Traditional music, the heartbeat of Italy - L'Italo-Americano
Aug 22, 2023 · Music, the universal language of the soul, subtly shapes our experiences, colors our memories, and stirs our emotions. It has the power to bring us to another time and place and evoke feelings that words alone cannot express.
The mysteries and secrets of Castel del Monte - L'Italo-Americano
Aug 2, 2021 · Castel del Monte has a way to charm its visitors. Architecturally unique and historically precious, this medieval dwelling located some 15 miles from Andria and about 50 from Bari, in Apulia, had been constructed in the 13 th century to meet the requests of Frederick II, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.. Its beauty and, as we will see, its peculiarities, made of it one of the most visited ...
NASA awards Italian photographer Valerio Minato’s shot
Jan 16, 2024 · “Cathedral, Mountain, Moon” has been selected by NASA as the Astronomical Picture of the Day for December 25, 2023.The photo was taken by a young photographer from Piedmont, Valerio Minato, originally from the province of Biella and, since 2005, a resident of Turin where he has worked as a photographer since 2012. What’s special about this photograph?
The Masks of the Commedia dell’Arte - L'Italo-Americano
Feb 4, 2020 · During a recent visit to the Museo Teatrale della Scala I admired many antique prints of commedia dell’arte situations. Commedia dell’arte was a theatrical genre that evolved in the latter part of the sixteenth century.
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The color red is a defining feature of Christmas everywhere in the world, Italy included. Its ubiquity in decorations, traditions, and seasonal celebrations reflects centuries of cultural and religious evolution, making it a deeply significant part of the Italian holiday …
The history of Ferragosto: Italy’s favorite summer day
Aug 10, 2021 · Ferragosto is a typically Italian holiday, that isn’t celebrated anywhere else in the world.While the 15 th of August is honored in Catholic countries as the day of Mary’s Ascension to Heaven, Ferragosto in Italy doesn’t have only a religious meaning, but a historical and socio-cultural one, too. It is, for us, the symbol of summer holidays and, …
An Italian song for freedom: the origins and popularity of Bella …
Apr 25, 2022 · Messina also helps us to ascertain where and when the melody was recorded for the first time: on a gramophone recording by gypsy accordionist Mishka Ziganoff, “Klezmer-Yiddish Swing Music,” In 1919.
The pasta strainer, the most important utensil in our kitchen
Apr 29, 2024 · However, it was not until 1570 that Bartolomeo Scappi, esteemed cook to the papal élite, immortalized the pasta strainer in his seminal work, Opera dell’Arte del Cucinare, with a depiction of what he termed the foratoro.. Time to drain that pasta: how would we do without scolapasta? (Photo: Elisabetta Donatiello/Dreamstime) In its early iterations, the pasta strainer was fashioned from ...
Cameos, the Italian hand-carved jewels with an ancient heart
Aug 22, 2023 · Ever since I was young, I’ve had a penchant for all things Victorian and Gothic in aesthetics: this fascination naturally led me to the world of cameos, those intricate pieces of jewelry that seem to whisper tales and secrets of the past.My fondness for these beautiful and somehow mysterious jewels has always been well-known among my friends and family and, a few Christmases ago, I was ...
Discovering Castel del Monte, Apulia’s Greatest Enigma
Oct 6, 2016 · This is the feeling that one gets already as he/she climbs the way uphill to Castel del Monte. But then, as you finally enter the only gate by way of either of the two monumental staircases on the outside, the view of the inner courtyard presents you with an even greater enigma: you find yourself in a dead end, and the only way out is to look at the octagon-shaped glimpse of blue sky above.