Cultural Italy Blog: Art, Coffee & Love

A Fairy Tale Castle in the Aosta Valley

A Fairy Tale Castle in the Aosta Valley

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Italy is a country of fairy tales, magic landscapes and fabulous architecture. Though perhaps it would not be that easy to meet a real princess or a white unicorn here, it is more than easy to encounter a real castle that looks exactly like the one of your last daydream.

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WHAT IS THIS GOLDEN BUILDING? Haunted House at Fondazione Prada in Milan

WHAT IS THIS GOLDEN BUILDING? Haunted House at Fondazione Prada in Milan

MUSEUM
Chic, mysterious and technologic. These are the first impressions that one person has entering the recently opened Prada Foundation in Milan. This new space for contemporary art is more than just a museum. Designed by the world renowned architect Rem Koolhaas, Fondazione Prada is a great (and reassuring) story that illustrates how an abandoned industrial space can turn into a precious (literally golden!) spot for art lovers.

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Buona Pasqua! E buon appetito!

Buona Pasqua! E buon appetito!

TRADITIONS
Only few days are left before the Santa Pasqua! This Sunday our small Italy and the whole Christian world will celebrate the great festivity in honor of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Each involved country has its special recipes for the occasion.

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The Number One Destination of 2016: “The Floating Piers” at Iseo Lake

The Number One Destination of 2016: “The Floating Piers” at Iseo Lake

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Walking on the water with Christo? Sure, and it’s not a joke. This summer Iseo Lake will host a unique installation designed by the Bulgarian-born and New-York-based artist Christo Vladimirov Javacheff. Three kilometers of his striking yellow piers will link Sulzano, Montisola and San Paolo Island. It is better you come barefoot. The Italian summer is hot. The path is soft and smooth.

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Claude Monet in Dolceacqua

Claude Monet in Dolceacqua

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On January 24, 1884 Claude Monet, a founder of French Impressionist painting, traveled to Dolceacqua to depict charming silhouettes of the Humpback Bridge.

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Magic Island of Lake Orta

Magic Island of Lake Orta

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This place is simply too beautiful to be true. Too charming to be real. And too antique to be still there. Lake Orta and its dreamlike Island San Giulio surrounded by winter mist and ancient mystery is no doubt among Italy’s most picturesque spots.

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