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Piazza Fontana Massacre: Exhibition remembers the victims
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Seventeen photographs and seventeen poems in memory of the victims of the Piazza Fontana...
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Sa Femina Accabadora, The Lady of the Good Death
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Sa Femmina Accabadora was a woman who was in charge of bringing death to...
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The Roman Expeditions of the Nile River
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Between 62 and 67 AD the Roman emperor Nero sent a small group of...
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Three fascinating cultural practices from ancient Rome
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Italy is stuffed with culture like some kind of metaphysical, literally culture-stuffed calzone.
Obviously, all...
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Crucified like Jesus two thousand years ago | The second case in the world discovered in Italy
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A multidisciplinary - anthropological, taphonomic and genetic study - conducted in collaboration between researchers...
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Archaeologists found in Pompeii the skeleton of a man fleeing from the fury of the Volcano
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The man, probably limping, was killed by a boulder hurled at high speed by...
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The Gardens of Tivoli in Italy: Villa d’Este
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The Villa d'Este in Tivoli is a masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance and is...
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6 Things You Could Never Have Guessed Are Actually Italian Inventions
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Italy’s contribution to culture and gastronomy is undisputable. From ancient Roman times to the...
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The Italian Army during WWI
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Italy was officially a member of the Triple Alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary. Despite...
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Child Labour And the Sulphur Mines in Sicily
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THERE is one street in Catania, Sicily, which seems to be given over to...
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Piazza Fontana Massacre: Exhibition remembers the victims
Seventeen photographs and seventeen poems in memory of the victims of the Piazza Fontana Bombing, a terrorist attack occurred on 12 December 1969 when...
3 Less-Known Places to Visit in Italy
Italy is one of the best places to visit while being in Europe. It’s a great choice regardless of the season.
You can visit the...
Stefano Boeri Architetti, Metrogramma Milano and Inside Outside win the competition for the Parco del Ponte in Genoa, the Polcevera Park
“A Red Steel Circle. A ring that embraces - passing under the new bridge - an area made of iron, water, cement and asphalt.
The...
Top 5 Scholarships in Italy for International Students in 2019
Young people commonly choose to continue their education in colleges and universities. They choose local institutions but some of them prefer studying abroad.
It’s not...
The mesmerizing work of Franco Grignani
Franco Grignani (Pieve Porto Morone, 4 February 1908 - Milan, 20 February 1999) was an Italian graphic artist and artist.
He founded Studio Grignani in...
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30 Amazing pictures of Pompeii
The cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD was one of the most spectacular and destructive events in ancient history.
Two towns and many...
Christ of the Abyss in Italy
The Christ of the Abyss is a bronze statue placed in 1954 on the bottom of the bay of San Fruttuoso, between Camogli and...
What is everybody’s natural language ? The cruel experiment in language deprivation of Frederick II
Throughout history were conducted experiments involving language deprivation trying to discover the origin of language. The first attempt is reported by Herodotus, who wrote Pharaoh...
Cities built by the Romans (The big list)
The list of cities built by the Romans over the centuries is impressive.
Some of the following cities may have been founded by other people,...
The lives of the Carusi, the slave miners of Sicily
Child Slavery at the Floristella Grottacalda mines in Sicily.
The Caruso was a kid aged 8 to 14 years, assigned to carry on shoulder excavated...
The gruesome procession of Verbicaro Flagellants
Italian flagellants - Every year Verbicaro, Calabria, hosts a gruesome procession.
During the night between Thursday and Good Friday, some penitents, completely dressed in red,...
