by Editorial Staff FdS The International Conference “Space4You – Space, a driver for Competitiveness and Growth” promoted by Apulia Region and NEREUS (Network of European Regions Using Space Technologies), in collaboration with the Apulian Aerospace District, will take place ...
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Leggi »The multiform universe of women of Naples
Beautiful or ugly, strong-willed or lazy, rich or beggar, resolute or submissive, happy or sad, sweet or austere, mothers or prostitutes. In any case … unique like their city. They are the women of Naples. Here they are interpreted by ...
Leggi »The sardinian Island of Tavolara and the curious legend of the smallest Kingdom of the world
by FdS Editorial Staff The Kingdom of Tavolara was a small state claiming independence in the 19th and 20th centuries in Tavolara Island, off the northeast coast of Sardinia. Ruled by the Bertoleoni family, it was one of the ...
Leggi »The Old Railway of Apulia: a singular case of superstition
by Rita Guastamacchia In the beginning was the railway section Naples- Portici, first italian train, inaugurated by the king Bourbon with great solemnity in October 3, 1839. In 1840 the railway arrived in Torre del Greco and in 1842 ...
Leggi »For the blood is the life. A vampire tale set in San Nicola Arcella
The tale “For the bood is the life” (1905) is one of the first vampire stories appeared on the international literary scene. His writing dates back to 1880 and precedes by more than a decade that of the famous Dracula by ...
Leggi »Naples through the centuries. Artistic iconography of a city-myth
Naples is everything and the opposite of everything. City–microcosm, it is Beauty and Decay, Misery and Nobility, Humanity and Cynicism, Charm and Dismay. Perhaps for this reason it attracts and repels, today as always. But his image, at least that ...
Leggi »Apulian orecchiette: let’s discover an ancient type of Pasta
Orecchiette are a type of pasta widespread in Apulia and Basilicata (Southern Italy), whose shape is approximately that of small ears, from which it derives its name.Their size is approximately 3/4 of a thumb finger, and appear as a small ...
Leggi »Harps concert from sunrise to sunset by neapolitan ensemble An’Arperc
They are the An’Arperc, an ensemble born in Naples Conservatory “S. Pietro a Majella” in 2004 with the intention of creating an innovative project that could unite the popular tradition with the sweet harmonies of the harp. Here they are ...
Leggi »Figs with ham: a creative recipe from Southern Italy
Our proposal is a recipe for summer, completely fire less. A cool idea, very fast and excellent for an aperitif or a finger food appetizer: ham and figs, that is soft figs with ham inserts. The figs ripen in late ...
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