If you are going to be in or near Siena this Saturday, you will have a chance to see a faithful reconstruction of the medieval market that used to take place in the Piazza del Campo , or Palio Square.
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Medieval market in Siena
Custom Teaser: A useful guide to some of the towns producing fine majolica.. Words and Images by Christine Webb
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Potty about Ceramics – part 1
British student Meredith Kercher was killed without premeditation and in the absence of any feelings of rancour towards her on the part of the perpetrators, says the long-awaited Judges’ report.
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Amanda Knox: judges’ report published
Andrea Bocelli was honoured with the 2402nd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday. The blind tenor, 51, looking delighted, knelt to feel his star, which is situated outside the Roosevelt Hotel. He told Ansa that the honour was a sign of the American public’s affection for him
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Bocelli on walk of fame
Italy’s many talk show hosts and TV anchormen are in despair following a decision by RAI to ban political talk shows until after the regional elections at the end of March. This is because Italy has an equal media access rule for all legal political parties, guaranteeing them equal air time. In the past, some shows have not respected the time rule.
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Talk show hosts in despair
Archaeologists from Rome’s Tor Vegata University have found what could be the remains of the palace of Sextus Tarquinius , son of the last King of Rome, L.
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Palace of Sextus Tarquinius found
Custom Teaser: Wedding Planner Bonnie Bates explains how keeping children happy on the big day makes for even happier adults… Words and Images by Bonnie Bates When a Hollywood actress whose wedding I was organizing on the Amalfi Coast asked me for a babysitter for her three year old daughter, I didn’t have a second thought.
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Weddings in Italy – How to keep children happy for the big day
Custom Teaser: In his restaurant ‘Il Convivio Troiani’ just a few steps from Rome’s Piazza Navona, chef Angelo Troiani lets Germaine Stafford into a few secrets.. We also included two videos that show how to cook Bucatini all’Amatriciana, buon appetito! Words and Images by Germaine Stafford Sitting in the cosy lounge area of Il Convivio, Angelo Troiani explains that what is now one of Rome’s most important restaurants began as an adventure.
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Bucatini pasta all’Amatriciana
In a week which saw the setting up and speedy closure in Italy of a facebook group which encouraged the derision of children with Down’s Syndrome, a Milan court has found three Google officers guilty of invasion of the privacy of a Down’s Syndrome teenager who was shown being bullied in a 2006 video clip.
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Google three convicted
It’s “Addio alla villa” for George Clooney and Eli [Elisabetta] Canalis. Yes, the fairytale Villa Oleandra, nestling in the idyllic setting of Laglio on Lake Como and scene of the couple’s blossoming love last summer, is up for sale – at a mere 20 million euros.
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Who will be the next "Lady of the lake"?