New life for Italy’s ‘ghost towns’
Italy has numbers of abandoned villages, emptied by earthquakes, landslides or economic losses, and some of them are now being brought back to life as
Italy has numbers of abandoned villages, emptied by earthquakes, landslides or economic losses, and some of them are now being brought back to life as
“Tartine de Nutella”—Breakfast for France? Photo: A. Kniesel / Wikimedia While most observers of international relations have been focused
Apparently spurred into action by the shame of having Spain claim the title for an Italian standard, pizza chefs in the town of Rende, in
June weather that’s hitting the mid-30s (mid-to upper 90sF) is worrying authorities in several European countries, where officials are warning people, especially the elderly or ill, to stay cool.
Three frescoes, missing from Pompeii since 1957 have turned up in the U.S., and been returned to Italy. They are part of a larger trove; a number of other pieces have already been recovered. These three apparently spent the past almost-60 years…
An Italian court has ordered Uber to shut down its UberPop service which uses non-professional drivers in their own cars, within two weeks. The company may appeal, but even if it does, the service will be shut down until (and unless) it wins the…
This is about those moments when you look at something as you walk about a city (or outside one) and you see something so odd, or at any rate odd enough, that you just need to tell someone about it, or show them.
I’m a sucker for a picture-postcard location, and the town of Cefalu on the northern coast of Sicily is no exception. A comune
I’m a sucker for a picture-postcard location, and the town of Cefalu on the northern coast of Sicily is no exception. A comune
I’m a sucker for a picture-postcard location, and the town of Cefalu on the northern coast of Sicily is no exception. A comune
Italy has numbers of abandoned villages, emptied by earthquakes, landslides or economic losses, and some of them are now being
“Tartine de Nutella”—Breakfast for France? Photo: A. Kniesel / Wikimedia While most observers of
Apparently spurred into action by the shame of having Spain claim the title for an Italian standard, pizza chefs in
June weather that’s hitting the mid-30s (mid-to upper 90sF) is worrying authorities in several European countries, where officials are warning people, especially the elderly or ill, to stay cool.
Three frescoes, missing from Pompeii since 1957 have turned up in the U.S., and been returned to Italy. They are part of a larger trove; a number of other pieces have already been recovered. These three apparently spent the past almost-60 years…
An Italian court has ordered Uber to shut down its UberPop service which uses non-professional drivers in their own cars, within two weeks. The company may appeal, but even if it does, the service will be shut down until (and unless) it wins the…
This is about those moments when you look at something as you walk about a city (or outside one) and you see something so odd, or at any rate odd enough, that you just need to tell someone about it, or show them.
I’m a sucker for a picture-postcard location, and the town of Cefalu on the northern coast of Sicily
I’m a sucker for a picture-postcard location, and the town of Cefalu on the northern coast of Sicily
I’m a sucker for a picture-postcard location, and the town of Cefalu on the northern coast of Sicily