Heritage

La Festa della Liberazione represents the Anniversary of the Liberation of Italy from the Nazi occupations as well as the Anniversary of the Resistance. It is a national Italian holiday commemorating the end of the second world war. While the …

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 …

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 eternal city traces its birth to April 21, 753 B.C.  If you’re in Rome, you can enjoy festivities that include concerts, gladiator displays, a parade, and  fireworks over the Tiber. Throughout the year you’ll find traces of Rome’s long …

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 …

According to the legend, on April 21, Rome was founded by the mythical Romulus, who killed brother Remes in order to become ruler and founder. They calculated that the city was founded in 753 BC, that is, 2,768 years ago, …

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, …

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 …