Italia! photos of the month: July 2018

Modica Italy

We love seeing your photos and this month we’ve got some fantastic snapshots from all over the Italian peninsula – enjoy! This month’s winner:  “Modica 2013. Cathedral San Giorgio Cathedral with wedding.” by Jim Mabon, Stirling   And more of our favourites this month… “Lago di Mergozzo is a small lake in northern Italy just […]

Past Italia: Pasta in Italy

antique picture Italy: Naples, Pasta Factory

This image of a 19th-century factory in Naples illustrates just how fundamental pasta is to Italian cuisine Where or when pasta originated is something we will never know. A lot of the problem lies in what we mean by “pasta”, but the modern Italian pasta we know and love today (ie, that which is made […]

Italia! photos of the month: April 2018

This month, our winning reader photos are just as spectacular as ever… here are our favourites! This month’s winner:  “Assisi in October 2017, when visiting my brother and family, looking upon the church of a beautiful old town.” by Stef Duranti And more of this month’s best reader snaps…  “Last Christmas in Lerici. We have […]

Italia Moments – Week 6

This week, Venice was a popular focus, the city of love, the kind of place where you want to get lost (as we’re sure you will).  Julia Carpenter sent us this stunning picture of Venice at dusk – ‘A view I could never tire of’. We totally agree! Get your furry friends are at the ready! It’s #NationalDogDay […]

Readers Photos – Photos of the Week #1

After seeing this, we feel like jumping in a helicopter and being whisked away somewhere like this… Photo by : Costa (Gus) Matsos, Burlington, Ontario, Canada “View from the mountain town of Erice on the northwest coast of Sicily, taken during a two-week holiday and capturing the rugged beauty of this island”  June 2016 Readers Photo Competition Runner […]