Photo Exhibit
La Primavera
March 2019 | Marcello Mellino
With the arrival of spring, flowers (fig. 1) suddenly appear all over Italy. Italians love nature and its colors and excitedly await the primavera to take away the cold, the rain and the snow that afflicted the Peninsula for many months. Every...
Finestre di Italia
February 2019 | Marcello Mellino
Windows on Italian homes are functionally much more important than those in the U.S. You are always able to open an Italian window since most homes do not have air conditioning. A sunny day allows villagers to hang out their laundry to drySUBSCRIBE...
Anno Nuovo
January 2019 | Marcello Mellino
The beginning of a new year is traditionally a major celebration in Italy, as it is all over the world. Families and friends gather for the Cenone di Capodanno which often turns out to be an enormous culinary marathon. Most menus vary depending on...
Vecchie Porte (Old Doors)
December 2018 | Marcello Mellino
I have always enjoyed looking at doors, particularly when visiting an ancient Italian village where you will likely find some rather unusual porte. Nothing was standardized centuries ago and, indeed, a door could tell very much about the family...
Artistic Treasures in Italian Churches
November 2018 | Marcello Mellino
Churches and art have always been deeply connected in Italy. Most of the great painters prior to the Renaissance created primarily religious works, often with the support of the local nobility. Invaluable artistic treasures adorn the famous...
La Piazza
October 2018 | Marcello Mellino
La piazza (the square) has been the center of town since the Romans and the Greeks before them. The ancient Italian villages were built traditionally around a main square where most activities took place such as the daily market, most political...
Buon Appetito!
September 2018 | Marcello Mellino
So, you arrived in Italy yesterday, have rested well at your hotel and today you have begun exploring one of the most wonderful countries in the world...and now you are hungry! When looking for food, you could not be in a better place.
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In Vacanza
August 2018 | Marcello Mellino
As summer goes on, the hot, humid weather brings back memories of vacanze estive (summer holidays), our escape from the intense heat as I was growing up in the Puglia region of Italy. We lived outside of Taranto, a major Italian Navy port, and I...
La Spiaggia
July 2018 | Marcello Mellino
Italy is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea (fig. 1), which the Romans called Mare nostrum to signify its vital importance and enormous presence in the history and civilization of the Italian Peninsula. Italians have always been great sailors,...
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