Italian immigrants used to be accused of clinging too tightly to the Old World. Today, millions gather in Little Italy to celebrate the food, faith and traditions they brought with them.
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In contrast to their depiction in most mafia films, women are an integral part of these groups with their own criminal knowledge and capacity for violence
A city of contrasts, these books represent the heart and the violence of this Italian city.
For every 0.1°C rise in temperature, the number of sinkholes increases by 1 to 3%.
As the one-year anniversary of the World Health Organization’s declaration of a pandemic approaches, it might be time to consider how our modern age wants to remember this plague.
Naples holds an enduring – and ambiguous – place in cultural representations of Italy.
Many governments can’t afford to offer the sort of economic stimulus we’ve seen in the west, and organised crime is only too happy to fill the gap.
Locals use beauty in the battle to reclaim public space from the clutches of organised crime groups.
Police and the courts have locked up some of Europe’s most notorious mob bosses – but the next generation of would-be kingpins are even worse.
Despite a series of EU laws on waste management, some countries are still a bit rubbish.
Ever heard of Campi Flegrei? It is a supervolcano in southern Italy. Literally translating as “fields of fire,” only the Yellowstone caldera in the United States has more potential to devastate. The Naples…
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