Category Archives: English

The Coppola Cap

Posted on January 27, 2022 by babbityjean

For sale in the market stalls of Palermo today and worn throughout Sicily and even in Calabria and elsewhere is the Coppola hat, a type of flat hat that is an iconic symbol of Sicily.  The history is uncertain, as is … Continue reading →

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More on the “Winged Victory” of Brescia

Posted on January 20, 2022 by babbityjean

One of the most celebrated sculptures in the world is the Winged Victory of Samothrace (also called the Nike of Samothrace), a marble Hellenistic sculpture created in the 2nd century BC and today prominently displayed on a pedestal at the … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Italian Cities

Posted on January 13, 2022 by babbityjean

Appearing within a week of each other in late 2021, two articles in the New York Times featured the Italian cities of Brescia in the Lombardy region and Trieste in the Friuli-Venezia-Giulia region.  Each city was highlighted for its different … Continue reading →

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