Weird Italy, Guide to Unusual & Amazing Places to see in Italy

An extensive genetic study has reconstructed the genetic ancestry of the inhabitants of the area of Rome from prehistory to the Middle Ages: since ancient times the city has been a pole of attraction …

History & Facts of the Benandanti, The Good WalkersA trial for heresy of two peasants reveals a pagan-shamanic peasant cult based on the fertility of the land widespread in Friuli, northern It…

A heresy trial held in Friuli, Italy in the sixteenth century brings to light the complex cosmogony and worldview of a miller who stunned the inquisitors. https://anchor.fm/weirditaly/episode…

The story of Giovanni Battista Bugatti Mastro TittaGiovanni Battista Bugatti, known as Mastro Titta (Senigallia, 1779 – Rome, 1869) was an Italian executioner of the Papal States who executed 51…

John Cabot is famed for discovering NewfoundlandJohn Cabot (Giovanni Caboto in Italian, Zuan Chabotto in Venetian) was an Italian explorer and navigator commissioned by Henry VII of England t…

Spezia Calcio players wore special jerseys in Sunday’s Serie A match against Bologna to raise awareness and funds for a campaign against gender violence. The social responsibility campaign has been cr…

The Borges Labyrinth is located on the enchanting island of San Giorgio in Venice and is a reconstruction of the labyrinth that the English diplomat and “labyrinthologist” Randoll Coate (1909-2005) de…

The latest extraordinary discovery at Civita Giuliana, Pompeii: the room of the slaves.Discoveries continue to be made at Civita Giuliana, in the suburban villa to the north of Pompeii which has b…

The Sator Square: SATOR, AREPO, TENET, OPERA, ROTASThe Sator Square has been the subject of frequent archaeological discoveries, both in stone epigraphs and in graffiti, but the sense and the symb…

The Nemi ShipsThe Nemi ships, 70 meters long and more than 25 meters wide, had been built by Emperor Caligula, in honor of the Egyptian goddess Isis and Diana, goddess of wild animals and the hunt…

The controversial Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, recently accused of crimes against humanity in Brazil, is expected to arrive in Italy next September 1, in Anguillara Veneta, to withdraw the hono…

Italian healthcare threatened by hackers. The Cybersecurity Agency has already alerted potential targets. The threat is defined as very reliable by investigators.The hacker group Groove Cyber Crim…

An inspiring exchange of knowledge and ideas between young chefs and some of the greatest chefs in the world, curated by Fine Dining Lovers, will enrich the exciting program of the three days event in…

Agreement signed between Ducati and Dorna Sports for the editions of the MotoE World Cup from 2023 to 2026“Ducati is always projected to the future and every time it enters a new world it does so …

New Battista Tourbillon TimepiecePowerful. Precise. Beautiful. Elegant. These words perfectly describe the Automobili Pininfarina Battista and now, the new Battista Tourbillon from BOVET 1822.…

The bizarre story of the chronovisorThe chronovisor (or chronoscope) is allegedly a functional time viewer, an hypothetical device capable of capturing and reproducing images and sounds from the p…

LG Electronics (LG) is expanding its partnership with Italian premium lifestyle and furniture brand Molteni&C S.P.A to let more consumers experience the premium lifestyle of LG SIGNATURE.Sinc…