“Giro Giro Tondo” (Round and Round)
Giro Giro Tondo and Ring a Ring o’ Roses Reveal Centuries of Childhood Mystery The girotondo is a children’s game where kids hold hands and … Read more
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“La Canzone della Felicità” (The Happiness Song)
Scout leaders across Italy rely on this interactive tune to energize young participants This is a song used in scout environments as a community song, … Read more
La Bella Lavanderina – The pretty little washerwoman
An Italian Nursery Rhyme’s Simple Dance This traditional Italian nursery rhyme has many regional variations in the main character’s name (the “lavanderina” sometimes becomes “Maria … Read more
The Sound of Italian Cinema: Italy’s Most Iconic Movie Soundtracks
A breakdown of the composers who created the audio for Spaghetti Westerns, Giallo thrillers, and more. The Italian film score, or colonna sonora, represents a … Read more
Apetta – Italian Spelling Bee–style daily word game
A daily Italian word game that challenges players to form words from seven letters. Apetta is a free, browser-based word game inspired by Spelling Bee … Read more
Giovanni Battista Belzoni and the Disputed Origins of Modern Egyptology
From Circus Performer to Tomb Raider: How an Italian Barber Became Egypt’s Most Productive Explorer Giovanni Battista Belzoni (November 5, 1778 – December 3, 1823) … Read more
Education Degree Deemed Invalid: Italian Teachers Trapped in Bureaucratic Loop
“You’re No Longer Qualified”: Italian Graduates Hit by Kafkaesque Ruling Educational qualification not recognized for working as nursery school teachers. Some former graduated university students … Read more
Italy Publishes 85,000 Books Annually While Only 40% of Citizens Read One
Production Keeps Growing. Readership Doesn’t. In 2023, Italy published 85,192 new book titles with ISBN. That’s more than 230 a day. The number includes novels, … Read more
The Case of P2: Secret Structures State Manipulation and Political Murders in Italy
The clandestine structure that linked military, finance, and media in Cold War Italy Propaganda Due (P2) was a clandestine Masonic lodge active in Italy primarily … Read more
Piazza Fontana Bombing and the Beginning of Italian Postwar Terrorism
The 1969 Milan bombing marked a new phase in political violence The Piazza Fontana bombing took place on 12 December 1969 at the Banca Nazionale … Read more
Strategy of Tension in Cold War Italy
Political Violence, State Secrecy, and the Anatomy of Destabilization The expression “strategy of tension” refers to a coordinated series of political, military, and clandestine operations, … Read more
Junio Valerio Borghese and the Failed 1970 Italian Coup
The Golpe Borghese: The Judicial Fallout from Italy’s Infamous Coup Attempt The Golpe Borghese, also known as the Golpe dei forestali or Golpe dell’Immacolata, and … Read more
Are we about to see Flutter bid for the Italian Lottery License?
You may be an enthusiastic online gamer and gambler – but still not have heard of the company behind many of the best-known sites. You … Read more
The Ancient Rock-cut tombs of Pantalica in Southeastern Sicily
Pantalica Necropolis, rupestrian funerary architecture Pantalica, in the province of Syracuse, Sicily, is situated on a limestone promontory and is renowned for its rock-cut tombs … Read more
The Lives of the Carusi, the Slave Miners of Sicily
Child Slavery at the Floristella Grottacalda mines in Sicily. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the sulfur mines of Floristella and Grottacalda, located in … Read more