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Moving to Italy: Reality vs. Dream
Eduardo and Carolyn Fichera returned to Italy, where their relationship blossomed, to raise their two children. Though at first adapting to Italian culture proved difficult, they’ now have found a...
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Italian Rasta, Mon
“One Love” hidden in the hills of Renaissance Italy URBINO, Italy – Alessandro Fusco is leaning over a railing surrounded by lavender flowers and clay-tile rooftops when he suddenly jumps, waving his...
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Cinema Italiano
It’s not easy making films in the land of legendary filmmakers. URBINO, Italy – In the early 1960s, Italy was known throughout the world for cinema with such directors as Fellini and Rossellini. Now,...
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Lessons from the Land: An Organic Farm Teaches by Example
URBINO, Italy – As important as food is, most of us know little about where it comes from. A family of organic farmers outside this Renaissance city is trying to change that. “Children think that when...
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Student Activists Shun Digital Media
A group of University of Urbino students effectively took over a classroom that they now use as their base of operation for political action. Instead of using social media, they prefer to communicate...
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Son of a Butcher
URBINO, Italy – An elderly yet energetic woman backs through the curtain of wooden beads separating Machelleria Ubaldi, a butcher shop, from the sunny afternoon bustle of Via Rafaello near the center...
View ArticleArt Professor’s Website Tries to Help Urbino’s Struggling Artists
In the Le Marche region, tucked in the hills and mountains between Tuscany and the Adriatic, lies Urbino. It is not a commonly known city, but it was one of the most influential during the Renaissance,...
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Raphael’s Children
In the city known as the “Jewel of the Renaissance,” young artists find inspiration, but little support. The setting sun gleams off Raphael’s face. He stands 14 feet tall in bronze on a huge granite...
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C1: Students Who Mix Issues With Parties
The C-1 Autogestita is a student-run political group at the University of Urbino. They take action on a variety of problems, from national, local and University issues. URBINO, Italy – On a warm Sunday...
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The Ups and Downs of Cheese Making
Pierluigi Nieddu has been into cheese since his childhood in Sardinia. Now, he has found fulfillment making organic Pecorino cheese on his 170-sheep farm outside Urbino. URBINO, Italy – Imagine you are...
View ArticleRenaissance Cooking – Unpublished
From the outside there are no clues diners inside Osteria D’Angelo Divino are being served Renaissance cuisine. Its light pink color and subtle appeal hint at a contemporary restaurant experience. But...
View ArticleFighting Kites in the Skies of Urbino
Urbino’s neighborhoods use the centuries-old tradition of kite-making to engage in a fierce but friendly battle each September. URBINO, Italy – Sirto Sorini, 78, and Mauro Patarchi, 44, huddle intently...
View ArticleThe Piazza: A Culture Squared
The best eyewitness to Urbino’s storied history is the Piazza Repubblica, which has witnessed the march of time from the Renaissance through Fascism, the Cultural Revolution and today’s army of...
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The Exorcist of Le Marche
Father Aurelio is a man of God, but several times each week he sits down with Satan. FOSSOMBRONE, Italy – Father Aurelio Gino Pela is a man of God, a Roman Catholic priest who tends a flock of the...
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Gourmet Coffee Made to Order
Pascucci supplies gourmet coffee around the world and to nearby Urbino. MONTE CERIGNONE, Italy – In the rolling farmlands of the Marche region, amid cattle grazing on steep hills and farmers working...
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Around the World By Bike
Keiichi Iwasaki bikes into a town, performs his magic tricks, then rides on to his next stop. He’s traveling around the entire globe on a 3-speed bicycle. URBINO, Italy- Keiichi Iwasaki went to college...
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Old Urbino Collects Its Stories
While the city of Urbino adapts to modern life, some of Urbino’s most important stories are slowly being forgotten by its youth. URBINO, Italy – Lamberto Staccioli has a quiet way about him. His manner...
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Singing in the Old Dialect
URBINO, Italy – In the college town of Urbino, the new and old clash together everywhere you look – quaint grandparents and rowdy students gather together in the Piazza; modern construction cranes...
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