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When the Italian language is combined with the best delicacies of our cuisine what comes out is a fabulous combination of linguistic curiosities. It is not rare, in fact, that when you taste a typical specialty of the Bel Paese, you mop up your plate right to the end. But where does this term...
Everyone celebrates Valentine’s Day, but how many know the origin of this holiday? February 14th is the day when we celebrate love and is the celebration of lovers par excellence, now for years consolidated among the festivities belonging to Italian traditions. But where does this custom...
The days of the blackbird represent a true Italian tradition and, according to popular knowledge, go from 29th to 31st January. In some regions they are called “lending days”, in others they are celebrated with folk songs and choirs, in others they are called “of the...
The Italian language, at twenty-first place in the world, is a particularly rich and articulate language, but in its colloquial “version” it is perhaps less famous than its “scholastic” version. Italian, spoken not only in our country but also by millions of people...
The story in pictures has always been part of the art of each era. It’s enough thinking of the illustrated Roman Columns to tell to the people of the emperors deeds, or the mosaic cycles that adorn most of the old churches. The comic is certainly one of the most interesting modern mass media...
Despite being relatively young, comics are an evolution of one of the oldest forms of art ever created by man. Born officially in 1865, with the comic strip called The Yellow Kid, the comics are entered slowly but surely in society. Some comics are considered masterpieces of the genre,...
It was the evening of 9 October 1963. On the north side of Mount Toc, about 270 million cubic meters of rock slid into the artificial lake created by the Vajont dam, causing a flood wave over 200 meters high. This tragedy is known in the history as the Vajont disaster: almost 2000 dead...
The ship and its history are closely linked together by the need of having a transport to be used on water. Sea navigation goes, at least, back to the Neolithic age, as it was demonstrated by the occupation of islands far from the coasts and the dissemination of artifacts. The variety of...
Have you ever heard of Lake Reschen, a curious artificial alpine lake in the western part of South Tyrol, in the municipality of Curon Venosta? If the answer is yes, for sure know its emblem-marking, the lonely and impressive bell tower that seems to appear from nowhere in the middle of...
Their great popularity inspired a widespread Italian motto (“beautiful as Riace Bronzes”), these two bronze statues dating to the fifth century BC are a priceless treasure of Belpaese, among the most significant sculptural masterpieces of Greek art and the direct testimony of the...
