The first Italofonia Conference opened at Villa Madama, marking a new effort to strengthen the international role of the Italian language. The event brings together political leaders, cultural institutions, and organisations committed to promoting Italian as a tool for cooperation and shared growth.
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More than 700,000 people attended the Coldiretti Village in Bologna over the weekend, far exceeding expectations. The three-day event filled the city centre with markets, workshops and food stands celebrating Italian farming and local produce.
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Italian cuisine has taken an important step towards inclusion on UNESCO’s List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has given its first green light to the nomination, issuing a positive technical assessment that recommends Italian cuisine for inscription. This endorsement marks the first major milestone in a […]
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A section of the 13th-century Torre dei Conti in central Rome partially collapsed on Monday during renovation work, leaving one worker in critical condition and two others injured, according to Italian media.
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The Baroque painter Annibale Carracci was born on 3rd November 1560 in Bologna. His work transformed Italian art, shaping the course of Baroque painting and restoring the ideals of the High Renaissance to new prominence.
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Autumn in Sicily is not just a season—it is a celebration of flavour, colour, and ancient tradition. As the air cools and the land turns golden, the island’s markets and villages come alive with festivals dedicated to its most prized ingredients: pistachios from Bronte, capers from the Aeolian Islands, and the golden oils of the […]
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A once-hidden passageway inside Rome’s Colosseum, known as the Commodus Passage — named after the notorious emperor immortalised in the film Gladiator — opened to the public for the first time this week.
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Alba’s white truffle, Piedmontese rice, Fassona beef, and celebrated wines were showcased at the Piedmont Gala Dinner in Osaka. The event, held in the Great Room of the W Hotel, gathered over 150 Japanese stakeholders and institutional guests.
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Mario Berrino, the Ligurian painter and colourful entrepreneur, was born on this day in 1920 in Alassio, the coastal town where he would spend almost all of his life. Best remembered for capturing the atmosphere of the Italian Riviera in his paintings, Berrino also left an enduring mark on Alassio through his entrepreneurial ventures and […]
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A group of Italian physicists have been awarded the 2025 Ig Nobel Prize in Physics for a study that tackles one of the country’s most cherished yet challenging dishes: cacio e pepe. Their work, carried out with colleagues from Austria, Germany and Spain, explores why the sauce sometimes turns creamy and delicious while other times […]
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