Many of us think our surnames were “changed” into somtehing more American when our ancestors reached Ellis Island, but truth ...

A simple Neapolitan pasta of eggs and spaghetti, pasta alla puveriello reflects postwar cucina povera and everyday Italian ...

From Lent rituals to chocolate gifts, Italy’s Easter egg carries centuries of meaning, blending food, symbolism, and regional ...

Across the Arno, Florence’s Oltrarno reveals a living tradition of craftsmanship, where workshops, skills, and daily life ...

A new film revisits Anna Magnani’s legacy, exploring her life, struggles, and enduring influence on cinema and generations of ...

Every year for Easter, the small Sicilian town of San Biagio Platani, in the province of Agrigento, begins preparing a ...

FAI celebrates spring by opening 17,000 sites across Italy, offering rare access to historic landmarks, gardens, and cultural ...

From mechanical clocks to iconic flip displays, Solari di Udine shaped how time and information were presented in stations ...

Either an alternative or a better explanation: these are two instances when you’d use ovvero to introduce something when ...

Michela Tartaglia’s book compares 25 idioms in English, Italian, Spanish, and French, revealing how language reflects culture ...

The great double-leaf gate that has protected the entrance to the Holy Sepulchre for centuries has never remained closed for so long. Wars, dangers, tensions, and pandemics have limited access to ...

Unlike many news organizations, instead of putting up a paywall we have eliminated it – we want to keep our coverage of all things Italian as open as we can for anyone to read and most importantly ...