Tag: Italy

What do Italians eat on Christmas Day?

December 28, 2009 0

Christmas has just gone by  and everybody here in Italy organized a delicious Christmas lunch to delight and impress their invited relatives and friends with many delicious Christmas dishes!!!! Christmas is probably the most heartfelt celebration here in Italy and there are a few typical culinary dishes which are exclusively prepared at Christmas time by…

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Earthquake shock in Aquila

April 7, 2009 0
An endless tragedy touching the whole of Italy on the raw.

An endless tragedy touching the whole of Italy on the raw.

A few nights ago on April the 6th, Italy was hit by a dramatic tragedy which has left everybody at a loss for words: a tremendous earthquake shock destroyed l’Aquila, a beautiful historic city in the Abruzzo region and the seat of one of the most important Italian universities and artistic monuments.

On Monday morning at 3:32 a.m. (Italian time), while everybody was sleeping, a loud rumbling followed by an incredible earthquake shock, estimated at about 5.8 on the Richter scale, (according to other sources it was 6.3 on the Richter scale) provoked a complete apocalypse in Aquila and in neighbouring areas.

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