Italy

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• Motors

Discover the shortest scheduled passenger flight in Italy, shorter than the metro ride to Linate Airport!

4 weeks ago Danilo

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• Abandoned Places

Filanda di Forno: the crumbling remains of a 19th-century textile factory.

2 months ago Danilo

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Discover “Pesa Vegia”, a festival with 400 years of history on the eastern branch of Lake Como

12 months ago Anya

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Discover Sicily’s Easter and “Arches of Bread” centuries old tradition!

2 years ago Danilo

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• Art and Photography

Meet Cosimo Caiffa, the Graffiti Artist who creates intriguing optical illusions

2 years ago Robin

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

29/30/31 January: the Merla days (hen blackbird), according to tradition are the coldest days of the year ~

2 years ago Leo S

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• Breaking News
• Motors

Meet Fleximan, the modern Robin Hood waging war on speed cameras

2 years ago Danilo

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

January 17: Saint Anthony the Abbot, The Great, or The Father of Monks

2 years ago Anya

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

6 January: The true story of La Befana.

2 years ago randomcollabs

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• Random Christmas 2023

December 8#: Immaculate Conception in Italy

2 years ago Danilo

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

November 8 is Cappucino Day!

2 years ago Danilo

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Ferragosto: history, traditions (and curses) of one of the most beloved holidays in Italy

2 years ago randomcollabs

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• Art and Photography

X Agosto and the unsolved murder that haunted one of the most beloved Italian poet

2 years ago Danilo

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The fascinating story of Nocino, the witches’ liqueur.

2 years ago randomcollabs

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The albumen of St. John: a curious Italian tradition

2 years ago Danijel90

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

St John’s eve: ancient rituals to mark midsummer

2 years ago Ivan

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• Travel

Upside-Down fig tree in Bacoli, Italy: a tree that defies gravity grows in an ancient ruin

3 years ago Danilo

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

March 13: “El Tredesin de Mars” – ancient traditional Milanese festival

3 years ago Danilo

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Schignano Carnival: between melancholy, myths, century-old traditions and local history

3 years ago Anya

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

February 3: Saint Biagio’s Panettone

3 years ago Anya

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

La Giubiana: a curious tradition linked to the last Thursday of January in Northern Italy

3 years ago Anya

5 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

Gaetana’s revenge: 23 children victims of superstition in Italy at the end of the 19th century

3 years ago Pavel

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• Food

Via Mari 10: world’s smallest vineyard that produces only 29 bottles of wine a year (that you shouldn’t drink)

3 years ago Danilo

4 min read

• Travel

The church of San Martino: a splendid balcony on Lake Como

3 years ago Anya

2 min read

• Abandoned Places

Santa Maria del Piano, the ruins of an abbey believed to have been founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century.

3 years ago arthurodas

2 min read

• Abandoned Places

Ruins of Antuni: a semi-abandoned village destroyed by U.S. bombings during World War II that dominates the valley of Turano.

3 years ago arthurodas

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Friday 17th. Why in italy is a day of bad luck?

4 years ago Ivan

4 min read

• History

Alfredino Rampi: the tragedy of little boy who died in well

4 years ago Danijel90

3 min read

• History

Pizzeria Brandi: the birthplace of Pizza Margherita?

4 years ago Danilo

5 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

Frank Lentini, the curious story of the man with three legs

4 years ago Danijel90

3 min read

• Food

Corbezzolo Honey: a rare, valuable (and very bitter) Sardinian nectar

4 years ago arthurodas

5 min read

• Travel

The Mouth of Truth: if a liar puts his hand inside its mouth, he will lose it.

4 years ago Danijel90

4 min read

• Travel

Santa Maria presso San Satiro and Bramante’s perspective

4 years ago Anya

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• Travel

Centuripe – the italian hamlet shaped like a person

4 years ago Robin

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• Travel

The Devil’s Column: a gateway to hell in Milan’s city center

4 years ago Anya

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• Random Christmas 2021

December 20#: Murano Christmas Tree – Italy

4 years ago Anya

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• Random Christmas 2021

December 6#: Gubbio Christmas tree – Gubbio, Italy

4 years ago Danilo

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

“Bovisa’s drop”: history (and future?) of Milan’s secret wood

4 years ago Anya

3 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Poor Clares Convent Cemetery of Ischia, Italy, and its macabre story

4 years ago Ivan

3 min read

• Travel

Pescarenico: the fishing village which has kept intact its charm over time

4 years ago Anya

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• Travel

Salice Terme: the sad story of a beloved tourist destination and its decline

5 years ago Anya

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• History

May 31, 1962: the Voghera massacre

5 years ago Anya