From Trieste to Stromboli, tourism in Italy – Summer is over but suggestions for tourist destinations in the foreign press continue. Starting from the Northwest, Sueddeutsche Zeitung went to visit Italy’s first whisky distillery at Glorenza, while The Sunday Times explored the sublime insanity of Trieste (September 28 – Trieste: sublime madness in the lost city*) and Die Welt, on the occasion of Geroge Clooney’s wedding in Venice, rediscovered Palazzo Papadopoli, one of the lagoon city’s pearls (September 28 – “Wir leben hier wie auf dem Mond”)
Die Ziet paid homage to the wine culture of Langhe, a UNESCO heritage (September 29 – Kultur kommt von anbauen). And the Spanish El Mundo moved south, first stopping to discover the Byzantine treasures in Ravenna (September 25 –Rávena: Oro entre tinieblas) and ending up in Stromboli, the volcano of love where Roberto Rossillini and Ingrid Bergman lived months of passion while filming on the island (September 28 – Subiendo a Stromboli, el volcán del amor).
Economy, literature, fashion: Italians in the foreign press – Last week, the foreign press turned its interest to important Italian figures. The Financial Times reported on Lorenzo Bini Smaghi’s efforts to help the euro (October 2 – Only a weak euro can save the ECB now) and, on the cultural pages, it published an interview with Neopolitan writer Elena Ferrante (September 26 – Q&A with author Elena Ferrante). There were also interest in fashion: the Wall Street Journal wrote about designer Marta Ferri on occasion of the opening of her new Milan atelier (September 27 – La Dolce Dressmaker: Marta Ferri).
Bikes and engines – The international media also turned its attention to Italian style, in cars as well as bikes. Bloomberg wrote about the first electric Lamborghini (October 1 –Lamborghini Shows Cruiser Concept; Engine Roar Optional) and the Wall Street Journal and Valor Economico, ran pieces on the small SUV that Fiat is planning present with the 500 brand (October 1 – Fiat Hopes to Boost Retro 500 Sales With Small SUV*; October 2 – Fiat entra no segmento de utilitário esportivo pequeno*). At the same time, El Pais, wrote about bicycles and Giovanni Pinarello, bicycle maker who recently passed away and who was famous for a bike ridden by champions like Miguel Indurain (September 30 – Giovanni Pinarello, constructor de las bicicletas de Indurain).
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