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Tree cathedral in province of Bergamo

A tree cathedral comprising five aisles and 42 columns will be inaugurated in the Parco delle Orobie, Bergamo [Lombardy] on Satiurday. The project is the Province's contribution to the International Year of Biodiversity.

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"The things we are" - 800 objects on display in Milan

In an unusual exhibition at Milan’s Triennale Design Museum, 800 objects which together represent life in Italy are on display. Collected by designer, architect and writer Alessandro Mendini, the objects have not been chosen for their beauty or good design but because they evoke an emotional response in Italians.

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Welcome to Milan - Sorry, Zurich

How would you feel if you boarded a train bound for Milan but ended up in Zurich? That is what happened to passengers who boarded the Salvador Dalì night train at Barcelona on Sunday evening, expecting to arrive in Milan at around 10 am...

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Virus-tracker doctor returns to Italy

Following last week’s story of a “super surgeon” who may leave Italy because of his frustration with its bureaucratic processes, it is a pleasure to be able to write about a brilliant young doctor who is returning to Italy from the USA....

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An unusual custody battle

This story began when a young Milanese man called Marco and his fiancée from Loano [Liguria] adopted a four-year-old [male] mongrelcalled Vicky...

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Nicolas Calvano's story - Finding my Italian relatives - Part 2

Reader Nicholas Calvano tells Italy Magazine what happened when, after making contact with his Italian relatives, he and his wife went to see them.

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Canalis implicated in cocaine scandal

On what could be her wedding day, George Clooney’s Italian girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis finds herself accused of involvement in a high-class prostitution ring which operated out of two Milan night clubs, the Telegraph and Corriere della Sera report.

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Milan Fashion Week will be special, says Mayor

The next Milan Fashion Week, which will run from September 22nd –28th, will be a show worthy of the city, Mayor Letizia Moratti has vowed.

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Clooney and Canalis to marry?

Britain’s Daily Star is reporting that Hollywood star George Clooney has at last popped the question to Italian girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis and that the pair are to marry next Thursday...

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Summer events in Milan

If you are going to be within reach of Milan this summer, here is our pick of both traditional and unusual events to attend in August and September.

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