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Italy Isn't at the FIFA World Cup. Here's How It's Handling the Blow.

by Toni DeBella | Tue, 12/06/2022 - 12:27

The Azzurri, Italy’s beloved national football team — darlings of the international football (soccer) scene — failed to make it to the FIFA World Cup in Qatar…

Culture

This Quirky Festival in Verona Just Earned UNESCO Recognition

by Italy Magazine Staff | Thu, 12/01/2022 - 11:55

It’s Verona’s “turn” for a little love from UNESCO: The city’s annual festival of street games, Tocatì — “it’s your turn” in local dialect — has been inscribed…

Culture

Statues in the Stadium of the Marbles, part of the Foro Italico sports complex

This Free-Access Digital Database is the First Large-Scale Effort to Map Italy's Fascist History

by Italy Magazine Staff | Tue, 11/29/2022 - 14:37

A new free-access online database maps out more than 1,400 monuments, buildings, street signs and plaques that bear witness to Benito Mussolini’s fascist…

Lifestyle

shoppers at the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan

Black Friday Shopping in Italy Takes a Backseat to Bigger-Picture Concerns, Survey Shows

by Italy Magazine Staff | Tue, 11/22/2022 - 07:26

Black Friday mania in Italy is taking a backseat to the bigger-picture mood: 90% of Italians are concerned about the rising cost of living, 79% about climate…

Food & Drink

Pesto made with pistachios instead of the traditional pine nuts

3 out of 4 Italians Have Encountered Botched Dishes or Mangled "Made in Italy" Products Abroad

by Toni DeBella | Fri, 11/18/2022 - 10:13

In survey results that are likely to surprise, well, no one, 73% or approximately three out of four Italians indicated that they have come across faux Made in…

Food & Drink

Puglia-Based Scientists Propose a Method for Extending Fresh Pasta's Shelf Life

by Italy Magazine Staff | Thu, 11/17/2022 - 09:30

As inflation-wary consumers face sticker shock at the supermarket and rates of food waste in Italy are on the rise, scientists have released timely research…

Food & Drink

trees in Friuli-Venezia Giulia amid the drought

How Iconic Food Products in Italy are Weathering the Effects of the Drought

by Alexa Ahern | Mon, 11/14/2022 - 09:40

It’s been months since the alarm first sounded on the drought that’s been ongoing in Italy since late last year, causing the government to declare a state of…

Culture

Temporary Glass Barriers Around St. Mark’s Basilica Stand Up to “Acqua Alta”

by Italy Magazine Staff | Fri, 11/11/2022 - 05:51

Transparent barriers erected around the perimeter of St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice are turning the tide against the city’s infamous acqua alta (high water).…

Lifestyle

In Rome, Shop Shutters Serve as After-Dark Art Canvases

by Toni DeBella | Thu, 11/10/2022 - 06:34

Rome has long been recognized for its vibrant and gritty urban artworks. Full-fledged murals by internationally renowned artists co-exist with guerrilla-style…

Culture

Bronze Statues Unearthed in Tuscany Shed New Light on Etruscan-Roman History

by Italy Magazine Staff | Wed, 11/09/2022 - 12:44

A team of archaeologists announced on Tuesday the discovery of more than two dozen bronze statues believed to date back some 2,300 years. The extraordinary…