2,333 art objects stolen in 10 months* 755 objects recovered 12 people arrested 1 deal for citizen patrol 4,000 members of environmentalist group ?Italia Nostra? have been enlisted by the Carabinieri as watchdogs to prevent art thefts. The agreement also includes an unusual ?theft-awareness training? program?to educate clergy against selling art objects to save church [...]
Michelangelo was fond enough of his Moses statue to take it off the tomb of Julius II so people could admire it properly. Now you can take a close look at the monumental statue thanks to web cams. Web cams documenting the restoration of the marble statue, completed in the early 1500s, announced with much [...]
60% Percentage of world’s artistic patrimony owned by Italy 35 million art & artifacts housed in Italian museums 13 million art works cataloged 1 million (circa) Percentage of art works photographed 35% Percentage of art works on display One less Roman vase or Baroque masterpiece in a crowded basement won’t make much difference: or so [...]
“Our goal is to let scooters roam free in the city center,” announced Florentine politician Federico Tondi. The creator of the newly-founded “Scooter Party,” Tondi drummed up 450 members against recent changes in traffic planning in a week. As of March 2001, the city center will be off limits to scooters– and the battle over [...]
The Langhe just may rival Tuscany as the new Provence. The film version of “BlackBerry Wine,” originally set in France, will switch to where Barolo wine reigns in Piedmont. Author Joanne Harris, of “Chocolat” fame, recently sold the silver screen rights to Italian producer Giampaolo Sodano. The change of scenery has the author’s blessing–after a [...]
43% couples separate due to woman’s career 30% couples separate due to bad cooking 23% couples separate for cheating 4% couples separate for "irreconcilable differences" Forget about extramarital affairs, lack of affection or fighting over money: separations for modern Italian couples are often linked to the fork and spoon.The poll, conducted by the center for [...]
Roberto Baggio: the career anthology• Fashion: who’s who & dictionary •Host of non-chaste calendars• Job announcements: Zanichelli seeks EMT editorial consultants Roberto Baggio: a Question of Karma Recurring rumors about the Buddhist, ponytailed soccer star’s impending retirement make this a good time to take a look back at the highlights and haircuts of this Italian [...]
29 letters: longest Italian word 52% Italian words contain between 7-12 letters 20% increase in length, from 19th century A statistical analysis of 114,000 Italian words from several dictionaries revealed a new record for length–the 29-letter tongue twister is "esofagodermatodigiunoplastica." Sounds as bad as it looks, referring to the complex surgery required after a patient’s [...]
Roars from the 400-strong crowd in Italy’s first bingo hall in Treviso were fit for a stadium–nothing like the indigenous version "tombola," a classic time-killer during holidays. Bingo is the latest pastime in a country where 62% of the population gambles regularly–Italians currently place their money on three soccer-betting schemes, wagers on horses and numerous [...]
Life-lesson portal for Learning Italian • Peek at Pompeii’s "Pleasure Spa" •Frances Ford Coppola: Java on the Set •Job announcements: sales manager, satellite network, English teachers, Italy wide Italian portal teaches everyday practices That’ll teach you! (così impari) is the cheeky slogan for Italian educational portal eudidia…The free lessons on management, computers, the home, personal [...]
