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...seems excessive because there are currently four minarets in Switzerland and roughly five percent of the population follows Islam. The danger of the Alps’ chocolate-box villages being swept away in favor of numerous variants of the Blue Mosque looks slim. A comment by Roberto Calderoli of Italy??s anti-immigrant Northern League sums up what this vote is about, “Switzerland is sending to us a clear signal; yes to bell towers, no to minarets.” It is very much about Islam, and the rejection of a “foreign?...
Pertile—who grew up in a small village between Padua and Venice in Northeastern Italy??is also a professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and has published widely within the field of Dante scholarship...
...divided into two general categories: landscapes and portraits. Emphasizing the designs and patterns found in nature and light, many of the landscape photographs feature stunning vistas that feel strangely geometrical given the organic nature of the subjects. At first glance, “Fields and Diagonals, Umbria, Italy?? simply looks like blocks and stripes of rich vibrant colors. Only upon closer examination do the rolling fields of Italy reveal themselves. Faces from around the world punctuate the display of scenic terrains, giving the geometric landscapes a human side and situating them within a larger context. An old Cretan...
...ROME, Italy??Last weekend, I went to the Roman forum with a friend who had just arrived from Paris. It was hot and he was disgruntled. Nothing was labeled in a helpful manner (a few bronze plaques here and there, some in Latin) and it was difficult to distinguish between the various structures. I stood in the sun and read to him from a guidebook, pleading with him to use his imagination...
...government), and better than the new anti-immigration laws, which criminalize illegal immigration, allow citizen brigades to comb the streets for illegals, and harshly penalize renting a room to an undocumented individual. They can certainly do better than a tasteless calendar of Il Duce, a celebration of one of Italy??s darkest moments. The question is: will they...