The Axum Obelisk in Rome, a much-contested Ethiopian treasure, has been shattered into pieces by lightning. Taken by order of Benito Mussolini in 1937, the Ethiopian government has been trying to get it back for over half a century. Lightning struck the deserted piazza around 1 a.m., probably attracted as much by the shape as [...]
For the fourth year running hundreds of would-be gladiators from all parts of Italy met in Alessandria (Piedmont) for a three-day “Roman Fest ” held the last weekend of May. In addition to parades, feasts and didactic programs for children, the reenactment featured a slave market with Roman currency. "It will be possible to see, [...]
3-4 hours, daily food preparation (1952) 30-60 minutes, daily food preparation (2002) 15 kg meat per capita, yearly (1952) 49.5 kg meat per capita (2002) 104 liters, per person wine consumption (1952) 52liters, per person wine consumption (2002) Rapid changes after the postwar period are in turn responsible for revolutionizing Italian eating habits, breaking some [...]
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We couldn’t resist taking a look at Nazi Porn flick “Women’s Camp 119,” if nothing else for the sheer fun of getting an especially raised eyebrow from our newsstand man. Well, the movie is bad. Not “good bad” or “scary bad” just plain bad, even the fact that “camp” is part of the title can’t [...]
by Nicole Martinelli Among the usual videocassettes of dubious taste vying for attention in Italian kiosks are a series of vintage “Nazi-porn” flicks. The Sex and Violence collection, released as a supplement to cult-movie magazine Nocturno, has sparked debate on a little-known chapter in Italian movie making. “Love Lager” and “The Gestapo’s Last Orgy” are [...]
Further proving the popularity of skimpily-clad dancing girls embellishing all too many Italian TV programs, a retiree spent three-months pension to wish them well upon forced ‘retirement.’ Claudio Baudazzi, 73, took out a quarter-page ad in the Corriere della Sera to bid addio to Maddalena Cornavaglia and Elisabetta Canalis, go-go dancers on satirical program “Striscia [...]
7% Italians live outside Italy 4 million Italians abroad 60% emigrants from Southern Italy 70 million children/grandchildren of Italians As the country wrestles with how to receive and integrate foreign immigrants, a steady stream of Italians still choose to leave the country. Slightly over half of those leaving, 55.5%, choose European countries to better their [...]
Italians will take to the vineyards Sunday May 26, when over 900 wineries from Trentino to Sicily open cellar doors for an international celebration started in 1993. Wine tourism is a growing industry, the association organizing the event estimates that 3.5 million visitors a year tour wineries (1 million will take part in the open [...]
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