The Great Wall of Verona
(Angelo Paratico) Few Veronese are aware that Verona had a “Great Wall”, similar –...
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Author: Angelo Paratico
An Italian in the British Royal Family
(Angelo Paratico) A private wedding took place at the Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor Great...
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Ortensio Lando on the greatness of women
(Angelo Paratico) Ortensio Lando (Milan 1508/13? – Naples 1558) took as nickname The Tranquil. But...
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Persimmon, food of the gods
(Angelo Paratico) The persimmon, Diospyros kaki, which in Greek means “food of the gods”, is a...
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Lauretta Schicchi moves the world from a subway station
Nothing, in our opinion, demonstrates the strength of Italian opera as much as an episode in the...
Read More- When a disease is rare: scleroderma
(Ennia Dall’Ora) Scleroderma: open day at the AOUI at the Borgo Roma Polyclinic (E.D. Dall’Ora) On Friday afternoon, in the large ‘Roberto Vecchioni’ lecture theatre… Read more: When a disease is rare: scleroderma
- Indro Montanelli, never let the truth get in the way of a good story
(Angelo Paratico) For many of my generation (we are boomers), Indro Montanelli, with his articles and his view of history, was a source of admiration… Read more: Indro Montanelli, never let the truth get in the way of a good story
- The world’s first car factory was in Padua
Miari & Giusti produced cars designed by Enrico Bernardi of Verona (Angelo Paratico) Convinced of the future of the car and the motorcycle, which he… Read more: The world’s first car factory was in Padua
- Great Italian doctors who fought the Plague
(Angelo Paratico) The concept of ‘asymptomatic carriers’ of a disease is not new. It was first formulated by Ludovico Settala, the Milanese doctor who appears… Read more: Great Italian doctors who fought the Plague
