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Italy’s ski industry fires cannon against climate change

April 4, 2023784 Views

Monte Cimone, a popular ski resort in Italy's Apennine Mountains, invested 5 million euros in artificial snowmaking before the winter season in an attempt to stave off the impact of global warming. The money was largely wasted. The snow cannon proved useless because the water droplets they fire into the air need freezing weather for them to fall to the ground as snow, and until mid-January the temperature never fell below zero Celsius (32 Fahrenheit). "The ski-lifts were closed, the ski instructors and seasonal workers had nothing to do and we lost 40% of our revenue for the whole season," said Luciano Magnani, head of the local consortium of ski tourism operators. "It was the first time in 40 years that we were closed for the Christmas holidays." Skiers ride on an artificial ...

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Sheep come to the rescue of Pompeii ruins

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March 9, 2023854 Views

A flock of grazing sheep is helping archaeologists to preserve the ancient ruins of Pompeii, the Roman city that was buried under metres of pumice and ash in the calamitous eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Archaeologists have uncovered only around two thirds of the 66-hectare (163 acres) site at Pompeii since excavations began 250 years ago. A sheep grazes the grass as part of an initiative to protect ancient ruins from growing green in unexcavated areas of the archaeological site in Pompeii, Italy, March 7, 2023. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane Preserving the unexplored sections of the ancient city against erosion by nature and time is a priority for those who manage the site. "If grass and other plants grow in or on the ancient walls and houses this is a problem. So we try ...

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Venice canals run dry and gondolas are stranded

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February 20, 20231085 Views

Weeks of dry winter weather have raised concerns that Italy could face another drought after last summer's emergency, with the Alps having received less than half of their normal snowfall, according to scientists and environmental groups. A gondola is pictured in a canal during a severe low tide in the lagoon city of Venice, Italy, February 17, 2023. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri The warning comes as Venice, where flooding is normally the primary concern, faces unusually low tides that are making it impossible for gondolas, water taxis and ambulances to navigate some of its famous canals. The problems in Venice are being blamed on a combination of factors -- the lack of rain, a high pressure system, a full moon and sea currents. Italian rivers and lakes are suffering from severe la...

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Visitors can see famed Florence baptistry’s mosaics up close

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February 9, 2023869 Views

Visitors to one of Florence’s most iconic monuments — the Baptistry of San Giovanni, opposite the city’s Duomo — are getting a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see its ceiling mosaics up close thanks to an innovative approach to a planned restoration effort. Rather than limit the public’s access during the six-year cleaning of the vault, officials built a scaffolding platform for the art restorers that will also allow small numbers of visitors to see the ceiling mosaics at eye level. Restorers Chiara Zizola, right, and Roberto Nardi work at the restoration of the mosaics that adorn the dome of one of the oldest churches in Florence, St. John's Baptistery, in Florence, central Italy, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) “We had to turn this occasion into an opportunity to make it...

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A Venetian exhibition to discover your potential

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February 7, 2023119 Views

Last spring, for the first time in 500 years, the Procuratie Vecchie in Piazza San Marco in Venice opened their doors to the public, revealing the new home of the Generali Group's The Human Safety Net Foundation (THSN) on the third floor of the iconic building, the Interior, Exhibition & Multimedia Design aspect of which was conceived by the Migliore+Servetto studio, under the artistic direction of Davide Rampello. The intervention by Migliore+Servetto – which includes the interior design of all the spaces in the building, the heart of the work being located on the third floor with a café, library and exhibition path – outlines an innovative and experimental approach aimed at generating sustainable and inclusive spaces, created "to share" and conceived in relation to visitors' beha...

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Ancient fresco among 60 treasures returned to Italy from US

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January 24, 2023822 Views

A fresco depicting Hercules and originally from Herculaneum, a city destroyed along with Pompeii by the 79 A.D. eruption of Mount Vesuvius, was back in Italy Monday, along with 59 other ancient pieces illegally trafficked to the United States. Italy on Monday celebrated the return of 60 looted archaeological artefacts worth more than $20 million, many of which had been on display at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art before their illicit origin was discovered. Some of the antiquities worth an estimated $19 million are seen after being returned to Italy by New York City, in Rome, Italy, January 23 2023. REUTERS/Remo Casilli Among the more precious pieces Italian and U.S. officials displayed to journalists in Rome is a B.C. kylix, or shallow two-handled drinking vessel, some 2,6...

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Princess in villa with unique Caravaggio faces eviction

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January 15, 2023882 Views

A U.S.-born princess who lives in a Roman villa featuring the world's only known mural by Italian baroque artist Caravaggio said on Friday she faced eviction from the unique property at the centre of a raging inheritance battle. A court in Rome served an eviction notice to Princess Rita Jenrette Boncompagni Ludovisi after part of an outside wall of the residence, known as Casino dell'Aurora, collapsed, forcing the closure of a nearby street. Princess Rita Boncompagni Ludovisi poses for a photograph below Caravaggio's only ceiling mural inside Villa Aurora, in Rome, Italy, November 16, 2021. REUTERS/Remo Casilli Boncompagni Ludovisi told Reuters she had been given 60 days to vacate the property, saying was "stunned" by the decision and would definitely appeal. She adding that s...

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Newly restored house in Pompeii offers glimpse of elite life

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January 13, 2023895 Views

The newly restored remains of an opulent house in Pompeii that likely belonged to two former slaves who became rich through the wine trade offer visitors an exceptional peek at details of domestic life in the doomed Roman city. The House of Vettii, Domus Vettiorum in Latin, was being formally unveiled after 20 years of restoration. Given fresh life were frescoes from the latest fashion in Pompeii wall decoration before the flourishing city was buried under the volcanic ash furiously spewing from Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. A view of the impluvium, the rain water-catchment pool in the atrium of the Ancient Roman Domus Vettiorum, House of Vettii, in the Pompeii Archeological Park, near Naples, southern Italy, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) The unveiling of the ...

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Anantara Palazzo Naiadi Rome partners with Rosenthal to light up Christmas

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December 21, 2022798 Views

This year, the Anantara Palazzo Naiadi Rome Hotel, a landmark new arrival on Rome’s luxury hospitality scene located in the heart of the city, is celebrating Christmas with the creation of a truly unique Christmas tree in collaboration with the renowned porcelain brand, Rosenthal and one of Rome’s leading design studios, Thesign Gallery. Standing tall in the newly opened Prisca lounge bar, the show stopping 5-meter tree doubles as an art installation as it is assembled from ceramic pieces by Rosenthal. Starting from December, an eye-catching 3D light show will illuminate the installation presented within a gigantic gift box and topped with festive ribbon to evoke the magic of the holidays. The spirit of Christmas continues within Anantara Palazzo Naiadi with festive décor curate...

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Artemisia Gentileschi’s 1616 nude to be digitally unveiled

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November 13, 2022445 Views

Art restorers in the Italian city of Florence have begun a six-month project to clean and virtually “unveil” a long-censored nude painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, one of the most prominent women in the history of Italian art. Swirling veils and drapery were added to the “Allegory of Inclination” some 70 years after Gentileschi painted the life-size female nude, believed to be a self-portrait, in 1616. Restorer Elizabeth Wicks works on the "Allegory of Inclination", a 1616 work by Artemisia Gentileschi, in the Casa Buonarroti Museum, in Florence, Italy, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) The work to reveal the image as originally painted comes as Gentileschi’s contribution to Italian Baroque art is getting renewed attention in the #MeToo era, both for her artis...