Heritage

Kakawa is the name given to chocolate by the Olmecs in Central America around the year 1000 B.C., while the Mayans, prior to cultivating it in the area between the Yucatan and the Chapas, from the III and the X …

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 …

Sunday, May 1, 2016 – the AIAE -Association of Italian American Educators – celebrated the eighteenth Annual Awards and Scholarship Gala at the Chateau Briand, in Carle Place. Among the special guests was the new Consul General of Italy in …

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 …

Years ago I awoke in a hotel in Rome on a sunny morning to the sound of bands  playing and troops marching through the city. When I turned on the television, I saw crowds massed along the streets, flags fluttering …

And to think that it was to be only an interlude of imagination in comparison to the work undertaken on the helicopter project. Not even Corradino D’Ascanio, father of the Vespa, would ever have imagined the success of his creation, …

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 …

2016 could be the year when crowdfunding saves Italy. Or parts of Italy, at least. In February some ambitious children launched a crowdfunding project to buy the idyllic island of Budelli and re-name it L’Isola dei Ragazzi, keeping it out …

Columbus Day will not be abolished in in Colorado after legislation was voted down last Monday night.   Rep. Joe Salazar, a Democrat from Thornton who sponsored the bill, originally sought to have Oct. 12 renamed Indigenous People’s Day. He …

Here the second part discovering the world of toys in ancient Rome. The older boys and girls had outdoor toys… sticks and hoops, balls, yo-yos, swings, bow and arrows, sling shots, hobby horses, marbles, and games similar to kick-the-can, hide-and-seek …