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As Italy marks 150 years of unity, the nation faces an enormous backlog of work to restore and preserve countless monuments, symbols of Italy's vast historic, cultural and artistic heritage. Looking for ways to preserve these historic monuments, the regional boards of the ministry of cultural heritage
Officials recently introduced a three-year, 300-million-euro project to help the region’s thousands of jobless youth. ‘For the region, 2011 will the year of youth,’ region president Enrico Rossi said in ...
The city of Siena will apply to add its Palio to the UNESCO Representative List of Non-Material Cultural Heritage, those which, unlike an architectural site, are events or traditions that symbolize a populace or civilization. Citing the annual competition as a patrimony of the human race, Siena
On January 1, Italy, Europe's largest consumer of plastic bags, became the first European nation to ban the bags. Along with paper and cloth bags, which can be purchased, only biodegradable plastic bags will be available in Italy. However, retailers are allowed to distribute their remaining plastic bags until
George Clooney was recently selected to play the leading role in the film version of The Monster of Florence, to be made by Fox 2000. The book, which hit the New York Times' bestseller list for nonfiction, follows author Douglas Preston, who, having developed an interest in an unsolved
