zoomata.com staff A text message an Italian sent by mistake started a romance that convinced a nun to leave the Catholic church. It began when a factory worker from the island of Sardinia, Maurizio Degortes, thumbed a message to a female friend intended to help her get over a broken heart. His message by accident [...]
zoomata.com staff A new board game based on life at Milan’s San Vittore prison will help Italians find out what happens after you pull the ‘jail’ card. Called “Criminal Mouse” in English, the game made by prisoners challenges players to get through the system. A roll of the dice can mean rat-infested cells, repeat sentences [...]
zoomata.com staff A stone’s throw from the Vatican, city employees in Rome are taking seminars to give them a better understanding of gay rights. Called a preventative measure against homophobia, participants in the six-session course are workers from the office for relations with the public (URP). The course is the brainchild of Mariella Gramaglia, city [...]
zoomata.com staff Clean streets are not enough for one Italian city, officials have decided they should smell good too. Billed as a scent makeover for Genoa’s narrow medieval streets, called caruggi and maligned for centuries as havens for stale smells, the local trash company has decided to spruce up the city for summer visitors. Streets [...]
