Celebrating Italian culture, fashion, and beauty with Dolce and Gabbana and Consulate General of Italy in New York . Thanks to all who came yesterday to spend the evening learning about and and our annual project for this year, . Alta moda creations from Dolce and Gabbana, Sicilian inspired bites from .catering and from D&G made it an evening to remember!
The discoveries shed light on what the Italian Culture Ministry calls a "unique multicultural and multilingual haven of peace" between Etruscans and Romans at a time when they were mostly at war.
If you’re going to be in Milan the weekend of February 12th, make sure to stop by for their beloved CITRUS FESTIVAL! 🍊🍋
They’ve got plants, fruits, honey, marmalade, jams, perfumes, cosmetics…anything and everything you can imagine. Tickets are available for purchase at fondoambiente.it/agrumi. And if you’re a Friends of FAI or FAI member, tickets are only 4 euro!
Anyone have $377 million dollars to spare ? Because you could own a priceless portion of Italian cultural heritage! Such exciting news!
Whomever claims this incredible Villa, we trust it'll be lovingly tended and restored as it ought to be.
"Aside from Caravaggio’s fresco — “Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto,” which he painted for the villa’s first owner, Cardinal Francesco Maria Del Monte, in 1597 — the villa has ceiling frescoes by other Baroque masters, including Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, better known as Guercino. His fresco in the main hall of the Roman goddess of dawn, “Aurora,” gave the villa its name."
A much anticipated auction for a $500 million villa in Rome that boasts a Caravaggio ceiling fresco failed to get any offers.
So proud of the work of FAI - Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano and delighted that it's been recognized by The New York Times as the unique important organization that it is!
"Before the pandemic, the site drew an estimated one million visitors a year, said Giuseppe Taibi, the local representatives for the Fondo Ambiente Italiano, an organization often referred to as the National Trust of Italy, which in past years successfully lobbied to demolish two illegal structures that had been built there.
“That sent a strong signal,” said Mr. Taibi. “It’s also a way to admire the site without destroying it,” by allowing too many visitors, he said.
The Fondo has also promoted the Scala dei Turchi on its list of places to safeguard in Italy. “It is de facto a patrimony of humanity that must be protected,” Mr. Taibi said.
Locals clearly agreed."
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/10/world/europe/white-cliffs-sicily-vandalism.html
Vandals stained a cliff formation known as the Staircase of the Turks with red splotches over the weekend. Residents of a nearby town banded together for a successful cleanup.
Terrible! Things like this just enhance our dedication towards protecting Italy's cultural and artistic heritage. We're sure that cleaning efforts will soon be underway and this unusual and special part of Sicily will once again be beautiful and pristine!
Police in Italy have launched an investigation into the vandalisation of the Scala dei Turchi, the famed white marl cliffs on the coast of southern Sicily.
FAI - Parco Villa Gregoriana
Here is a postcard from FAI - Parco Villa Gregoriana in Tivoli!
📅 Come and visit: you will discover its history, myths, waterfalls, paths and caves that have fascinated so many Grand Tour travellers.
More info at https://fondoambiente.it/parco-villa-gregoriana-eng/
Italians celebrate the religious feast of the Epiphany, or the more popular folklore version of La Befana, marking the end of the Christmas season in Italy.
Look at the incredible colors! Pompeii is a treasure that continues to amaze.
Pompeii has restored a large fresco in the garden of the House of the Ceii, bringing back to life its intense colours, using the help of laser technology.
For anyone who missed it, check out the screening of our most recent webinar: Venice- Entrepreneur City
Friends of FAI is joined by art historian Dr. Baseggio as we unveil the miracle of the birth of Venice, the architectural jewel that rose from the waters to ...
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The infamous Roman emperor's extravagant tastes included opulent marble and exotic animals
Hi everyone! Check out the first step of FAI - Fondo Ambiente Italiano's Grand Tour of FAI properties. In collaboration with FAI UK, we're bringing the beauty of Italy to the comfort of your home!
Reminded of the magnificent frescoes inside FAI - Castello della Manta.
Un castello si staglia sullo sfondo delle Alpi del Cuneese, dove per primo abitò Valerano, signore del Marchesato di Saluzzo. Tra gli interni dal sapore medi...
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In case you missed it, check out a special communication from FFAI president Jim Carolan. Despite COVID-19, we're working diligently to continue our mission.
During these difficult times, both Friends of FAI and FAI-Fondo Ambiente Italiano are still hard at work from home, ready to spring into action to help Italy once the COVID-19 crisis has passed.
Let's celebrate the holiday season! Enjoy this beautiful photograph at FAI - Castello della Manta!
Domani pomeriggio per le voci dei Vocaleight risuoneranno nella Sala delle Grottesche! Visite ore 14,15,16
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"Then Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels became an international sensation, selling over 11 million copies, inspiring an acclaimed HBO series and cementing her reputation as the most successful Italian novelist in years. Her ascent, and the rediscovery of some of the last century’s great Italian female writers, has encouraged a new wave of women and shaken the country’s literary establishment. Women writers here are winning prestigious prizes, getting translated and selling copies."
Amazing! https://nyti.ms/36d6BgU
“My Brilliant Friend” and Elena Ferrante’s other best-selling books are inspiring female novelists and shaking up the country’s male-dominated literary establishment.
"Pietrasanta counts 55 marble workshops and bronze foundries in its mere 16 square miles, sandwiched between the mountains and the Tyrrhenian Sea in Tuscany. Over the years it has drawn celebrated international artists — including Henry Moore, Isamu Noguchi, Igor Mitoraj, Joan Mirò, Fernando Botero and Niki de Saint Phalle — to work and, in some cases, to live here."
Read more at https://nyti.ms/35ZJF4F
For centuries the craftspeople of Pietrasanta have translated artists’ ideas into marble and bronze.
"But the tragedy of Venice is about more than climate change and the power of rising seas. It’s about how bad engineering, combined with greed and incompetence, can make the climate crisis we are facing so much worse."
Read more at https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/venice-flooding-2019-mose-corruption-913175/
Flooding in the historic city is about more than climate change — bad engineering and corruption are also to blame
Enjoy this beautiful view of FAI - Castello della Manta covered with a sprinkling of snow!
La prima spruzzata di neve e tutto diventa più magico! Buona giornata!
"Residents in the picturesque Italian city of Venice are used to the canals inching higher every year around this time. But this year has brought the worst flooding in half a century, and the second-worst since record-keeping began."
This news is shocking. Read more at https://cbsn.ws/2qQQRRC
Residents in the iconic city on a lagoon are used to water, but the mayor has called this year's high tides "apocalyptic," and says climate change is to blame
Enjoy this breathtaking view from FAI - Villa Fogazzaro Roi, enchanting FAI - Fondo Ambiente Italiano property!
Assapora le atmosfere di questo 🖌✨🍂
"The Archaeological Park of Pompeii — as distinct from the adjacent modern Italian city of Pompei — is set to receive a record-breaking number of visitors this year, guards are in short supply, and everyday maintenance of the 163-acre archaeological site remains staggeringly expensive. Some observers worry that Pompeii could slide back into disrepair."
Read more about this important issue here: https://nyti.ms/364XQX0
Not long ago, the ancient Roman site was neglected and crumbling. A multiyear restoration is winding down, but challenges — high costs and troublesome visitor behavior — remain.
Great news! "The legendary Torlonia Collection, considered by many as the world's most important private collection of ancient marble sculptures, will at long last go on public display in Rome next year." Read more below!
https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/rome-to-reveal-hidden-torlonia-collection-of-roman-treasures.html
The legendary Torlonia Collection, considered the world's most important private collection of ancient marble sculptures, will at long last go on public display in Rome next year.
Enjoy this beautiful footage of FAI - Parco Villa Gregoriana! Thanks for sharing, FAI - Fondo Ambiente Italiano!
A wonderful photograph depicting FAI - Villa Della Porta Bozzolo!
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Check out this fascinating article by Kim Severson on The New York Times! It illustrates the extraordinary journey of Vicky Bennison, the creator of the famous Pasta Grannies Youtube Channel!
"The videos, which feature styles of pasta and sauce that often don’t extend past village borders, are a soothing eddy of Old World expertise and heartfelt respect in the wild waters of digital food media." (Read more at https://nyti.ms/35BNJIX)
A filmmaker is trying to preserve the art of handmade pasta by turning Italy’s Pasta Grannies into video stars.
Enjoy these amazing photographs by FAI - Villa Panza!
Have you ever wondered how extra virgin olive oil is produced locally in Italy? If yes, enjoy this beautiful footage of local farmers using traditional techniques for the olive harvest. The location is Baia di Ieranto (NA), a wonderful bay in the Amalfi Coast. Thanks for sharing, FAI - Fondo Ambiente Italiano!
Thanks to FAI - Fondo Ambiente Italiano, the restoration works in Monterano, Italy, started a few days ago! This project will preserve the ancient village, rich with historical significance and unquestionable beauty. Surrounded by a spectacular nature reserve, this archeological site is one of the most visited areas of the Tolfa Mountains in the Lazio region. Congratulations!
È stato inaugurato ieri il cantiere di restauro a Monterano (RM), antico borgo arroccato su un'altura di tufo che nel 2016, grazie all’impegno dell’Associazione Culturale Nobile Contrada Carraiola, ha raccolto 5.327 voti all’ottava edizione de “I Luoghi del Cuore”, il censimento dei luoghi italiani da non dimenticare. Un sito ricco di storia e tradizione, oggi disabitato ma che con le sue suggestive architetture è tra i luoghi più visitati dell'omonima Riserva Naturale Regionale e dell’intera area geografica dei Monti della Tolfa. Per il suo fascino, Monterano è stato spesso utilizzato come set cinematografico per produzioni firmate da importanti registi tra i quali Orson Welles, Pier Paolo Pasolini e Ridley Scott.
Il restauro riguarderà tre edifici: Porta Gradella, la Casa della Comunità e la Chiesa di San Rocco, con l’obiettivo di assicurarne la stabilità e garantire una migliore fruizione del sito. L’intervento verrà realizzato grazie al contributo stanziato da FAI e Intesa Sanpaolo nell’ambito de “I Luoghi del Cuore” e alla collaborazione con il comune di Canale Monterano.
If you can read Italian, we highly recommend the newly published book by Alberto Saibene, titled "Il paese più bello del mondo" ("The most beautiful country in the world"). This is a unique opportunity to read about FAI and its outstanding accomplishments since 1975. Read more below!
Dall’8 ottobre arriverà in tutte le librerie "Il paese più bello del mondo" di Alberto Saibene, storico della cultura che racconta la storia del FAI
Check out the new exhibition titled "From the Impressionists to Picasso" at Palazzo Sarcinelli, opening on October 11th! This exhibit will feature outstanding works by Monet, Cézanne, Picasso, and other famous international artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. The exhibition is on view until February 2nd, 2020. Read more below!
Dall'11 ottobre, visitando la mostra "Dagli Impressionisti a Picasso" a Palazzo Sarcinelli (Conegliano, TV) potrai ammirare numerose opere provenienti dalla Johannesburg Art Gallery. Capolavori firmati da Turner, Degas, Monet, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Picasso, Lichtenstein, Warhol e da tanti altri esponenti degli ultimi due secoli di storia dell'arte. Per gli iscritti FAI il biglietto costa 10 € invece che 12 €.
➡️ https://www.fondoambiente.it/luoghi/palazzo-sarcinelli-conegliano-80194?fxm=dagli-impressionisti-a-picasso-capolavori-della-johannesburg-art-gallery
Thanks to FAI - Fondo Ambiente Italiano's restoration works, The Garden on the Hill of "The Infinite" in Recanati, Italy, is now open to the public! This enchanting garden has been an inspiration for Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi, who wrote one of the most famous and significant poems in the entire Italian literature, "The Infinite". Enjoy the Garden's amazing views (link below)!
Have you ever wondered if your family-owned works of art possess any historic and economic value? Certainly, this is the case of the French woman, who discovered to own an early Renaissance masterpiece by the Florentine master Cimabue, in her kitchen! Read more on The Local Italy!
An early Renaissance masterpiece by the Florentine master Cimabue has been discovered in an old lady's kitchen in a town near Paris.
If you have not seen it yet, we highly recommend to check out La Biennale di Venezia in Venice, Italy, before it ends in late November! This is a special opportunity to see the magnificent work of international contemporary artists within the unique historic setting of the Arsenal and the Biennale's Gardens. Amazing!
Scopri , a cura di Ralph Rugoff, fino al 24 novembre a con 79 partecipanti, 89 Partecipazioni Nazionali, 21 Eventi Collaterali e 2 Progetti Speciali.
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Have you ever wondered where to find authentic Italian restaurants in NYC? If yes, check out this article by Amelia Nierenberg on The New York Times: https://nyti.ms/2V0UO1a
"The SoHo chapter of the Accademia Italiana della Cucina (the Italian Academy of Cuisine) gathers each month to review a restaurant and uphold its ideal of that nation’s cuisine." This summer, the Academy reviewed Osteria 57, a pescatarian restaurant in Greenwich Village. Did it pass the Accademia's test of "authenticity"?
The SoHo chapter of the Accademia Italiana della Cucina gathers each month to review a restaurant and uphold its ideal of that nation’s cuisine. (No veal parm, please!)
FAI - Casa Noha is a unique historical dwelling, located in Matera - Delegazione FAI Matera. This property is surrounded by the famous "Sassi", the local building stones that characterize the city of Matera. Thus, it comes with no surprise that even Hollywood stars and international celebrities come to visit this breathtaking dwelling!
Guarda chi si aggira vicino a FAI - Casa Noha...
In questi giorni a sono in corso le riprese per il nuovo film di 007, ecco qui James Bond Daniel Craig 😎
Check out the recently opened exhibition "Beyond Blindness", featuring amazing drawings by Carlo Levi, at NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò in NYC! Read more at http://www.iitaly.org/node/55413
On view for the first time in the United States, at Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, the drawings Carlo Levi realized during the artist’s retinal detachment. This is the story of a farmer from the gulf of Milazzo, who emigrated to Switzerland and decided to buy the works and keep them safe inside a ...
Aperitivo is "the habit of a drink with friends in the early evening". Beppe Severgnini in his article on The New York Times describes the history of this super popular Italian aperitif. Enjoy, or rather, alla salute! Read more at https://nyti.ms/2MhUpFR
A new generation has rediscovered the social charms of imbibing an aperitif before dinner, turning Italy this summer into one vast bar.
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