Each month we introduce you to someone who has made the dream of picking up and moving to the Bel Paese a reality. In their own words they share the good parts, the bad parts and the just plain absurd moments of day-to-day life in Italy. Looking to move to Italy? Try the reader-recommended Survivor [...]
zoomata staff posted: Mon Dec. 28 11:49 am all bark no bite, Ugolino’s recontructed head Centuries after Dante condemned him to nibble a skull for eternity in the Inferno, Ugolino della Gherardesca, the ‘Cannibal Count,’ is finally resting in peace. He was put back into the family tomb, this time with honors, in a solemn [...]
zoomata staff posted: Thu. Dec. 24 15:49 pmProstitution and artistic splendor don’t go together, according to an Italian court judging a pimp in medieval jewel Perugia. In a landmark sentence, a 22-year-old man was fined for “harming the image and historical patrimony of Perugia” and sentenced to three years of jail for forcing a minor [...]
by Nicole Martinelli? posted: Wed. Dec. 14 15:23 pm All of us have probably destroyed a photo highlighting a triple chin or lopsided smile, but things are a bit different when you’re the symbol of a political regime. Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was ruthless when it came to discarding photos that showed him in, well, [...]
A cheating husband who does not have sex with his wife is not to blame for the failure of their marriage, an Italian court ruled. Rome judges of the Cassation Court, the country’s highest, ruled that husband Filiberto’s ‘continued’ philandering and ‘total lack of interest’ in having sex in his wife didn’t cause the breakup [...]
zoomata staff updated: Wed. Dec. 3 8:35 am For an extra 1.50 euro, Italians can pick up the symbol of the Catholic Church with their daily news. This is the latest installment in the national ‘crucifix soap opera,’which has been dominating media attention since late October after a Muslim in a small town won a [...]
