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There is a black and white image that, more than any other, captures the soul of an unrepeatable moment. It is the face of a young woman who emerges from a copy of the Corriere della Sera. Her eyes laugh, her hair is moved by the wind of novelty...

The Renaissance, Italy: the pinnacle of pictorial art. Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael—the artists who best represent this peak. After them, one might say that no one could ever reach such heights of perfection; no artist could invent something...

Italy is a treasure chest. Venice, in particular, is a hymn to beauty but also to the mastery of the artisan artists who have created this beauty, and who continue to pass on their knowledge of “doing” over the centuries. And nowhere...

There is always a chance to taste Parmigiano Reggiano when we are on a tour, in every part of the country. Yes, because Parmigiano Reggiano is somehow the “national” cheese. Not really in the sense that it is the best, but it is by far the most...

One thing is clear: when you approach it, you should not be in a hurry. It is a work of art, a masterpiece, like a painting or a sculpture, where smell and taste take the place of sight. An inimitable taste: full, intense, harmonious. There are no...

I discovered Val di Noto thanks to the adventures of Commissario Montalbano, the most famous Police Commissioner in Italy, first on television and then in books (it should be the other way around, I know, and even stranger, I read the...

When you hear “Emilia Romagna,” the first thing that comes to mind for most Italians is hospitality. And rightly so—this region has long been Italy’s holiday haven, thanks to its sweeping coastline along the Adriatic Sea. Generations of Italian...

I have travelled the length and breadth of Italy, and I have seen countless masterpieces in the course of my life which have excited, moved, agitated, saddened or cheered me up, but none of these has ever impressed me deeply, made me feel pure...