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Il Partito dei Pinocchi Posted by Serena on Jan 2, 2013
How trustworthy are our politicians here in Italy? Here is an extract from an interesting article that I found in the Corriere della Sera: Chi è il capo dei Pinocchi? Silvio Berlusconi. Sua è la bugia più clamorosa del 2012, quando ha indicato l’Italia come il paese dall’economia più solida al mondo, secondo solo alla…
Michelangelo’s Pietà Rondanini Moves Home Posted by Serena on Nov 30, 2012
A few days ago, while browsing through the newspaper ‘Corriere della Sera’, I came across an interesting article about Michelangelo’s last sculpture, la Pietà Rondanini. Michelangelo is thought to have started working on this Pietà (pietà is the name used for a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Christ) in…
Le Paralimpiadi Posted by Serena on Sep 14, 2012
This has been a great year for the Italian team at Le Paralimpiadi 2012 (The 2012 Paralympics). They finished their amazing adventure with a total of 28 medals: 9 gold, 8 silver and 11 bronze, 10 medals more than the previous Paralympics in 2008 and the same number of medals won in this year’s Olympics…
Allarme per l’Ombrone Posted by Geoff on Aug 30, 2012
A few days ago, in a blog called Il Temporale (The Storm), I wrote about the incredible dry heat we’ve experienced here this summer. I talked about the impact that this siccità (dryness) has had on the environment, and how it had desiccated our orto (vegetable garden). Here’s an article that I found, with some…
Vietato Cantare l’Ave Maria in Chiesa Posted by Serena on Aug 28, 2012
È vietato cantare l’Ave Maria in chiesa! (It’s forbidden to sing the Hail Mary in church!) Unbelievable but true! But why? A couple of weeks ago, actor and film director Michele Placido, originally from Foggia in Puglia, got married to the young actress Federica Vincenti. He asked his old friend Al Bano, a famous pop…
La Scherma Italiana delle Olimpiadi del 2012 Posted by Serena on Aug 22, 2012
The Olympic Games are over, now it’s time to have a little rest and to count our results. In total we brought home 28 medals: 8 gold, 9 silver, and 11 bronze. Nothing compared to the USA or China (we’re only a little country!), but enough to give us a dignified 8th place in the…
Carlo Rambaldi, Papà di E.T. Posted by Geoff on Aug 13, 2012
Like me, I imagine that most people had never heard of Italian special effects maestro Carlo Rambaldi until his death was announced in the media a few days ago. And yet he was the creator of one of the best known characters in the history of cinema: E.T. Rambaldi was the winner of 3 Oscars…