Italy in Brief

Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff | Mon, 08/29/2022 - 11:56
The (one) upside of an alarming downturn in water levels? Buried treasure. As Italy’s severe lack of rainfall continues —  with scientists warning that the…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff | Tue, 08/23/2022 - 11:10
As Italy prepares for a general election on September 25, Eike Schmidt, the director of Florence’s state-run Uffizi Galleries — a group that also includes the…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff | Mon, 08/22/2022 - 01:23
Fifty years ago, a discovery rocked the archeological world and turned the little Calabrian town of Riace into a household name. In 1972, a Roman tourist…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff | Tue, 08/16/2022 - 10:53
The lush green heart of the city of Florence is about to get a major facelift.  A €50 million mega-project to restore the Boboli Gardens was announced last…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff | Mon, 08/15/2022 - 19:54
Citing lackluster sales due to coronavirus restrictions, coupled with stiff competition from traditional pizzerias getting on the delivery-app bandwagon,…
Travel
by Italy Magazine Staff | Wed, 08/10/2022 - 10:44
Ever wonder what the Eternal City looked like during the Roman Empire’s heyday? To find out, be a fly on an “Aurelian” wall this August and embark on the…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff | Mon, 08/08/2022 - 20:28
At midnight on August 5, 2022, it snowed on the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.  The solemn celebration, Madonna della Neve (miracle of the snowfall…
Travel
by Italy Magazine Staff | Thu, 08/04/2022 - 13:40
With the dollar strong against the euro for the first time in two decades — dipping briefly to a one-to-one status in July — Americans have been flocking to…
Culture
by Italy Magazine Staff | Wed, 08/03/2022 - 12:02
After a nearly six-year hiatus, the National Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum “Giovanni Antonio Sanna", commonly known as Museo Nazionale “G.A. Sanna”,…
Travel
by Italy Magazine Staff | Wed, 07/27/2022 - 07:50
To combat pollution, one of many sustainability issues Venice has to face when dealing with tourism, the city is encouraging tourists to drink from water…