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Cecilia Eusepi (1910–1928), Italian beatified Roman Catholic; Cecilia Flores Armenta, Mexican missing persons activist; Cecilia Gallerani (1473–1536), favourite and most celebrated mistress of Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan; Cecilia Gasdia (born 1960), Italian soprano; Cecilia Gillie (1907–1996), English radio executive
Panettone Living nativity scene in Milazzo Christmas market in Merano Zampognari in Molise during the Christmas period. Christmas in Italy (Italian: Natale) is one of the country's major holidays and begins on 8 December, with the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, the day on which traditionally the Christmas tree is mounted and ends on 6 January, of the following year with the Epiphany ...
Italy is considered a cultural superpower and the Italian peninsula one of the birthplaces of Western civilization. [2] [3] The main elements of Italian culture are its art, music, cinema, style, and food. Italy was the birthplace of opera, [4] and for generations the language of opera was Italian, irrespective of the nationality of the composer.
This element is deeply embedded in Sicilian culture: for example, the tradition of Sicilian puppetry (òpira dî pupi) and the tradition of the cantastorie (literally "story-singers"). Occitan troubadours were active during the reign of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor , and some Occitan words would have passed into the Sicilian language via ...
The Italian nome is not analogous to the ancient Roman nomen; the Italian nome is the given name (distinct between siblings), while the Roman nomen is the gentile name (inherited, thus shared by all in a gens). Female naming traditions, and name-changing rules after adoption for both sexes, likewise differ between Roman antiquity and modern ...
Pioneer Italian documentary director Cecilia Mangini, whose political works exploring hot-button topics such as youth contending with Italy’s postwar poverty, the condition of women, and the ...
Carol Yepes/Getty Images. If you have a sweet tooth, Italy is the place to be over the holidays. A wide range of desserts, like Christmas cookies and nougat fill the markets and bakeries. Most ...
Italian journalist Cecilia Sala has arrived back in the country’s capital after being freed from an Iranian prison where she had spent weeks in detention. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us ...