Top Italian articles of the year | Gli articoli migliori dell'anno
Nel 2021 abbiamo esplorato la lingua italiana, ma anche dei gioielli culturali.In 2021 we explored the Italian language, but also some cultural jewels.
Virtual travel in Trentino-Alto Adige - Travelling in Italy
Un viaggio virtuale in Trentino-Alto Adige
The Roman letters that traveled from graves to Hollywood
Did you know that in Italian there's la font (feminine) and il font (masculine)? Me neither! La font represents the name of the font, while il font is the technical file with all the typographic variations of la font ... my brother, an expert in the field, explained it to me and talks to us here about a particular font, the Trajan.
Baldassare Galuppi: the forgotten composer
The history of the Basilica of San Marco has a long list of famous composers who were working there. People like Galuppi, Claudio Monteverdi, Antonio Lotti, Andrea Gabrielli and his nephew, Giovanni Gabrieli. Before we talk about the development of the Polychoral style (ie, a style of composition with more than one choir) we must speak of the architecture of the basilica, because the architecture has had a great influence on composers.