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Select Italy Travel Turns 15 and Celebrates With a Special 15x15x15 Promotion ... - San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

Select Italy Travel Turns 15 and Celebrates With a Special 15x15x15 Promotion ...San Francisco Chronicle (press release)Travel to Florence, Venice and Rome was essential on the tour and remains. Select Italy's 15 year anniversary marks the company's own history of leisure travel; to celebrate, Select Italy will offer its loyal travel agents an opportunity to make a ...and more »

Students offered experiences abroad - MU The Parthenon

Students offered experiences abroadMU The ParthenonFaculty members at Marshall University are offering students various study abroad opportunities which include trips to Florence, Italy, Beijing, China and Brazil this summer. The College of Fine Arts and College of Liberal Arts are collaborating to ...

Untouched Italy: Exploring Basilicata through a dream - Gadling

Untouched Italy: Exploring Basilicata through a dreamGadlingby Jessica Festa (RSS feed) on Jan 27th 2012 at 3:00PM While many people go to Italy to explore the wonderful cities of Rome, Florence, Venice, and Milan, there many off-the-radar cities also worth discovering. One of these cities is Basilicata, ...

Amauri completes move to Fiorentina - Fox News

Teamtalk.comAmauri completes move to FiorentinaFox NewsPrint Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet FLORENCE, Italy (AP) – Brazilian striker Amauri has completed a move to Fiorentina after having fallen out of favor at Juventus. Amauri has not made a single appearance for Juventus this season since returning ...Amauri completes move to Fiorentina from JuveSI.comAmauri close to Viola moveSkySportsJuventus striker Amauri will not be signing for TottenhamGiveMeFootball.comall 45 news articles »

Italy roundup - Milan give City final Tevez deadline - Moneycontrol.com

Moneycontrol.comItaly roundup - Milan give City final Tevez deadlineMoneycontrol.comMilan scooped the top prizes at Italy's players' awards for 2011 on Monday with Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic winning best player in Serie A, Thiago Silva voted best defender and Stephan El Shaarawy best player in Serie B. * Leaders Juventus are ...and more »

Top Chef Contestant Fabio Viviani to stop in Corpus Christi - Corpus Christi Caller Times

Corpus Christi Caller TimesTop Chef Contestant Fabio Viviani to stop in Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi Caller TimesAfter attending Italy's Instituto Professionale per I Servizi Alberghieri in Florence, Viviani decided it was time to bring his experience in Tuscan cooking to America. Since then, he has become executive chef of several highly acclaimed Italian ...and more »

Rick Steves shares favorite hidden travel destinations in Europe - Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles TimesRick Steves shares favorite hidden travel destinations in EuropeLos Angeles TimesLucca, Italy: This is a place to escape the tourists that swarm Florence, Rome and Venice -- and see a place Steves describes as "one of the most underrated Tuscan towns." There lots to see in this walled city that's just an hour from Florence.and more »

Rizzo called up to Italy 6 Nations squad as cover - SI.com

Rizzo called up to Italy 6 Nations squad as coverSI.comFLORENCE, Italy (AP) -Prop Michele Rizzo has been called up to Italy's Six Nations squad to play France and England after an international absence of three and a half years. Italy coach Jacques Brunel called up the Treviso player as cover on Tuesday ...and more »

Lapo Elkann: Revved up for new challenges - CTV.ca

Lapo Elkann: Revved up for new challengesCTV.caAn acupuncturist in Florence is trying to cure him of the habit. Lapo is an odd ethnic and religious mix: “I am Jewish, Italian, American, Catholic,” he says, but stresses that he feels mostly Italian: “I love Italy and I say I am from Italy wherever I ...and more »

Truck Strike Spreads From Sicily to Rest of Italy - The Epoch Times

The Epoch TimesTruck Strike Spreads From Sicily to Rest of ItalyThe Epoch TimesSimilar strikes started across the rest of Italy on Monday with unions threatening to keep them going all week. (Marcello Paternostro/AFP/Getty Images) FLORENCE, Italy—After five days of strikes ground Sicily to a halt last week, on Monday, ...and more »

Rizzo called up to Italy 6 Nations squad as cover

Prop Michele Rizzo has been called up to Italy's Six Nations squad to play France and England after an international absence of three and a half years. Italy coach Jacques Brunel called up the Treviso player as cover on Tuesday after Alberto De Marchi was injured playing for Aironi. The 29-year-old Rizzo has made two appearances for Italy, the last in a 26-0 loss to South Africa on June 20,...

Search for Da Vanci work is controversial

FLORENCE, Italy, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. and Italian art historians say they believe a work by Leonardo da Vinci may be hidden behind a Florence palace wall covered by a later 16th-century fresco.

Italian shock photographer launches penis calendar

FLORENCE, Italy - Italian shock photographer Oliviero Toscani has done it again -- this time with a calendar featuring 12 penis close-ups in an ad for a group of companies that make naturally-tanned leather.

Truck Strike Spreads From Sicily to Rest of Italy

Truck roadblocks went up across Italy on Monday paralyzing main traffic arteries in a protest against high fuel costs. Organizers say it will continue until Friday.

Leonardo Da Vinci may be at the heart of a real art mystery

Falko Kuester, pictured December 16, 2011, at UC San Diego, is working with a team of researchers using cutting-edge technology to search for a Leonardo Da Vinci painting that may be hidden behind a mural in Florence, Italy.

Amauri on verge of joining Fiorentina from Juve

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) -- Brazilian striker Amauri is undergoing a medical at Fiorentina after having fallen out of favor at Juventus. Amauri has not made a single appearance for Juventus this season since returning in the offseason from a loan spell at Parma.

More Action For Vinny & Snooki In New Season Of 'Jersey Shore'?

Last season, in Florence, Italy, "Jersey Shore" stars Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Vinny Guadagnino continued their tradition of randomly hooking up, but will the pair "smoosh" again in the new season that finds the reality stars back in Seaside Heights, New Jersey?

Will Vinny & Snooki Continue Their On-Screen Hookups In New Season Of 'Jersey Shore'?

Last season, in Florence, Italy, "Jersey Shore" stars Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Vinny Guadagnino continued their tradition of randomly hooking up, but will the pair "smoosh" again in the new season that finds the reality stars back in Seaside Heights, New Jersey?

Amauri completes move to Fiorentina from Juve

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) -- Brazilian striker Amauri has completed a move to Fiorentina after having fallen out of favor at Juventus. Amauri has not made a single appearance for Juventus this season since returning in the offseason from a loan spell at Parma.

Shop til' you drop in Florence

The deal: The Hotel Lungarno and Gallery Hotel Art, both in Florence, Italy, are offering the "Suite Shopping Package."