by DHales | Jun 25, 2014 | Books, Current Affairs, Education, Italy, Language, Social behavior, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
Viva l’italiano! Italian barely eclipses Pakistan’s Urdu as the 19th most-spoken language in the world, but according to a new international listing, it ranks fourth among le lingue più studiate al mondo (the most studied languages in the world). L’inglese...
by DHales | Oct 10, 2013 | Books, culture, history, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
L'Inferno This year of Italian culture (l’anno della cultura italiana) commemorates seven centuries since the appearance of the first volume of Dante’s La Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy). The epic poem begins on Good Friday in the year 1300, when “the...
by DHales | May 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
demonidemons Submerged in the deepest cavern of Dante’s Inferno stands a fearsone sight: a three-headed Lucifer, the stone-cold heart of darkness. Weeping from six eyes, tears mixing with blood and pus, il demonio (the demon)...
