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- The Mediterranean, A Sea of Culture Conference in Naples
- Bebeez Report on the VC market and Italian startups
- WHO assisting countries hit by a rare monkeypox outbreak in Europe
- Wild population of wolves in Italy grows in size
- Face masks will remain compulsory in Italy in some indoor venues until mid-June
- Algeria’s gas supply to Italy might be increased by 4 billion cubic meters per year
Latest News
The Mediterranean, A Sea of Culture Conference in Naples
The Mediterranean Ministers of Culture Conference, scheduled for June 16 and 17, in Naples, intends…
Bebeez Report on the VC market and Italian startups
Over 5 billion euros has been raised by startups and scaleups with an Italian DNA…
WHO assisting countries hit by a rare monkeypox outbreak in Europe
Monkeypox is mostly found in tropical rainforests in Central and West Africa, although outbreaks have…
Wild population of wolves in Italy grows in size
The Wolf population in Italy consists of 3,300 individuals split between the mountain ranges of…
Featured Articles
The Bizarre Anatomical Machines of the Prince of Sansevero
History and images of the Anatomical Machines The anatomical machines are two anatomical models that reproduce the human circulatory system and are on display in…
The Italian Space Center in Kenya
The Luigi Broglio space center in Malindi, Kenya, is an Italian space center outside the national territory, owned by the Sapienza University of Rome and…
A True Story by Lucian of Samosata, the earliest example of Science Fiction in Literature
A True Story by Lucian of Samosata is the first known text that could be called science fiction A True Story (Latin: Vera Historia Verae…
The 20+ best Italian Directors of All Time
Greatest Italian Film Directors of All Time Italian directors have been greatly involved in the revolutionizing of cinema since the 1940s. Here is the list…
The genetic profile of the ancient Romans
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…
The Benandanti: Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults between 16th and 17th centuries in Italy
History & Facts of the Benandanti, The Good Walkers A trial for heresy of two peasants reveals a pagan-shamanic peasant cult based on the fertility…
The Cosmogony of a Sixteenth-Century Italian Miller
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…
Giovanni Bugatti, the official Papal executioner who executed 514 people
The story of Giovanni Battista Bugatti Mastro Titta Giovanni Battista Bugatti, known as Mastro Titta (Senigallia, 1779 – Rome, 1869) was an Italian executioner of…
Facts and Brief Biography of the Navigator and Explorer John Cabot
John Cabot is famed for discovering Newfoundland John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto in Italian, Zuan Chabotto in Venetian) was an Italian explorer and navigator commissioned by Henry…
The Enigmatic Borges Maze in Venice
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…