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Tourism In Italy
By Dalvin Rumsey
There are so many reasons for you to spend your holidays in Italy!
Considered to be the cradle of European civilization and culture, is
a country with a great history behind it, sheltering some of the
world’s most ancient and important tourist sites. Tourism in is very
well developed, this magnificent European country attracting millions of
tourists from all over the world each year. is known to be the
forth most desired tourist destination in the world, welcoming an annual
number of 39 million tourists! The scaffolds for today’s well defined
tourism in were built ages ago, during the times of the prosperous
and flourishing Roman Republic, when tourists from all over the world
came to visit famous regions such as Venice, Florence, Capri, Naples and
Baiae, symbols for the prosperity, beauty and majesty of the Roman
society.

Priding with the beauty and the variety of Italy’s landscapes, its
extended, world renown artistic and architectonic patrimony and its
magnificent history and culture, locals refer to their country as “Il
Belpaese” – “The Beautiful Country”. Situated in the Southern region of the
European continent, consists of a small continental region, a large
peninsula that spreads to the Mediterranean Sea and two large islands –
Sicily and Sardinia. is divided into 20 regions, each of them
having a specific landscape and offering various tourist attractions. When
you travel in Italy, you should spend some time visiting all these
magnificent regions, as they offer a wide range of distinctive, important
tourist sites.

Although every single region of “Il Belpaese” has a prominent potential
for



tourism, is mostly famous for its magnificent capital, which
attracts millions of visitors each year. One of the greatest cities in
the world, Rome is a major center for history, culture and arts, and
the perfect reason for you to spend your holiday in Italy! The main
pillar of European civilization, Rome shelters magnificent ancient tourist
sites such as the Colosseum, Circus Maximus, the Pantheon, the Golden
House of Nero, the National Gallery, St. Peter’s Basilica and Trevi
Fountain. These are only a few of the diversified tourist resorts specific
to Rome, a major center for tourism in Italy. In fact, it is said that a
lifetime is not enough for one to learn everything about this imposing
ancient metropolis.

An autonomous state situated in the central region of Rome, Vatican has
been the headquarters of politics and religion for ages, various
historic events of great importance for Europe being decided right here,
within the borders of this very small state. For thousands of years,
Vatican has been the coronation place for many different generations of
popes, prominent figures with a great influence worldwide. If you decide to
spend your holiday in Italy, you shouldn’t neglect to visit the Vatican
Museum, the most famous and vast museum in the world!

Milan is yet another important center for tourism in Italy. Situated in
the ancient region of Lombardy, Milan is the country’s center for
commerce and also the most stylish city in Italy. When you travel in Italy,
make sure you don’t miss the opportunity to visit “Il Duomo di Milano”
– The Dome in Milan, and Piazza Santa Maria delle Grazie, major
attractions of “Il Belpaese”.

When you spend your holiday in Italy, you should definitely visit the
most romantic and mysterious cities found in this country, Venice and
Verona. Venice is famous for its unique water canals, beautiful gondolas
and carnivals, while Verona, the décor for “Romeo and Juliet”, is well
known for its magnificent summer opera season at the Arena, a vast
Roman amphitheatre located in Piazza Bra.

Regardless of the places you decide to visit in “Il Belpaese”, a
holiday in is undoubtedly a marvelous, rewarding and unforgettable
experience!

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Fiabe Italiane
<p>The New York Times notes in "<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/theater/07turturro.html">With Turturro, Italy Knows No Bounds</a>," that the actor John Turturro directed and acted in "Fiabe Italiane" ("Italian Folk Tales"). The production, on tour last month in Torino, Napoli, and Milano, featured "...minstrels, two overlapping stories, [and] layers of language (English, Italian, Western Lombardian, Sicilian, Neapolitan, Piedmontese, Abruzzese)."</p> <p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/03/07/fiabe-italiane.htm">Fiabe Italiane</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/">About.com Italian Language</a> on Sunday, March 7th, 2010 at 02:32:00.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/03/07/fiabe-italiane.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/03/07/fiabe-italiane.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://italian.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/03/07/fiabe-italiane.htm&#038;zItl=Fiabe Italiane">Email this</a></p>
Sing in Italy
<p>Want to <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.singinginitaly.com/">learn to sing opera in Italy</a>? A three-week workshop, organized by professional opera singers, is being held this June in <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://goitaly.about.com/od/orvieto/">Orvieto</a>. The program includes voice lessons, coaching sessions, master classes, concerts and language lessons with Italian soprano Laura Toppetti and coach-accompanist Riccardo Cambri. One operatic style sure to be covered is <a href="http://italian.about.com/library/weekly/aa042501a.htm"><i>bel canto</i></a> (beautiful singing).</p> <p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/03/02/sing-in-italy.htm">Sing in Italy</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/">About.com Italian Language</a> on Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 at 20:36:48.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/03/02/sing-in-italy.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/03/02/sing-in-italy.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://italian.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/03/02/sing-in-italy.htm&#038;zItl=Sing in Italy">Email this</a></p>
Spaghetti Eastern
<p>To film buffs, the term "spaghetti Western" is fairly common. It's a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western films that emerged in the mid-1960s, so named because most were produced and directed by Italians, usually in co-production with a Spanish partner. The best-known and perhaps archetypal films were the "Man with No Name" trilogy directed by Sergio Leone, starring Clint Eastwood and with the musical scores of Ennio Morricone: <i>A Fistful of Dollars</i> (1964), <i>For a Few Dollars More</i> (1965), and <i>The Good, the Bad and the Ugly</i> (1966).</p> <p>Now, though, there's a more recent film sub-genre: <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118015570.html?categoryid=1236&#038;cs=1">spaghetti Eastern</a>! The Italian government has approved a co-production treaty with China, with the provision that an English-version of the films produced must be made for international distribution, along with versions in Italian and Mandarin.</p> <p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/02/25/spaghetti-eastern.htm">Spaghetti Eastern</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/">About.com Italian Language</a> on Thursday, February 25th, 2010 at 02:47:16.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/02/25/spaghetti-eastern.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/02/25/spaghetti-eastern.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://italian.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/02/25/spaghetti-eastern.htm&#038;zItl=Spaghetti Eastern">Email this</a></p>
Codice Itanglese
<p>Beware the Italian language police! Agostini Associati, an Italian translation and interpreting services agency, has proposed a series of rules called the <a href="http://www.agostiniassociati.it/codice-itanglese.php"><i>Codice Itanglese</i></a> (Itanglese Code) to determine when it is appropriate to use an English term or expression when speaking or writing Italian (and when it is not).</p> <p>There have been a series of efforts by politicians and academics to defend the Italian language against what's often referred to as <i>italenglish</i> or <i>itangliano</i>. Several years ago, <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/library/weekly/aa062100a.htm">members of the Italian parliament launched a campaign against English phrases and syntax</a> that were flooding into their culture and language, and, according to them, threatening to kill off Italian!</p> <p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/02/21/codice-itanglese.htm">Codice Itanglese</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/">About.com Italian Language</a> on Sunday, February 21st, 2010 at 02:21:57.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/02/21/codice-itanglese.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/02/21/codice-itanglese.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://italian.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/02/21/codice-itanglese.htm&#038;zItl=Codice Itanglese">Email this</a></p>
Petrarca's Love Sonnets
<p>Back in the 1300's, before card stores and chocolate manufacturers all conspired to commercialize the true spirit of love, passion, and romance, <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/od/petrarca/Francesco_Petrarca_Canzoniere.htm">Francesco Petrarca</a> literally wrote the book on infatuation. The collection of Italian verses, <em>Rime in vita e morta di Madonna Laura</em> (after 1327), translated into English as <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/library/weekly/aa021600a.htm">Petrarch's Sonnets</a>, were inspired by Petrarch's unrequited passion for Laura (probably Laure de Noves), a young woman Petrarca first saw in church.</p> <p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/02/14/petrarca-love-sonnets-4.htm">Petrarca's Love Sonnets </a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/">About.com Italian Language</a> on Sunday, February 14th, 2010 at 02:18:35.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/02/14/petrarca-love-sonnets-4.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/02/14/petrarca-love-sonnets-4.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://italian.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/02/14/petrarca-love-sonnets-4.htm&#038;zItl=Petrarca's Love Sonnets ">Email this</a></p>
Esatto? No!
<p>A community member of the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://forums.about.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?nav=messages&#038;webtag=ab-italian">About.com Italian Language Forums</a> remembers an interview some years ago with a professor on RAI TV during which, in her words: "he had an explosive fit over the word 'esatto' when used as confirmation or agreement by the second party."</p> <p>Another poster postulates that the professor found it reprehensible on grounds of lack of variety. The point is, <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://forums.about.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=12&#038;nav=messages&#038;webtag=ab-italian&#038;tid=9129">the Italian language allows a number of possible affirmative answers</a>, depending on the question and on the context, including: "<em>S?t;/em>," "<em>S?certo</em>," "<em>Certamente</em>," and "<em>?cos?t;/em>."</p> <p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/02/09/esatto.htm">Esatto? No!</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/">About.com Italian Language</a> on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 at 02:06:20.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/02/09/esatto.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/02/09/esatto.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://italian.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/02/09/esatto.htm&#038;zItl=Esatto? No!">Email this</a></p>
McDonald’s Parla Italiano
<p>McDonald's has introduced a new line of "McItaly" sandwiches and salads in its Italian locations, including a burger topped with olive oil, onion, and smoked pancetta. To coincide with the new menu items is a <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.pubblicitaitalia.it/news/Creativita--Marketing/Campagne-e-Spot/con-mcitaly-e-twbaitalia-mcdonalds-parla-italiano-_27011212.aspx">marketing campaign</a> with the tagline: "Il gusto McDonald's ha un nuovo sapore. Tutto italiano."</p><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/02/02/mcitaly.htm">McDonald’s Parla Italiano</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/">About.com Italian Language</a> on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 at 02:05:57.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/02/02/mcitaly.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/02/02/mcitaly.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://italian.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/02/02/mcitaly.htm&#038;zItl=McDonald’s Parla Italiano">Email this</a></p>
Sicilian Tragedee
<p>"Sicilian Tragedee," by Ottavio Cappellani (translated by Frederika Randall), is, according to The New York Times, "<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/books/review/Leavitt-t.html ">a funny novel that both celebrates and satirizes 21st-century Sicily</a>...where donkey carts share the street with sports cars and everyone has a cellphone."</p> <p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/01/31/sicilian-tragedee.htm">Sicilian Tragedee</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/">About.com Italian Language</a> on Sunday, January 31st, 2010 at 02:32:07.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/01/31/sicilian-tragedee.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/01/31/sicilian-tragedee.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://italian.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/01/31/sicilian-tragedee.htm&#038;zItl=Sicilian Tragedee">Email this</a></p>
Fare Il Pieno With a Subject Pronoun
<p>The <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.nytimes.com/pages/crosswords/">New York Times crossword</a> today features a clue for Italophiles: "Gas brand that's also an Italian pronoun." The answer, of course, is ESSO, a brand name derived from the phonetic pronounciation of the initials of Standard Oil ("S-O").</p><p>It's also one of those <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/od/grammar/a/aa052808a.htm">forgotten Italian subject pronouns</a> that include <i>egli</i>, <i>ella</i>, <i>esso</i>, <i>essa</i>, <i>essi</i>, and <i>esse</i>.</p><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/01/28/esso.htm">Fare Il Pieno With a Subject Pronoun</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/">About.com Italian Language</a> on Thursday, January 28th, 2010 at 02:05:38.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/01/28/esso.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/01/28/esso.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://italian.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/01/28/esso.htm&#038;zItl=Fare Il Pieno With a Subject Pronoun">Email this</a></p>
Pin-up Italiana
<p>A community member of the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://forums.about.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?nav=messages&#038;webtag=ab-italian">About.com Italian Language Forums</a> points outs out that sometimes "<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://forums.about.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=178&#038;nav=messages&#038;webtag=ab-italian&#038;tid=111">it's all right to use a foreign word when the Italian equivalent is awkward or non-existent</a>."</p> <p>Case in point is the term <i>ragazza di cui appendere la fotografia alla parete</i>&#8212;a pin-up!</p> <p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/01/25/pin-up-italiana.htm">Pin-up Italiana</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/">About.com Italian Language</a> on Monday, January 25th, 2010 at 02:38:11.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/01/25/pin-up-italiana.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/01/25/pin-up-italiana.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://italian.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://italian.about.com/b/2010/01/25/pin-up-italiana.htm&#038;zItl=Pin-up Italiana">Email this</a></p>