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The Year of Italian Culture and Language: Puccini and His Tower

by DHales | Aug 22, 2013 | culture, history, Italy, Language, Music, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

  Giacomo Puccini 1858 – 1924  On our last visit to Italy, we stayed on the Tuscan coast near a fifteenth-century tower (una torre cinquecentesca). Once called Torre Tagliata, for the name of the beach below, it became known as Torre Puccini in honor...

Celebrating a Year of Italian Language and Culture: Verdi

by DHales | Apr 4, 2013 | culture, history, Italy, Language, Music, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs

 Giuseppe Verdi(1813-1901)  As part of the Year of Italian Culture (l'anno della cultura italiana), Italy is celebrating the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi–fondly nicknamed “Peppino”–the Michelangelo of Italian opera.  In more than...
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