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Ogni libro è per me un ineffabile campo di battaglia: lo leggo con matita e risme di evidenziatori, lo riempio di post-it, lo umilio di orecchiette, lo chioso di una simbologia personale e altri folli codici crittografati di mia invenzione. …

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Genius Loci is a Latin term, meaning spirit of place.  Geographers, historians, and other scholars use it to refer to that element, or quality, or founding principle, that makes a place uniquely itself, that pervades or gives rise to, as …

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There was a time, in Ancient Rome, when it was customary to eat with only three fingers, while leaving the ring finger and little finger uninvolved.  Only a person lacking sophistication and grace used all five fingers. With the morphing …

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Durante la seconda decade del 1900, l’Italia fu coinvolta nella Prima Guerra Mondiale quando l’Austria, che aveva impellente necessità d’uno sfocio sull’Adriatico, continuava ad esercitare con violenza la sua oppressione sulla italianissima città di Trieste.   Per cinque secoli Trieste …

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Okay, there are so many reasons to visit Florence, Italy that you may already have plans to visit this year. If not, you may seriously want to consider a 2014 visit, because with all the stir surrounding Dan Brown’s last …

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Prospect Street in La Jolla is squeezed with many restaurants vying for prominence.  Some have a west-facing view of the Pacific which may give them an edge, but only one has that “wow” look, with curb appeal reminiscent of a …

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L’estate, e per il quarto anno consecutivo, a noi siciliani è stata annunciata dall’appuntamento ormai divenuto irrinunciabile del “Rito della Luce”. Così, nella notte che segna il solstizio d’estate, è stata ancora una volta protagonista la Piramide di Mauro Staccioli, …

Even in a city of neighborhoods, San Diego’s Little Italy stands out. The influence of Italian culture and the strong bonds of community can still be felt today, carried on through the years from the first Italian immigrants to the …

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Esiste pianta o frutto più tipicamente italiano del limone? Se siete stati in Sicilia o in qualche altra zona del Sud Italia, avrete visto le distese sterminate di alberi dal profumo inconfondibile, e sentito quel profumo che inebria le lunghe …

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When I think of Italy in the summer I think of two things.  The first: hoards of sweaty, rude tourists.  The second: le sagre.  For probably obvious reasons, I prefer to think about le sagre.   “Le sagre” are local …

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