Ten reasons to like Italian Inspector Montalbano book – TV series combo

Feb 23 2016

As an Italian I am certainly biased when I list ten reasons to like Inspector Montalbano, the beloved Sicilian detective who adopts unusual methods to catch criminals. In Italy everybody knows and likes Commissario Montalbano’s adventures in Sicily thanks to two TV series which are super hits at international level. Even BBC4 shows them with Italian subtitles.

Here are ten reasons to like Andrea Camilleri’s Sicilian police inspector and most charming commissario ever created in literature and films.

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FREE EVENT FOR ITALIAN SPEAKING FAMILIES: PINOCCHIO ALL’OPERA 18 October 2015 Istituto Italiano di Cultura

Oct 09 2015

Pinocchio all’Opera: un’opera per bambini della compositrice tedesca Gloria Bruni su libretto della scrittrice per l’infanzia Ursel Scheffler che, ricalcando la trama della celebre fiaba di Collodi, si propone di avvicinare i bambini all’ascolto della musica lirica in maniera giocosa.

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Travel with kids: Tuscany – FAMILY HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN

Jun 07 2015

The area called La Valtiberina, on the eastern edge of Tuscany, is an attractive hilly landscape with woods of chestnut trees, olive groves and fields of sunflowers. It offers an image of a Tuscany still barely touched by mass tourism, yet full of medieval and renaissance art treasures. In this area were born two of the greatest Italian renaissance artists: Piero della Francesca and Michelangelo.

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