Italy Blog

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

I’ve been a bit too snowed under with work recently to write much about what’s going on in Italy.  Meanwhile though, little storms have been blowing up all over the place in the Living Museum. To kick off, we’ve got the allegations of corruption leveled at Guido Bertolaso, the head of Italy’s civil defence organisation, still fizzling away, although Bertolaso seems to have evaded most of the flack. The Bertolaso affair, though, was merely the tip of an iceberg

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Little Storms in Italy

Immigrant workers in sixty Italian towns will strike today in protest at recent racist attacks, exploitation and inhumane working and living conditions . Their aim is to show that immigrant labour is essential to the Italian economy and they will hold demonstrations in town centres, along with Italians who support them.

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1st March – a day without us

Custom Teaser:  We explore the faded glories of San Remo, the ‘pearl of the Italian Riviera’ Words and Images by Catherine Richards Golini

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Bloom, ballads and bikini’s at Sanremo

Custom Teaser:  Lunigian honey it is the only honey in Italy to have its reputation legally protected by the European Community. Unaffected by pollution and produced using methods dating back centuries, the honey is particularly pure with a unique flavour.

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The best honey in Italy comes from Lunigiana

In this photo: Tommaso Campailla , inventor of “vapour stovens” that he used to fight syphilis rheumatism. He was born in Sicily.

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"Southern Italians less intelligent than northerners" says British Professor

By dawn on Monday at least 2,000 people were queuing outside Padua’s Basilica di Sant’Antonio for the first display of the saint’s remains since 1981. The remains have been resting in the Basilica’s San Giacomo Chapel during restoration work on the Cappella Dell’Arca and were being transferred back to this part of the Basilica.

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St Anthony’s remains on display in Padua

Guess where this place is in Italy -both the name and the location – and get an Amazon Gift Voucher or an upgrade to a Yahoo Flickr Pro account. Yes, the first person to place the correct answer in a comment, will receive a €25 giveaway (c.

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Guess Where in Italy? – Part 11

Custom Teaser:  GK Italian Property are selling a range of panoramic apartments in a new development called Les Jardins des Alpes located at La Thuile, a thriving resort at the foot of the Little St Bernard Pass, in the Aosta Valley… Words by Carla Passino The jagged peaks of the Alps soar white and mighty towards a crystalline sky. A crown of snow capped trees rings a village of pretty wooden chalets

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Property of the Month: Les Jardins des Alpes, in the Aosta Valley

Custom Teaser:  GK Italian Property are selling a range of panoramic apartments in a new development called Les Jardins des Alpes located at La Thuile, a thriving resort at the foot of the Little St Bernard Pass, in the Aosta Valley… Words by Carla Passino The jagged peaks of the Alps soar white and mighty towards a crystalline sky. A crown of snow capped trees rings a village of pretty wooden chalets.

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Les Jardins des Alpes, in the Aosta Valley