Palermo
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in Italy news, regions, Travel tips, Sicily, CitiesPalermo: less mafia, more culture
Whoever goes to Palermo this summer will not be bored. The Sicilian capital is this year's Italian Capital of Culture. Palermo celebrates this with an impressive program of a total of 783 events, 83 of which are international. (The full overview, which is regularly updated, can be found at www.palermocapitalecultura.it.) The cultural year is the provisional award […] More
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in Italy news, Milan, Palermo, Rome, Cities
Looking back at the state visit to Italy
The state visit to Italy was busy and warm, but more than successful. And for once, we could see the Dutch flag fluttering over the Palazzo del Quirinale, the presidential palace in Rome, with closely veiled national pride. Positive press and beautiful pictures The recently concluded state visit has affected the political and economic relations between the Netherlands and […] More
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in Italy news, Mafia, Palermo, Rome, Cities
When you saw the mafia
Grainy black and white, raw, moving. Otherwise the work of the Italian Letizia Battaglia cannot be defined. The Sicilian photographer became world famous for her work on the mafia in her native Palermo. Rome now houses a huge exhibition of the exceptional photographer. A large part of the exhibition in the Maxxi museum is about the […] More
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Column: with your feet in the concrete
There he is, with the phone in his hand. Whether sir wants to tap off a hundred thousand euros for a while. Monthly payments of ten thousand euros are also allowed, because he is that reasonable, the chairman of the local Chamber of Commerce. That's how it goes in Palermo, if you want something. Wipe for a piece of paper. It happened […] More
