Heritage
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The Italian Jewish Wedding
Beautiful Traditions in Beautiful Settings Lungo tutto il proprio territorio, l’Italia offre luoghi magnifici per ospitare cerimonie di nozze suggestive.…
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Planning Your “Big Day” – In Beautiful Italy
Any bride or groom who’s ever planned a wedding, can attest to the vast amounts of stress one can feel…
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Wedding Florals
“Roses are by far the tried and true number one wedding flower,” claims Frank DeNegris of Mayfield Floral in Mayfield…
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“I Promessi Sposi”
“The Betrothed” (I Promessi Sposi) by Alessandro Manzoni is considered one of the masterpieces of world literature and certainly the…
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Scandal – Wedding – Divorce
L’indimenticabile storia d’amore tra l’attrice svedese Ingrid Bergman ed il regista italiano Roberto Rossellini ha rappresentato anche uno dei grandi…
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I Grandi Matrimoni, Southern Italian Style
When my Italian friends saw “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” they shrugged and said, “Yeah, what’s the big deal?” The…
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Assisi’s Glorious Day
St. Francis’ feast day, Oct. 4, is a big day in Assisi and a big day in Italy. In 2005,…
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Innovation and Tradition
“There are three capitals in Europe: Paris, London and Naples.” Written by Stendhal in 1817, this gives the ancient and…
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Easter Traditions
While you probably won’t see the Easter bunny if you are traveling to Italy this Easter, you will have the…
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L’Altaro di San Giuseppe, La Tavola di San Giuseppe, La Festa di San Giuseppe
May 14, 1960, Ramacca Sicily: it all began on that sunny afternoon. Two weeks earlier, my mother had given birth…
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