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A newly discovered manuscript of Il Milione, Marco Polo’s famous account of his travels, has been found in the Biblioteca Diocesana Ludovico Jacobilli in Foligno, a historic town in the Umbria region of central Italy. The discovery is significant also due to …

Certain events define calendars around the world, like Labor Day in the U.S. and the Ambrosetti Forum in Italy. Both occur in September, and in 2024, the Italian American community experienced a historic occasion: The European House – Ambrosetti (TEHA) …

La nuova vita del Palazzo delle Papesse a Siena, conosciuto come Palazzo Piccolomini e costruito nel XV secolo su progetto di Bernardo Rossellino, è all’insegna dell’arte contemporanea. Lo annuncia Beppe Costa, presidente e amministratore delegato di Opera Laboratori,  che tra Firenze, Siena e …

Tornabuoni Arte inaugura nella sua sede di Firenze, Avanguardie al Femminile, una mostra unica che riunisce tre delle più importanti protagoniste dell’arte italiana del dopoguerra: Carla Accardi (1924-2014), Marina Apollonio (1940) e Dadamaino (1934-2004). Con oltre 40 opere, che abbracciano …

In 1902, 22-year-old Pietro Nelli, like so many immigrants before him, boarded a ship and left Italy to seek a better future in America.  At that age, he could have never imagined what lay before him. It’s possible he saw …

A year has gone by since the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco welcomed its new Director, Alberta Lai. Born in Cagliari, Sardinia, she graduated in Ancient Literature and taught Latin and Greek in Italian high schools for several years, …

You only need to mention pesto to get your taste buds into a frenzy: fresh and creamy, tangy and aromatic, we all automatically think about the green stuff, pesto alla genovese. Mother of all sauces, it is the symbol of …

Truffle hunting is an ancient tradition rooted in Roman times, when the Romans regarded truffles as a delicacy, and attributed their mysterious growth to divine forces. While truffles have been prized for millennia, the formal tradition of truffle hunting as …

If you have been to Italy, you know it: there are some street names you’re bound to find everywhere, from the largest of cities to the tiniest village. Just like you find a Market Square or Shop Street everywhere in …

The Italian language evolved through a long and gradual process, which began with the decline of the Roman Empire in the fifth century. It wasn’t until the year 1000 that the first texts began to appear in the vernacular—no longer …