Traditions

Traveling around Italy is a special experience not only for the heartbreaking landscape and the gorgeous art you can find on your way. Italy’s uniqueness is also related to the chance of finding history and culture in some remote places. …

Italians are portrayed as authorities in a wide variety of occupations and vocations, including artists, designers, entrepreneurs of all types, chefs, and any number of other colorful occupations, including farmer.  You know the word, contadino. If we take a look …

Inside Italy’s borders are two independent states.  One of them, you’re sure to know: Vatican City is the smallest internationally-recognized state in the world, measured by both area and population.  The other, though, is perhaps less known, even though tourism …

The Palio del Daino is an event held in Mondaino at the end of August. This year, it will happen between August 20 and August 23, when the whole town relives the Middle Ages. For four days, the local districts …

Today, the Selva contrada won the Siena Palio, which has run a day late because of bad weather.   Selva, meaning wood, is the most successful postwar contrada with 16 wins: the winning horse, Polonski, was brought home in the …

Old Italian barber shops in the United States are on the verge of extinction. For much of the 20th century, most big cities had many Italian barber shops. These barber shops and their trademark red, blue and white helical stripes …

Master Matteo Fedeli, known to the public as “the man of the Stradivari” for having played 25 of these famous violins, will perform a tour of eight concerts entitled “A Stradivarius for FAI”.

The star of the evening is a completely …

History, art, cuisine, tradition: you don’t always have to head to a major tourist town to experience these classic treasures we associate with Italy.  Head to one of the country’s “borghi” instead: ancient, tiny villages retaining the atmosphere of times …

The Assumption Day, the Italian national holiday celebrated on August 15, is held all around in Italy when businesses and shopsare closed. Most museums and tourist sites are open on August 15. Many Italians spend the day at the beach …

After a quite disastrous 2014, a time when most wine producers in Italy lamented very poor harvests due to the inclement weather, it seems like 2015 will be the complete opposite: thanks to perfect weather conditions and high temperatures, the …