An American tourist has died after being struck by lightning while hiking on Mount Etna in Sicily. The 30-year-old, who has not been named by authorities, was on the active volcano on Sunday when a thunderstorm broke out, Italian media report. The man is said to have been found by firefighters and emergency services in
Four Renaissance paintings of “extraordinary value” have been stolen from a museum in Sicily, Italy’s culture minister has said. Alessandro Giuli confirmed that three panels of the Polyptych of San Gregorio and a double-sided panel of the Madonna with Child and Christ in Pietà, all attributed to Antonello da Messina, were taken Regional Interdisciplinary Museum
If you are somewhere in Italy with a natural body of water, or any water feature, plan your activities around it, Armenise says. “Instead of walking, get a boat,” she says. “Sometimes you will see things you cannot access via land.” Instead of hiking a coastline, you can see it from the sea, she explains,
Andrea Pirlo has said he is no longer a candidate to coach the Italian national team after days of controversy over his links to a Russian betting company. His appointment as Italy’s next coach had not been confirmed by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), but was considered almost certain. But over the weekend several Italian
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. W Hotels continues its reinvention with a growing portfolio of properties across Italy, supported by its latest opening: W Sardinia – Poltu Quatu, a 157-room resort located in a secluded sports village on the
The former director of Italy’s motorway operator has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for the collapse of the Morandi bridge in Genoa in August 2018. Prosecutors had asked for a much longer prison sentence for the former head of Autostrade per l’Italia, Giovanni Castellucci. Forty-three people died when the highway bridge through the