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The Dream Interview: Secrets of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel

Imagine that the world's most celebrated fresco, studied and analyzed for hundreds of years, yields hidden messages, undiscovered for five centuries. Those messages contain Jewish symbols and messages of reconciliation between the faiths. These are the provocative contentions of the authors of a new book...

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Hitting the Links: Playing Golf in Italy

There are some incredible golf courses in the Lakes, Tuscany and Lazio where travelers can experience golf in Italy. Lots of details on where to stay, where to play and special Italian golf notes.

Tips and Resources for “Living the Dream” in Italy

Learn how to become an Italian citizen. Read about three Americans who are running their own businesses in Italy. Find out about two books that will help you make the move to Italy.

An Italian Housewife in Hollywood

Every time Stefania Barzini, Roman native, visited the United States she was always struck by the number of books she found by dissatisfied American women who decided to change their lives by going to Italy. Find out how she did just the opposite, and what she thought of her experience.

Express Espresso? A New Italian Domanda

Is Italy's coffee culture in danger? The answer: a surprising maybe.As Italians start to shift toward a faster way of life, a century-old tradition might be in jeopardy.

Roberto Benigni’s Back With a New Film

Italian actor-filmmaker Roberto Benigni captured the hearts of
the world with his 1997 release of Life is Beautiful (La Vita é Bella). Following the widespread success of his heartbreaking portrait of the holocaust, Benigni is back with a love story set against the bleak and tumultuous backdrop of war-torn Iraq - La Tigre e la Neve (The Tiger and the Snow).