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WEBItalian Navy training ship, Amerigo Vespucci, docks at the Port of Los Angeles. Italy arrives at the Port of Los Angeles with the Amerigo Vespucci, Italy’s oldest naval vessel, bringing a slice of its rich maritime heritage. The Italian Navy’s tall ship, begins a six-day visit, offering free tours of the magnificent vessel.
The history of Ferragosto: Italy’s favorite summer day
WEBAug 10, 2021 · Ferragosto is a typically Italian holiday, that isn’t celebrated anywhere else in the world.While the 15 th of August is honored in Catholic countries as the day of Mary’s Ascension to Heaven, Ferragosto in Italy doesn’t have only a religious meaning, but a historical and socio-cultural one, too. It is, for us, the symbol of summer holidays and, at once, also that of the end of summer ...
Are today’s Italians the real descendants of the ancient Romans?
WEBAug 10, 2021 · The Roman Empire is often associated with the most glorious moment in the history of the Italian peninsula, but are we, modern-day Italians, the genetic descendants of the old inhabitants of the Eternal City?. A short disclaimer before delving deeper into the subject: culturally, ethically, philosophically, we all are the descendants of the Ancient Romans and of their oriental cousins, the ...
An Italian song for freedom: the origins and popularity of Bella …
WEBApr 25, 2022 · Per noi italiani è una melodia familiare e tutti ne conosciamo il testo. Molti di noi l’hanno imparata alle elementari, insieme ai primi versi del nostro inno nazionale.
Celebrating National Italian American Heritage Month
WEBOct 14, 2016 · An obvious place to start is with Cristoforo Colombo, or Columbus, native of the Republic of Genoa, sailor, navigator and explorer. Born in 1451 the Genovese voyager crossed the Atlantic four times between 1492 and 1503 in search of an alternative spice route to the East Indies.
The life and adventures of Giacomo Casanova, the first modern …
WEBOct 20, 2016 · To make a story good, you need to set its background straight. So, think of Venice. Not that of today, of course, but rather that of the 18th century: then, la Serenissima had been enjoying her role…
The Italian Heritage Month, between history, tradition and …
WEBOct 11, 2022 · We are finally in October, the month of apple picking and pumpkins, of spooks and Halloween.For Italian-Americans, however, it is especially the month dedicated to our heritage and to the contributions the community made to the US throughout its history.Between 1820 and 2000, more than 5 million Italians immigrated to the US, and today, in the 2020s, there are about 17 million Americans of ...
Be my Cicerone, guide me through Arpino - L'Italo-Americano
WEBJul 14, 2017 · According to legend, Arpino was founded by god Saturn. As a modern Cicerone, Mr. Rea guides us through the picturesque borgo where you can enjoy a breathtaking view on the Liri valley in the Central Apennines, the widest part of the mountain chain with the highest peaks. A bust of Cicero, the most notorious son of Arpino.
Toscanelli, the geographer who inspired the voyages of Columbus
WEBFeb 11, 2021 · There is a portrait of Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli standing next to philosopher Marsilio Ficino, one of the foremost minds of the Italian Renaissance.In it, Toscanelli appears as a mysterious man. He wears a turban embroidered alla moresca — in the Moorish-style — in a 15th-century Florence committed to fighting against the Turks. But who was Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli?
Discovering Castel del Monte, Apulia’s Greatest Enigma
WEBOct 6, 2016 · This is the feeling that one gets already as he/she climbs the way uphill to Castel del Monte. But then, as you finally enter the only gate by way of either of the two monumental staircases on the outside, the view of the inner courtyard presents you with an even greater enigma: you find yourself in a dead end, and the only way out is to look at the octagon-shaped glimpse of blue sky above.
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