zoomata.com staff For the third year in a row statisticians wrote a love letter to Bevagna, a medieval hamlet in Umbria, naming it highest for standard of living in Italy. Research institute Censis studied over 100 cities and towns throughout Italy, finding many of them like Milan and Rome growing and dynamic but choked by [...]
zoomata.com staff Most Latin lovers prefer a plate of pasta to a paramour, according to a recent study. One-third of all Italian of both sexes indicated pasta as the main pleasure in life. According to the SWG poll, nearly half of them would never go without it.Sex? L’amore as a life passion warrants a mere [...]
First Person: real life in Italy 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. ID Card: My [...]
zoomata.com staff Italy?s premier opera house La Scala has come out from under wraps after a three-year restoration. Inaugurated in 1778, the theatre had to be renovated extensively to meet modern building codes and safety standards. The decision to make over other parts of La Scala during the restoration led to nearly-operatic and very Italian [...]
by Nicole Martinelli When fighting knight Cangrande della Scala of Verona buckled to the ground after drinking from a fountain in 1329, many called foul play. Some 675 years later, scientists took out his perfectly-preserved mummy hoping to solve this ancient murder mystery. A team of experts lead by Gino Fornaciari, also in charge of [...]
