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 * Italy** is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The independent states of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within the Italian Peninsula, and Campione d'Italia is an Italian exclave in Switzerland.

Headlines
https://www.thelocal.it/20170911/2017-was-a-record-summer-for-italian-tourism [] [|slow_food_in_tuscany_italy.shtml] [|italys-deadly-earthquake-is-the-latest-in-a-history-of-destruction] [|insiders-guide-palermo-music-mafia-and-lamb-guts] [|A Feast for the Food Conscious Attending Gustolab's "Critical Studies on Food in Italy Summer Program"] [|Connecting to Culture through Community Events: Sicilian Sagre] [|Il turismo green vale 12 miliardi Oltre 100 milioni di visitatori nei parchi italiani] [|How to Know You are Staying in an Authentic Italian Agriturismo] [|From Farm to Fork: Foraging Class in Italy (and a recipe!)]

Local Guides
[|Italian tourist guides rise up in protest at EU law] [|E' CONTRARIA ALLA ISTITUZIONE DELLA GUIDA TURISTICA NAZIONALE]

Events http://www.lifebeyondtourism.org/evento/946/19th-International-Conference-and-General-Assembly-Fondazione-Romualdo-Del-Bianco%C2%AE-%E2%80%93-Life-Beyond-Tourism%C2%AE-%28March-11-13%2C-2017%29 https://twitter.com/usicomos/status/828585148954398723

Cycling: Giro d’Italia (May)
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/giro-ditalia/teams-get-ready-for-2015-giro-ditalia-photos-170370 http://www.cyclingnews.com/giro-ditalia

rss
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Celebrations

 * August 15** [|Ferragosto]

Quotes
"Italy has given birth to the great Agriturismo and Slow Food movements, and so many parts of that great country--home of Renaissance Humanism--remains almost as they were hundreds of years ago. Yes, there are the dirty factory towns in the huge industrialized nation, yes there are towns overly touristed like Florence, but Italians place a huge premium on Mother Earth as a matter of cultural practice and identity (forget the crazy politics). And their hospitality towards others includes millions of testimonials, including their willingness to engage foreigners in conversations of all type no matter how badly travelers mangle their language." - Greg Hubbs, [|Responsible Travel Week]

Tourism Portals
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Recommended Listening
[|Iconic Buildings: The Galleria, Milan] - Linger with Colin Bissett in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II.

[|Unmapping: Spirit of the Mountain] - One of the world's largest collections of rock engravings and what is regarded to be the first European map can be found carved into the glacial rock in a valley nestled between two mountains in the foothills of the Italian Alps.

[|Sicilian mosaics in disrepair despite UNESCO listing] - The stunning mosaics of Piazza Armerina in Sicily were classified as a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1997. Despite funding and a plan for restoration, the site remains in disrepair with little work in progress.

Radio
http://www.radioitalia.it - http://www.radioitalia.it/player #radioitalia

http://www.lolliradio.net/italia (simple radio world music jukebox) https://twitter.com/lolliradio

Museums
[|Museo Internazionale delle ceramiche Faenza]

Parks
[] http://www.minambiente.it - [|@glgalletti] [|@minambienteIT]

 **Parco Nazionale delle Cinque Terre (Cinque Terre National Park)** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parco_Nazionale_delle_Cinque_Terre http://www.parks.it/parco.nazionale.cinque.terre/Eindex.php

http://www.vallecamonicaunesco.it/parco-cemmo.php?lang=en http://www.parcoarcheologico.massidicemmo.beniculturali.it http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/94
 * National Archaeological Park of Massi di Cemmo (Cemmo’s Boulders)**

Sports
http://www.italybaseball.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_in_Italy

Driving
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Oglio Nord Park
[] [|Oglio Nord Park]

Borghi
[|Borghi Sostenibili del Piemonte] [|Borghi - Wikipedia] [] []

Florence
http://www.imss.fi.it http://galileo.rice.edu/gal/florence.html http://www.fondazioneflorens.it - https://twitter.com/fflorens - []

Milan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan

Napali
http://blog.napoliunplugged.com/2011/05/19/in-search-of-the-green-and-the-blue

Orte
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orte http://www.ottavamedievale.it http://www.comune.orte.vt.it

Po Delta Park
[] http://www.totemtourism.com/1/post/2013/04/slow-tourism-breaks-out-in-italys-international-bird-airport.html

Pompeii
[|Pompeii Food & Drink Project] [|Ancient Roman recipes] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompeii http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rnfirstbite/pompeii-food-and-wine/5535594

Rome
rome

Sardinia
is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily and before Cyprus) and an autonomous region of Italy, which goes by the official name of Regione Autonoma della Sardegna / Regione Autònoma de Sardigna (Autonomous Region of Sardinia). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardinia http://www.rockclimbing.com/routes/Europe/Italy/Sardegna

Sicily
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicily

Siena
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siena http://www.comune.siena.it http://www.comune.siena.it/Il-Turista/Turismo

Turin
[|Turin - Wikipedia]

Tuscany
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 * Montepulciano**

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g194833-Activities-Montepulciano_Tuscany.html

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g194833-d1136562-Reviews-Vinoteca_Terra_Toscana-Montepulciano_Tuscany.html

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Venice
venice

Elsewhere on the Web
[|Terra Madre 2008] [|Salone del Gusto] [|Slow Food from Italy - Ecoescape] [|Italian Association of Responsible Tourism] - http://www.flickr.com/photos/associazioneaitr - [|@AitrItalia]

Recent Events

 * May 25 - June 2** [|Responsible Tourism Festival (Festival del Turismo Responsabile)]- [|facebook]

Nutti Sámi Siida participated
 * Oct 25-28** [|Salone del Gusto] [|@SlowFoodHQ] - http://pinterest.com/salonedelgusto

Twitter
[|@discoverumbria] [|@AitrItalia] [|@glgalletti] [|@minambienteIT]

Wikipedia
[|Italy] [|Ciabatta] [|Public_holidays_in_Italy] [|Republic Day] [|Silvio_Berlusconi] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Italy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriatic_Sea

FYI Asagra in Italy is a community festival held in the main piazza and nearby streets of a town, dedicated to a local food specialty (or sometimes to a locally venerated saint). - http://www.transitionsabroad.com/listings/travel/articles/sacred-festivals-in-sicily-italy.shtml

Editing
[|Europe] [|Italy]

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Breaking: Earthquake
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