ItalyUpdate

Romes Leonardo da Vinci Airport, more commonly referred to as Fiumicino, after the Tiber fishing town and port nearby, celebrates its fiftieth birthday this month.

August ends with a flourish at the northern tip of Sardinia with the Music at the Bocche di Bonifacio festival, now in its 10 th edition.   

Police in Parma have confiscated 2,500 counterfeit monodose bottles of one of Italys most celebrated gastronomic products, the  balsanic Vinegar of Modena, distributed among local restaurants and food shops...

Parmigiano cheese, one of Italys most famous gastronomic products, has just won an important battle against German imitators. ....

Archaeologists from the University of Turin have announced an exciting find at Tarquinia near Viterbo (Lazio). ..

During the summer, the town of Merano in Alto Adige is organizing a series of fascinating excursions in the series of underground bunkers constructed in the mountains during the first and second World Wars. 

The lavender harvest in Fruili Venezia Giulia recently concluded with the annual Lavender Festival, held at the spa town of Bibione and the seaside resort of Lignano Sabbiadoro. 

A mysterious black beast, provisionally identified by the Sicilian regional forestry corps as a panther, was spotted recently near Palermo. !

Despite a slight drop in tourist arrivals, due to the international financial crisis, Rome has maintained its position as a world leader in the tourism field. 2009 

The well-known seaside resort of Senigallia (Marche) announces a European exclusive performance by the Saint Louis rock and roll veteran Chuck Berry. Chuck,