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Milan Fashion Week

The Italian city of Milan is recognised internationally as one of the world’s most important fashion capitals, along with Paris, New York and London. It is additionally recognized as the main sartorial hub in the country, with Rome and Florence being other major centres. Milan has established a long history within the fields of fashion, […]

LUPA LUPAE !!! (si è vinto il Palio !!!)

La Lupa ha fatto “SCOMPIGLIO” ! Si è vinto il Palio di Provenzano (2 Luglio 2016). Grande Jonatan Bartoletti! Grande LUPA!!!! Era dal 1989 che la Contrada della Lupa non vinceva il Palio. Era la cosiddetta “nonna” (per maggiori info andate sul mio Reportage “Di Roma lo Stemma, di Siena i colori“. La Lupa è […]

NAVIGLI

If today Milan in 2015 is this (the economic capital and the business of Italy) one of the reasons are the “Navigli” canals. Milan is not born on a great river as Rome (Tiber), Florence (Arno), Turin (Po) or Verona (Adige), but grows and develops in an area rich in spring waters and it has […]

Gay Pride Milano 2015

The Economist published a map showing which European countries provide in their national gay marriage or some form of civil union, and those where there is no kind of recognition for homosexual couples. Civil unions are recognized in some way in the large part of Western Europe, while in Eastern Europe are still illegal: Italy […]

MI AMI festival: POP & HOT

The MI AMI festival (Important music in Milano) organized by Rockit  is not just a Music festival today arrived at the 10+1 edition. It is the youth festival where the Italian youth is free to be free. Freedom and sexuality come out from every corner of the festival. It is one of the place in Italy were […]

Thank you Mom, Thank you Girls ! (70th Anniversary of the Italian Freedom)

70 years ago North of Italy found the freedom from the Fascism and from the “Republic of Salò” (the part of Italy still under the Mussolini’s regime after the armistice dated Sept. 8th 1943 when South of Italy passed under the Allies USA-UK-F). It was September 25th 1945. If I think about 70 years I […]

Stramilano 2015 – The 50.000 runners

It’s been over 40 years since 1972 Renato Cepparo invented the Stramilano running. From initial 43 km it passed in following years to 22km up to the classic 10 today. The Stramilano of 10 km is called the march of 50,000. With Stramilano 2015 formally the season of Milan Expo 2015 opens, whose motto “Feeding […]

Milano fashion street

Italian fashion is considered one of the most important in the world, along with those of France, United States, Great Britain and Japan. Fashion has always been an important part of Italian culture. In 2009, Milan was considered the fashion capital, surpassing even cities like New York, Paris, Rome and London. Most of the major […]

Mobile Mask

More and more people are taking pictures with their smartphones and leaving their digital cameras behind. More pictures than ever are being taken today, even as sales of traditional digital cameras are dropping. What’s behind this conundrum? It’s the influx of smartphones with built-in cameras; smartphone users are ditching their standalone cameras and shooting pics […]

Gran Canaria (the European summer in winter)

Gran Canaria enjoys year round warmth and sunshine with very little seasonal variation. Summers are hot and dry while winters are just slightly cooler with a few showers. The island is the third largest of Spain’s Canary Islands, often called ‘Islands of Eternal Spring’ due to their enviable climate. Till November, is hot and sunny; from December till April, is […]