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Did You Know? • In Italy, yuletide festivities don’t stop after Boxing Day. Fast forward to the 12th day of Christmas and the celebration of Epiphany
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A Christmas Passeggiata • Catching some late season sunshine and early Yuletide joy, Joe and Pat Gartman enjoyed a build-up to Christmas in Locorotondo, Puglia
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48 HOURS IN… Udine • Amy McPherson spends a weekend in Udine and gets hands on with local artisans for her special pieces of Friuli-Venezia Giulia to take home
GAZZETTA ITALIA! • In this edition of our bilingual feature, Tom Alberto Bull reports on Grand Tour Italia, the latest project of Oscar Farinetti, founder of Eataly
Lake Como Rediscovered • Rachael Martin takes a nostalgic off-season road trip exploring Lake Como and its hinterland
On the Hill of Shards • Monte Testaccio is one of the most unusual sites in Rome
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All that Gliters • Lorenza Bacino visits the Padua Gold School, also known as The Pietro Selvatico Institute of Arts, a hub of creativity and a proud Paduan tradition
Piergiuliano Reveane • Piergiuliano Reveane was born in Piergiuliano Venice in 1943, and still lives and works there today. He studied at the Venice Institute of Arts from the age of 11, where he tried out all the specialisms before settling on the Gold School after sneaking into the evening classes to observe
Mariagiorgia Pacini • Like others before her, Mariagiorgia Pacini (b. 1983) studied at the Selvatico, and currently teaches there as well as making her own pieces
ASTRONOMY • We owe a lot to two Italians for what we know about the night sky
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Cucina del Veneto • Explore the rich food heritage and ingredients from the region of Veneto with Ursula Ferrigno
4 takes on HONEY • Filled with memories of the holidays of his youth, Mario Matassa re-creates some typically Italian takes on the use of honey in the kitchen
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