Italian unification Archives

Italian cooking: traditional regional vs national dishes – who wins?

23 April, 2020

Italian cooking will also celebrate 150 years of Italian unification this year, but the regionalism associated with traditional Italian recipes and dishes nearly always outweighs a nationalist interpretation of Italian cuisine. Over recent weeks, as Italy celebrated the date of…

Verdi's Nabucco on Italian television to celebrate 150 years of unification

22 April, 2020

To celebrate 150 years of Italian unification, Italy went back to what it knew best about its traditions and could most celebrate. National broadcaster RAI treated Italians to a live performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Nabucco on Italian television last night.…

Italy's national automobile museum reopens in Turin

17 April, 2020

Italy’s north might be the extremely less romantic, industrialised end of the country but there’s a special history here, particularly when talking the automobile sector. And what must only be a temple to automobile history has finally reopened in the…

Monica Bellucci celebrates Italian unification in GQ interview

9 April, 2020

To mark the 150th anniversary of the Italian unification, GQ Italia has dedicated its cover to Monica Bellucci, one of Italy’s best loved actresses. In the inside interview, the actress talks about what it means to be Italian and invites…

Milan Design Week: Mimmo Paladino at the Duomo and Milan street scenes

2 April, 2020

Milan Design Week features a Mimmo Paladino exhibition at the Palazzo Reale and in the Piazza Duomo. The “Salt Mountain” monumental piece from Paladino is in front of the building, near the Duomo, and is part of an exhibition open…

Gallardo Tricolore celebrates Italy

30 March, 2020

To celebrate 150 years of Italian unification, just about every Italian brand and business has done something for the national party; it’s just that some brands can afford to really celebrate in style. Like Italian supercar manufacturer, Lamborghini, for example.…

Celebrating 150 years of Italian cuisine: dishes with the Italian flag

17 March, 2020

Italian cooking tradition is about as varied as they come: from north to south, the famous peninsula offers just about everything. Even the most famous Italian cuisine overseas has a local tradition from somewhere in the Bel Paese. In fact,…