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The American Italian Cultural Center honors and celebrates the area's Italian-American heritage and culture. The AICC houses the American Italian Museum, with exhibits about the history and contributions of Italian-Americans to the region. The Piazza d'Italia is a local monument dedicated to the Italian-American community of New Orleans.
The AICC is home to the Louisiana Italian American Sports Hall of Fame, and hosts an annual banquet for the honorees.The banquet also includes the Dr. Adriani Medical Education Award, the Louisiana American Italian Woman of the Year, the Joseph Maselli Heritage Award, the American Veteran Award, the Louis Prima Arts & Entertainment Award, and the Buddy “D” Media Award.
This category includes articles related to the culture and history of Italian Americans in Louisiana. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
The Piazza d'Italia is an urban public plaza located behind the American Italian Cultural Center at Lafayette and Commerce Streets in downtown New Orleans, Louisiana. It is controlled by the New Orleans Building Corporation (NOBC), a public benefit corporation wholly owned by the City of New Orleans.
Pistolette—either of two bread-based dishes in Louisiana cuisine: one is a stuffed and fried bread roll (sometimes called stuffed pistolettes) in the Cajun areas around Lafayette, the other is a type of submarine shaped bread about half the size of a baguette that is popular in New Orleans for Vietnamese bánh mì and other sandwiches [37]
From 1884 to 1924 an estimated 290,000 Italian immigrants, a great deal of them from Sicily, arrived in New Orleans and settled in the French Quarter, which acquired the nickname "Little Palermo." [11] In 1905, the Italian consul estimated that one-third to one-half of the Quarter's population were Italian-born or second generation Italian ...
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Many attributes of the Italian culture, including food, in Independence are described in Italian Culture in Independence. [12] Other useful resources are Southeastern Louisiana University's Center for Regional Studies [13] and the Tangipahoa Parish tourist information center. [14]