Culture

The village of San Leo, in the Romagna hills, is famous for its old Fortress: it is the prison where the Count of Cagliostro died in 1795. Who was Cagliostro? Why has he been imprisoned here? Let’s take a journey …

In a corner of the courtyard of Juliet’s house, in Verona, is the headquarters of the Juliet Club. Thousands of people from all over the world write to Juliet and confide in her about their own sufferings in love. Juliet …

Lisa del Giocondo, also known as Lisa Gherardini, was a member of the Florentine Gherardini family back in 1479. Her husband commissioned her portrait to Leonardo da Vinci during the Italian Renaissance and today many experts believe that that same …

Come to Thiene during the weekends of september or october, you will leave for a real travel in time! Thiene 1492 is an historical re-enactment which takes place every year, deeply felt by the locals. Its main moment is the …

In Valdobbiadene there is a special place to have lunch: a tavern with no host! How does it work? Here one serves oneself and takes what one wants. Seriously? And who makes sure you’re right? Only your conscience! Try some …

“La cultura è migrazione” dice Federico Gonzalez Perini, addetto culturale dell’ Ambasciata Argentina in Italia, introducendo “Il giorno di Stefano”, dal titolo di un libro della scrittrice italoargentina  Maria Teresa Andruetto.    Simona Cives, responsabile della Casa delle traduzioni del …

Marettimo is one of the Aegadian Islands, Mediterranean Sea west of Sicily, Italy. Let’s take a sailing tour around the caves along the coastline of Marettimo! Marettimo is an island karst, known as “the Dolomites of the sea”.

2 1/2 teaspoons yeast, 3/4 cup (180 ml) milk, 6 Tablespoons light brown sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 eggs plus 1 yolk, 8 Tablespoons (4 ounces) unsalted butter at room temperature, 1/3 cup chopped candied orange peel, 1/3 cup currents sprinkled with 1 tsp almond extract, 1/3 cup …

This year Italy celebrates 100 years anniversary of Alberto Burri’s birthday, one of Italy’s most important contemporary painter and sculptor. He was born in Città di Castello, in Umbria, on March 12th, 1915 and had a very peculiar life, considering …

We don’t know what his reaction was when he first saw it but, after a brief explanation, Morgan Freeman must have understood what the cucù — the little whistle made of terracotta — donated by Matera’s Mayor during his visit …