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Touring Rome: Campo de' Fiori, near Piazza Navona

14 April, 2020
Campo dei fiori- One of Rome’s most picturesque piazzas - has always been popular with tourists. Its name which literally means field of flowers was first given in the Middle Ages when the place was just a meadow. Its fame…

Rome churches: Santa Maria Immacolata

14 April, 2020
Rome, the Eternal city, can be defined in many ways which more often than not end up mirroring a welter of contradictions. Via Veneto for instance where la dolce vita began almost 50 years ago has its own mystical side…

Golden moments from Raimondo Vianello: videos

14 April, 2020
Raimondo Vianello is considered a true ’signore’ of Italian television, and after his death and funeral, marking the end of an era for Italian viewers, we post a few videos of he and his side-kick and wife, Sandra Mondaini. A…

Leonardo da Vinci's Atlantic Code on display in Milan

14 April, 2020
The city of Milan is hosting an extraordinary art exhibition called The Codice Atlantico or Atlantic Code and entirely devoted to one of the greatest geniuses of all time: Leonardo da Vinci. The famous Atlantic Code which is the largest…

Christian Bale wears Prada at The Dark Knight premiere

14 April, 2020
Take a look at this picture showing Christian Bale at the premiere of his latest movie The Dark Knight held in London just a few days ago! The Welsh actor dressed in a flawless Prada suit looks absolutely gorgeous and…

Florence inaugurates new tramway system

14 April, 2020
In Florence has just been inaugurated T1, a new tramway system which connects the city to the nearby town of Scandicci. Starting from Santa Maria Novella the new tram (which can accommodate up to 272 passengers) covers the distance between…

Prada spring/summer 2011 video campaign

14 April, 2020
Directed by Steven Meisel this video of Prada spring 2011 ready-to- wear collection featuring supermodels Tati Cotliar, Kinga Razjak, Mariacarla Boscono and Zuzanna Bijoch shows us Mariuccia Prada’s new passion for bright colours and graphic prints! Soundtrack by Ratatat Mirando.

Italian actor Gabriel Garko rocks for Rolling Stone mag

14 April, 2020
Gabriel Garko plays the rocker for the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone magazine. Shot at the beautiful villa Erba at Cernobbioby Giovanni Gastel (his uncle was the great Italian director Luchino Visconti), this editorial shows the Italian actor at his…

Italian painter Caravaggio's remains found

14 April, 2020
The remains of Italian painter Caravaggio have been found in a cemetery at Porto Ercole, in Grosseto. Via carbon dating and metal tests to determine the possible presence of lead and mercury residue (commonly used by painters), scientists are 85…

Cute Italian men: athlete Andrew Howe after the Olympics

14 April, 2020
In a “don’t mention the Olympics” scenario for Andrew Howe, after his disppointing performance at Beijing 2008, we give you some more photos of the Italian athlete, after our original gallery of his Vanity Fair shoot.Medal or no medal, we…

Italian love songs: Vasco Rossi "e" in english

13 April, 2020
Vasco Rossi is a legend in Italian music, and today we give you one of his softer songs, “e”. It’s a simple song, but full of emotion and regret. Above is the video of Vasco live in concert and after…

Italian pictures: motorcycle coffee break

13 April, 2020
This wonderful Italian picture shows just how much the Italians take their coffee seriously. The owner of this bike is using a little gas burner to make his Moka coffee off the back of his Moto Guzzi Stelvio bike. What’s…

Huge pillow fight takes place in Milan's Duomo square

13 April, 2020
If you were in Milan’s centre yesterday, any ideas you had about nutter Italians would have been confirmed on encountering a massive pillow fight. Much publicised on Facebook the event took place in the square in front of the Duomo,…