Learn what the Italian word semmai means, how it is used in everyday speech, and how context can change its meaning from “if ...

Yet what truly makes them special, and secured Italy’s 62nd UNESCO listing, is the “condominio” system: a model of collective ownership and public-private financing that was not only innovative for ...

From snails and giant onions to leeks, tiramisù and ostrich meat, discover the unusual food festivals celebrating village life across Italy ...

Opened in 1454, the Biblioteca Malatestiana is Europe’s first civic library, preserving its fifteenth-century manuscripts, furnishings and reading room ...

Favignana, Monte Circeo, the Aeolian Islands and other Italian landscapes have been linked to Homer’s Odyssey across the ...

Andrea Doria survivor Antonio De Girolamo recalls the 1956 collision, his family’s miraculous escape and the new life he ...

Explore Italy’s theatrical tradition, from Commedia dell’Arte and Goldoni to opera and the historic condominium theaters now recognized by UNESCO ...

Discover how Italian expertise helped bring 130 ancient Egyptian artifacts from Rome’s Scuderie del Quirinale to San Francisco’s de Young Museum ...

From ENIT campaigns to Futurist graphics, vintage travel posters created the enduring image of Italy sold to tourists around the world ...

Meet the torototela, a bladder fiddle whose wandering players carried songs, gossip and improvised news through northern ...

As record heat reshapes daily life and travel, Italians are returning to shade, shutters, mountain escapes and the slower rhythms of summer ...

Every day at noon, a cannon fires from Rome’s Janiculum Hill, continuing a tradition begun by Pope Pius IX in 1847 to synchronize the city’s bells ...