Ferdinando Palasciano

Ferdinando Palasciano (1815-91). Who was this guy? Forerunner of the Red Cross, physician of Garibaldi in Aspromonte... http://bit.ly/f4QS4L

Galla Placidia

Today in 450AD Galla Placidia died. For 30 years she was the most powerful woman in the world - http://bit.ly/eJGWoE

Ancient Capua

Capua is just one of the many towns of Campania 2day, but it was second only to Rome until they defected to Hannibal... http://bit.ly/dKK99C

Legend says that Gorgonzola cheese was invented by a lazy lover

Legend says that Gorgonzola cheese was invented by a lazy lover: http://bit.ly/gankvw

Define "provisional" in Italy...

In modern Italy nothing is so lasting as the provisional: our national anthem kept that status for 60 years... http://bit.ly/c9No50

And you thought Pecorino was only a cheese...

RT @vintrospective: And you thought Pecorino was only a cheese ;-) A complex white from Abruzzo, http://tinyurl.com/2ec74eo

To defeat mafia you need an army of school teachers

Gesualdo Bufalino (1920-96), sicilian, novelist, he said: "To defeat mafia you need an army of school teachers" - http://bit.ly/cFfGCW