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The coins number at least 30,000 and potentially up to 50,000

Enormous Deposit of Ancient Coins Discovered off Northeastern Coast of Sardinia

by Italy Magazine Staff | Tue, 11/07/2023 - 17:00

After a recreational diver spied some mysterious metallic remains off the northeastern coast of Sardinia, near the town of Arzachena, experts were called in…

Culture

Venere degli Stracci, Venus of the Rags, in Piazza Municipio

Michelangelo Pistoletto to Donate “Reborn” Venus of the Rags to Naples

by Italy Magazine Staff | Thu, 11/02/2023 - 18:40

Contemporary artist Michelangelo Pistoletto’s Venere degli Stracci (“Venus of the Rags”) will be re-installed in Piazza Municipio in Naples early next year, in…

Culture

Basilica di San Benedetto under construction in 2020

7 Years Post-Earthquake, Norcia’s Iconic Local Basilica Holds First Mass Since 2016

by Italy Magazine Staff | Tue, 10/31/2023 - 16:30

On Monday, October 30 at 7.40am — exactly seven years after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck central Italy — the Basilica di San Benedetto in Norcia, a small…

Culture

The Roberto Saviano Case: A Crash Course on Debates Around Defamation in Italy

by Laurence Connell | Sat, 10/28/2023 - 13:30

The 44-year-old Italian writer and commentator Roberto Saviano is used to having powerful enemies. Over the course of a career spent exposing organized crime…

Culture

Banksy Mural in Dorsoduro District of Venice to be Restored

by Italy Magazine Staff | Fri, 10/20/2023 - 07:01

A mural entitled Migrant Child — one of only two works by the English graffitist Banksy in Italy — has been slated for restoration and safeguarding, the…

Food & Drink

These are the Top 2 Restaurants in Italy, According to Gambero Rosso

by Italy Magazine Staff | Tue, 10/17/2023 - 15:50

Osteria Francescana in Modena (Emilia-Romagna) and Reale in Castel di Sangro (Abruzzo) have just been named the top restaurants in Italy by the 2024 guide from…

Culture

In Rome, an Imaginative Exhibition Celebrates the Centenary of Italo Calvino

by Italy Magazine Staff | Fri, 10/13/2023 - 07:08

To mark the 100-year anniversary of the birth of Italo Calvino, which lands on October 15, 2023, the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome is hosting the…

Travel

What’s Going On With the Short-Term Vacation Rental Ban in Florence?

by Italy Magazine Staff | Wed, 10/11/2023 - 02:00

Citing a housing crisis among local residents, Florence’s city government recently approved a bylaw that will ban all new short-term rentals of residential…

Culture

Giorgio Napolitano greets crowds at a military parade in Naples

Who Was the Late Giorgio Napolitano and What is His Legacy?

by Italy Magazine Staff | Wed, 09/27/2023 - 07:45

President Emeritus of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, died at a clinic in Rome on Saturday, September 22, at 98. The announcement of his death came…

Culture

Crowds along the Riva degli Schiavoni in February 2023

Venice Dodged UNESCO’s “Danger List.” But is That Such a Good Thing?

by Italy Magazine Staff | Thu, 09/21/2023 - 12:57

Last week, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the World Heritage Committee — the United Nations’ regulatory body for culture — announced it would not add Venice and its…