- FEBRUARY 2018 -
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his new year has started with the best omens, at least as regards the relations between Italy and the US.
In fact, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has declared 2013 as the Year of Italian Culture in the United States. The chosen subject is “Research, Discovery and Innovation”. Italian culture and identity will be promoted extensively in the most different sectors: Art, Music, Theater, Architectural and Landscape Heritage, Cinema, Literature, Science, Design, Fashion, Juridical Economic and Political Culture, and Food Culture. The program already includes an interesting schedule of events in cities such as New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia and many others. It is an extraordinary opportunity for Italian companies and institutions which intend to strengthen their links with the States.
There will also be a conference dedicated to the Apulian historian Gaetano Salvemini, one of the greatest protagonists of Italy’s political and cultural life in the first half of the 20th century. It will be held in Massachusetts, at the prestigious Harvard University.
Another striking piece of news, which confirms the good feelings not only between the US and Italy, but in particular with Puglia, comes from the Wine Enthusiast Magazine, a much renowned American food and wine magazine which has recently proclaimed the “10 Best Wine Travel Destinations in 2013”. Puglia is one of these and is the only Italian region to have been included in this year's Top Ten destinations. This is a very important acknowledgment, if one considers that in Italy, as far as wine is concerned, there are regions that are very famous for wine-making and have been known throughout the world much longer than Puglia. Once again wine and food confirm themselves as flywheels which could increase high-quality tourism in Puglia, a region where deseasonalized tourism could become precious through eno-gastronomic tourism, which should naturally expand in less chaotic months than the summer ones.
Thousands of different links continue to develop between the two shores of the Atlantic, the “bridge” grows and with our presence on the Web we shall continue to give our full support to it.
Leave-taking
PugliaUnder the Christmas tree I’d like…Considerations on Mirren and Hackford’s appeal
From the million dollar wedding to Madonna Puglia more sought after than ever
11 Blue Flag Awards for the sea in Puglia And Otranto among Italy’s most beautiful villages
La La Land“The other America” of the new romantic Damien ChazelleOpen letter to a great director
Puglia, appealing
365 days a year Between America and Puglia
A time of foreboding, taking stock and making plans Puglia “best value travel destination in the world”
Besieged by kings and stars The railroad disaster in Puglia
that has shaken our summer The other Puglia.
The harsh reality of the gangmaster system a world away from the glossy magazine covers If spring starts with the tragedy in Brussels 2016: a year in the sign of Puglia, also in the US TEDx Lecce
The extraordinary lives and the “revolutionary” choices of ordinary people Flavia Pennetta and Roberta Vinci
Icons of Puglia on the world scene Puglia
A hot summer of culture Lecce in The New York Times again
The love affair of the American press with Puglia and the South continues… Ben Hur in Matera
Italy’s revival may start from the South In memory of Mario Cuomo, pride of Italian Americans TEDex
From a conference comes inspiration for designing the future Puglia taken by storm by the stars
A train not to be missed Web
Vieste and Gallipoli the most-clicked by Italians Blue flags
In Puglia ten beaches with top marks Buried waste dumps, searches for oil, and a gas pipeline in the crystal-clear waters.
Let there be a stop to the misdeeds in Puglia Renata Fonte
30 years since her murder.
She was defending Porto Selvaggio Pugliamania Nebraska
An unsettling story of the other America Otranto’s tree of life
symbol of Italy at Expo 2015 End of the year with great expectations for Puglia TEDx
From California to Lecce the courage of ideas Bill de Blasio.
The most likely candidate in the running for New York mayor is an Italian American If Lecce appears in the New York Times,
if the “Notte della Taranta” attracts 130,000 people… Pianos in the streets of New York The Great Gatsby...
If, by way of the silver screen, the American dream breaks into our lives “If you see something, say something”
Considerations after the Boston attack Salento “Territory of the year 2013” Good resolutions at the end of the year Obama re-elected
“Dreams and pragmatism”
America’s lesson for Europe The Passing of Cristanziano Serricchio, poet of the light Ten reasons to come on holiday to Puglia “Extremely loud and incredibly close” Zeppole in California Those tears on the death of Dalla “Totally awesome” 9/11
ten years later The first time on the web
365 days a year Between America and Puglia
A time of foreboding, taking stock and making plans Puglia “best value travel destination in the world”
Besieged by kings and stars The railroad disaster in Puglia
that has shaken our summer The other Puglia.
The harsh reality of the gangmaster system a world away from the glossy magazine covers If spring starts with the tragedy in Brussels 2016: a year in the sign of Puglia, also in the US TEDx Lecce
The extraordinary lives and the “revolutionary” choices of ordinary people Flavia Pennetta and Roberta Vinci
Icons of Puglia on the world scene Puglia
A hot summer of culture Lecce in The New York Times again
The love affair of the American press with Puglia and the South continues… Ben Hur in Matera
Italy’s revival may start from the South In memory of Mario Cuomo, pride of Italian Americans TEDex
From a conference comes inspiration for designing the future Puglia taken by storm by the stars
A train not to be missed Web
Vieste and Gallipoli the most-clicked by Italians Blue flags
In Puglia ten beaches with top marks Buried waste dumps, searches for oil, and a gas pipeline in the crystal-clear waters.
Let there be a stop to the misdeeds in Puglia Renata Fonte
30 years since her murder.
She was defending Porto Selvaggio Pugliamania Nebraska
An unsettling story of the other America Otranto’s tree of life
symbol of Italy at Expo 2015 End of the year with great expectations for Puglia TEDx
From California to Lecce the courage of ideas Bill de Blasio.
The most likely candidate in the running for New York mayor is an Italian American If Lecce appears in the New York Times,
if the “Notte della Taranta” attracts 130,000 people… Pianos in the streets of New York The Great Gatsby...
If, by way of the silver screen, the American dream breaks into our lives “If you see something, say something”
Considerations after the Boston attack Salento “Territory of the year 2013” Good resolutions at the end of the year Obama re-elected
“Dreams and pragmatism”
America’s lesson for Europe The Passing of Cristanziano Serricchio, poet of the light Ten reasons to come on holiday to Puglia “Extremely loud and incredibly close” Zeppole in California Those tears on the death of Dalla “Totally awesome” 9/11
ten years later The first time on the web