Travelers have been issued a warning about a common practice that is less accepted overseas. While it may seem second nature to schlep around in swimwear when visiting toasty coastal areas in Italy, a reminder has been issued for those planning on doing so. Locals not only have a well-documented “unease” towards tourists parading around … Read more
It was around 1PM on a bucketing wet day. I was in the front seat of the taxi with my driver, Matteo, flooring it along the A1 Autostrada between Florence and Rome. The meter had already hit 500 Euro, with a second extra ‘service’ charge blinking threateningly beside it, and we still had at least … Read more
Olivia Dunne is having the time of her life in Italy. The famed LSU gymnast gave her 7.5 million TikTok followers a glimpse at her Eurotrip on Sunday, posting a video that featured a picture collage of her modeling a black bikini aboard a boat. “Italy has my [heart],” Dunne captioned the post. Olivia Dunne … Read more
The Italian government convened a crisis commission last week to address pasta prices that have soared twice the rate of the country’s inflation. Adolfo Urso, who serves as Italy’s industry minister, conducted the crisis talks as the price of pasta has skyrocketed 17.5% over the past year through March, according to Italian outlet La Repubblica. The rate of … Read more
Social media users have weighed in on the controversy over a voluptuous mermaid statue in southern Italy, and most critics are taking issue with the mermaid having both a human backside and a fishtail. “The debate aroused by the Mermaid is welcome, as long as it is about such issues like the freedom of artistic expression or … Read more
Forget Mona Lisa’s smile. What about her bridge? The Mona Lisa is one of the world’s most famous paintings and has spawned many mysteries and theories, including the woman’s identity. But one historian said he has settled one debate about the painting that hangs in the Louvre: the location of the bridge behind the beguiling … Read more
A village on the Italian island of Sicily has gone viral over its unique shape. The small town of Centuripe is known for its wealth of Roman ruins and rare ancient sculptures, but a drone shot from the air has uncovered its rare shape – an uncanny resemblance to a person with arms stretched out. … Read more
Rita Jenrette, or Princess Rita Boncompagni-Ludovisi — the Texas-born model-turned-Italian princess by marriage — was evicted on Thursday from her longtime Italian mansion after being accused of failing to preserve the historic property. Jenrette, 73, married her husband, Prince Nicolò Boncompagni Ludovisi, in 2009. When he died in 2019, her three stepsons accused her of … Read more
Michelangelo secretly painted himself onto the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, a scholar of Italian art has sensationally claimed. Adriano Marinazzo, a curator of special projects at William & Mary college’s Muscarelle Museum of Art, believes the Renaissance artist depicted himself as God in “The Creation of Adam” — the famous fresco painting that adorns … Read more
New treasures await discovery at a section of Pompeii that has remained virtually untouched for over 2,000 years. Described by the Times of London as an entire “city block” yet to be examined, archeologists are looking to uncover skeletons of the 79 AD Mount Vesuvius eruption in addition to rare mosaics and frescoes that have … Read more
It goes like a Bat-tisata out of Hell. The Automobili Pininfarina Battista has cemented its claim to be the world’s quickest production car after a series of tests on a high-speed track in India. The Mahindra-owned, Italian-built electric supercar is powered by four electric motors with a combined 1,877 hp and is built with lightweight carbon fiber … Read more
Get ready for an extra virgin venti. As a way to introduce more “luxurious” brews, Starbucks will now be selling drinks that are infused with olive oil, the coffee titan announced today. Launching first in Italy at Milan’s Reserve Roastery, the new Oleato (with oil) line — “infused” with Sicilian Partanna brand EVOO — intends … Read more
Archaeologists in Italy unearthed a massive hall where an emperor and knights partied some 2,000 years ago. The hall, discovered by researchers at the Università di Napoli L’Orientale in Naples, was located in the seaside home of Vedio Pollione, a Roman knight and politician who lived in the 1st century BCE, according to the school. Located … Read more
He is Rocking his look. A personal trainer has claimed that he is constantly stopped — and once “mobbed” — by people due to the fact that he looks “just like” Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Bald and brawny Antonio Muratore, 54, said that he is detained on a daily doppelgänger basis by fans asking if … Read more
Tomatoes in carbonara? Fuhgeddaboudit. The New York Times is the subject of ridicule on Twitter after re-sharing a carbonara sauce recipe on Sunday. Carbonara is typically made with eggs, cured pork, Parmesan and cracked black pepper. But the newspaper’s recipe called for an extra ingredient: tomatoes. “Tomatoes are not traditional in carbonara, but they lend … Read more
Gunther III was the stuff of legend. The German Shepherd reportedly inherited somewhere between $400 and $500 million from a wealthy German countess named Karlotta Liebenstein in the early 1990s. The story went that Liebenstein had lost her 26-year-old son to suicide, and having no other human in the world, left her vast fortune to … Read more
For nearly 30 years, Kim’s Video and Music, across five downtown locations, was a haven for NYC movie lovers offering a trove of 55,000 often rare, otherwise unfindable titles. After the most famous location, Mondo Kim’s on St. Marks Place in the East Village closed in early 2009, the massive collection went on a wild … Read more
Three in four Americans who have traveled in the last five years went for the food (74%), according to new research. A survey of 2,000 adults found that there’s still more to see — and eat. Respondents said that if they could visit any country based on their cuisine alone, they’d go to Italy, France, … Read more
Italian screen legend Gina Lollobrigida has died. She was 95. She passed away on in Rome on Monday, her lawyer Giulia Citani said. Lollobrigida made a name for herself as an actress in the 1960s and 1960s, starring with icons such as Humphrey Bogart, Rock Hudson, Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis and Frank Sinatra. Over her … Read more
Michael Bay is allegedly facing charges that a pigeon was killed during a film shoot five years ago in Italy, but he is denying the allegations. The acclaimed filmmaker is now responding to the allegations after supposedly attempting to clear his name with authorities, The Wrap reported. “I am a well-known animal lover and major … Read more