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Italian love songs: English lyrics to "Un vento di passione" by Pino Daniele and Giorgia

19 March, 2020

Something of an Italian jazz artist, Pino Daniele here sings “Un vento di passione” or “Passionate wind” with female Italian singer Giorgia at the 2007 Italian Festivalbar, Milan. The live concert in Milan near the Duomo and Galleria is an…

Italian Easter recipes: squaglio from Rome

19 March, 2020

Today we have a rather delicious recipe for your Easter breakfast; in Rome they call it Squaglio or squajo and you can prepare it just in a couple of minutes. All you have to do is pour hot water over…

Classic Italian Christmas recipes: cake or sweetbread from Bologna

19 March, 2020

Today we’re going to look at this traditional Italian Christmas recipe from Bologna called the certosino. It’s a kind of cake or sweetbread which is also called panspeziale or ’spiced bread’. It’s made from a series of ingredients including dried…

Florence luxury hotels – Grand hotel Villa Medici

19 March, 2020

Situated in the heart of Florence, between the river and the old town, the amazing 18th century Villa Medici was converted into a five star hotel several years ago; despite the rearrangement of its layout, the place has retained all…

Italian actress Asia Argento lands VanityFair cover

19 March, 2020

Italian actress Asia Argento seems to be getting a lot of magazine covers lately! But this time from the pages of Vanity Fair and A magazine, she doesn’t talk shop but fires a full broadside at her ex boyfriend singer…

Luxury Turin accommodation: Villa Matilde Relais

19 March, 2020

More Turin luxury accommodation after the Villa Matilde Relais is available at the Bella Rosina Relais near Venaria Reale, in the Mandria national park. It might not have the same grand setting as other Italian villas, but it has some…

Emporio Armani aged leather belt

19 March, 2020

This Emporio Armani aged calf leather belt with a beautiful, shining buckle retails for 155 euros; a must have in every man’s wardrobe.

Elisabetta Canalis and George Clooney in Venice: more pics

19 March, 2020

Here are more pics of Elisabetta Canalis and George Clooney, dressed more casually as they arrived at the Venice Film Festival. Canalis obviously likes the little black dress look, although for the red carpet event, she was dressed in a…

Italian Royal Palace of Caserta: tours and ticket information

19 March, 2020

This weekend is the last chance this summer opening season in Italy, to see the Royal Palace of Caserta, Italy’s version of Versailles. The summer tour of the palace includes a guided tour of the Italian palace gardens, a bus…

Roberto Cavalli winter collection campaign

19 March, 2020

A party atmosphere in a night club location has been chosen as the new advertising campaign image for the Roberto Cavalli winter collection. The Italian fashion campaign features Isabeli Fontana, Karen Elson and Clement, photographed by Steven Meisel. As usual,…

Pope John Paul II beatification: what the media says

19 March, 2020

After the excitement of today's royal wedding, Sunday May 1st marks the beatification of Pope John Paul II and the Vatican is preparing itself for a serious influx of pilgrims. Not quite religious tourism in Rome, it marks an extremely…

Italy's white truffle record auction: Alba truffle sold for 100,000 euros

19 March, 2020

The white truffle auction held in Langa, Piedmont on the weeked, saw a 750 gram white truffle sell for a record of 100,000 euros. It was the last of 11 truffle lots on auction, with the event seeing more than…

Love songs: "I live for her" or 'Vivo per lei" from ORO, Andrea Bocelli and Giorgia

18 March, 2020

This is our second look at Italian love songs, after Alan Sorrenti’s “Tu sei l’unica donna per me”. One of the greatest international successes for an Italian song was born in an unusual way. “Vivo per lei” is a love…

Vogue Italia's glamour oil spill shoot: the editor responds

18 March, 2020

Vogue Italia has managed to catapult itself into the middle of a very real controversy with its recent photo shoot of model Kristen McMenamy done up to represent a siren killed by the black sea of oil currently destroying the…

Turin inaugurates Museo d'Arte Orientale (Mao)

18 March, 2020

Just a few days ago Turin inaugurated a new museum devoted solely to Oriental art; the museum (Mao) located in Palazzo Mazzonis hosts more than 1500 artworks; statues, paintings and precious manuscripts that will take your breath away. But if…

Sophia Loren on Italy's walk of fame

18 March, 2020

Italy’s walk of fame at Jesolo, Venice has inaugurated the hand prints of Sophia Loren during a special ceremony in piazza Brescia. Jesolo has a walk of fame along the seaside which includes famous names from Italian cinema, music and…

Two 7 star hotels to be inaugurated in Sardinia

18 March, 2020

7 star hotels are as rare as hen’s teeth, but Sardinia will soon be the only place on earth to boast two super luxury hotels; the Pitrizza hotel and hotel Cervo both in Porto Cervo will in fact be upgraded…

Adventure sports in Italy: trekking in Piedmont

18 March, 2020

There is an adventure sport in Italy which is a mix between trekking, climbing and caving. Called “ferrate” the sport involves walking through rocky mountainous areas where some equipment and support is required to negotiate the sometimes perilous rocky outcrops.…

Arpino: megalithic acropolis

18 March, 2020

When in Rome, you’re also in Lazio, the Italian region on the west coast of the peninsula. And if you ever dared to hire a car around these parts, you could meander down to Naples or wander into Umbria as…

Katana, the new floor lamp by V12 design and Arkispazio for I Tre

18 March, 2020

This elegant floor lamp called Katana and designed by V12design and Arkispazio for I tre, one of the Firme di vetro’s brands, has been presented at the Frankfurt international exhibition Light & Building 2008. Made of carbon fibre this dynamic…

Italian playmate Sarah Nile voted out of Big Brother

18 March, 2020

Only a few days ago our colleagues over at 06blog interviewed Sarah Nile (a great favourite with the Blog if you know what I mean) who has just been voted out of Italy’s Big Brother house. The 23 year old…

Francis Bacon's paintings on exhibition at Palazzo Reale in Milan

18 March, 2020

Francis Bacon is now regarded as one of the greatest painters of the 20th century; a true genius who succeeded in capturing the unrest and deep turmoil of his times. His paintings are like a magnificent and appalling journey into…

Robert de Niro speaks Italian: the video trailer of Manuale d'Amore 3

18 March, 2020

Robert de Niro’s first Italian film in more than 30 years after Novecento, sees the American actor from Italian origin go back to his roots and try speaking in Italian. The new Manuale d’Amore film is the third in the…

Art from Pompeii: restored frescoes at the Naples archaeological museum

18 March, 2020

After a few years of closure, the Collezione Affreschi and Collezione Farnese from the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli will reopen from September. The affresco collection shows more than 400 restored frescoes from Pompeii, destroyed by the Vesuvius eruption of…

Actress Michelle Rodriguez goes on a shopping spree in Milan

18 March, 2020

Thanks to the planetary success of Avatar (a blockbuster directed by the incomparable James Cameron), Michelle Rodriguez has now become one of the world’s most popular actresses. Hounded by paparazzi wherever she goes (and she‘s around a lot), the American…