Category: Festivals & Events
Mille Miglia Vintage Car Race
The Mille Miglia, a vintage car race that makes a loop from Brescia to Rome each May, has been on my radar for almost a decade. This year, I finally got to see the spectacle as the cars paraded down Rome’s Via Veneto. Of course, I took photos…and some videos, too: The original Mille Miglia…
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La Festa Delle Donne – International Women’s Day in Italy
Italy celebrates International Women’s Day – La Festa delle Donne – with mimosas and a free museum day.
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Natale di Roma: Rome Celebrates Its Birthday
The city of Rome was born on April 21, 753 BC. In Italian, it is known as the Natale di Roma—the birthday of Rome.
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The Best Ever In-Depth Video of Siena’s Palio
Inspiration always seems to find me when I’m not looking and that is exactly what happened as I settled in to watch a few minutes of television last night. Lucky for me, I clicked over to Kenny Mayne’s Wider World of Sports, a show on ESPN that puts sports into a cultural context. One of…
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