La vita italiana

Oggi 8 agosto 2016 ricorre il 60° anniversario del disastro minerario di Marcinelle, la più grande tragedia che ha colpito la nostra migrazione in Europa. Nella miniera del Bois du Cazier morirono, in quell’agosto del 1956, 262 lavoratori provenienti da …

Back in 1904 a poor young man by the name of Agostino Coppola left his Southern Italian hometown of Bernalda for good. Starting from this small village near Matera, in the Basilicata region, he went on to cross the Atlantic …

In 2014, Giovanna Napolitano e Giuseppe Campochiaro, an Italian young couple, traversed by foot the pilgrimage route to Santiago De Compostela (Galicia, Spain) known as the French Way. As they were hiking along the mountainous trail, they had a vision. …

Want to wish upon a star? Every year, come August 10th, people all over Italy wish for a cloudless sky and, possibly, for a new moon – the perfect conditions to see as many shooting stars as possible. The Perseids …

Third part of the series introduced by Tuscan Muse with the most interesting things about Italy. Here we go! The national bird of Italy is Bluebird.   Italy is famous for its sports cars like Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Maserati and …

I am an odd Italian coffee lover: I started drinking it when I was in my twenties, spending my youngest years in worship of the more exotic world of teas. I still like tea, but coffee… coffee is a different …

A handful of days ago British company Tiziana Life acquired some very important Italian stuff: genes. Let me explain you better: Tiziana Life bought a genetic databank containing DNA samples of 13.000 inhabitants of the Ogliastra region, in the South …

Think of Milan during the months of the Expo. Think of the incredible amount of food produced and consumed on its premises. Think also of the equally large amount of food wasted: if you made some extra cash working the …

Everyone knows Mount Rushmore, with its iconic representations of four of the most important presidents of US history: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, F.D. Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. As a child, I remember being fascinated by their stoney, gigantic faces and …

  The Tuscan Muse walks us through the last part with the most interesting facts about Italy. Here what makes Italy popular and unique!   The longest river in Italy is the Po.   Italy is the largest wine-producing country …