architect Apollodorus of …

The ancient aqueduct located off of Arezzo and designed in the 16th-century by Italian artist and art historian Giorgio Vasari is set to reopen, filling with water the fountain in the main square of the Tuscan town The Local governmenet will …

American Actor Richard Gere will be the honorary president of the 62nd Taormina Film Fest, happening in Sicily each summer.This year’s event will run between June 11 and 18, with an evening dedicated to homeless causes. Gere has been advocating …

    This weekend, Brescia will host the famous Mille Miglia vintage car race which re-enacts of the long distance race which took place in Italy between 1927 and 1954.   As the participation is limited to cars manufactured before 1957, …

Italian Maestro Riccardo Muti will return to Milan’s La Scala Opera House next year in January when he will be conducting the Chicago Symphony in two different shows.   This is gonna be the first time that Muti returns to …