The bestselling celebration of Italy’s language, culture, and greatest art: THE ART OF LIVING If you love Italy, you’ll love learning about its language. If you come from an Italian family,you’ll discover more about your heritage. If you’re...

For a real treat, I would like to invite you to visit the blog of my good friend, author Diane Hales. She wrote the bestselling book, La Bella Lingua. Hers is an amazing story - an American with no Italian roots who fully immersed herself in the...

Lucrezia Borgia was the daughter of the Spanish Cardinal, Rodrigo Borgia, who later became Pope Alexander VI. Much scandal regarding incest and murder surrounds her. She entered into a passionate affair with Pietro Bembo, (1470-1547), a respected...

Saint Nicholas (270 A.D. to 346 A.D.) was really Nicholas of Myra, a saint and bishop in Turkey. Many miracles have been attributed to him. He is also known as Nicholas the Wonderworker. He had a reputation for secret gift-giving, such as putting...

Count Alessandro di Cagliostro (2 June 1743 – 26 August 1795) was the alias for the occultist Giuseppe Balsamo (also called Joseph Balsamo), an Italian adventurer. Alessandro Cagliostra was born to a poor family in Albergheria, which was once the old...