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by Italy Magazine… |
Presented by Italy’s five great walking routes do not all tell the same story. The Via Francigena, the Romea Strata and the Via Romea Germanica approach…
Culture
by Alex Sakalis |
In 1875, the Swiss industrialist Napoleone Leumann was searching for a place to build his new cotton mill. He had abandoned his previous factory in the small…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff |
Mantua (Mantova in Italian) has earned a place on the contemporary art map with the opening of The Sonnabend Collection Mantova, a new museum of international…
Culture
by John Bensalhia |
This article was originally published on December 21, 2016 and has been lightly updated. What is Hanukkah?It’s a Jewish festival that lasts for eight days…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff |
This article was first published in 2013 and has been lightly updated.The winter holiday season is here and all over Italy, preparations for the festivities…
Culture
by Eric Millman |
If you failed to notice the Museo del Novecento (Museum of the 20th Century) during your last visit to Milan, you’re forgiven. Amid the vendors, selfie…
Culture
by Toni DeBella |
The term sgraffito, from the Italian word graffiare — meaning “to scratch” — refers to a type of ornamental plasterwork achieved by applying layers of tinted…
Culture
by Claudia De Luca |
Umberto Cervo — aged 85 — carves and restores wood in a tiny workshop hidden in the courtyard of an old building on Via Costantinopoli, in the heart of Naples.…
Culture
by Eric Millman |
A tall 20something stares at an oil painting of a man feeding — or being fed by — a bird. Towering and shirtless, with a plug in each ear and unintelligible…
Travel
by Laurence Connell |
Editor's note: Below is a special preview of what you'll find in the full Sardinia issue of Bellissimo, our digital magazine that all Premium Members…