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INDEX th # 53 • FEBRUARy 8 , 2015 th # 53 • febrUARY 8 , 2015 EDITORIAL #53: What’s up with WTI By Umberto Mucci pages 4 Editorial staff Umberto Mucci Giovanni Vagnone Alessandra Bitetti Manuela Bianchi Enrico De Iulis Jennifer Gentile Martin William Liani Paola Lovisetti Scamihorn Simone Callisto Manca Francesca Papasergi Giovanni Verde Anna Stein We also have our online magazine, which every 15 days describes some aspects of Italy the beautiful and some of our excellences. We have several columns: all for free, in English, in your computer or tablet or smartphone, or printed to be read and shared whenever and wherever you want. Ready? Go! Plus, articles written by: www.expo2015.org www.borghitalia.it www.buonenotizie.it www.folclore.it www.italia.it www.livingadamis.com MIPAAF UNIONCAMERE ... and many more. © # 53 • February 8th, 2015 SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER http://wetheitalians.com/index.php/newsletter CONTACT US [email protected] 2 | WE THE ITALIANS www.wetheitalians.com THE INTERVIEW: Gianluca De Novi By Umberto Mucci pages 5-10 ITALIAN ART: Gothic underground By Enrico De Iulis pages 38-40 ITALIAN TRADITIONS: The Venice Carnival By folclore.it pages 11-13 GREAT ITALIANS OF THE PAST: Antonio Meucci By Giovanni Verde pages 41-42 ITALIAN CULTURE AND HISTORY: House Museums and Historic Homes By www.italia.it pages 14-17 ITALIAN SPORT: Tennis, Ferrari and ... the Super Bowl! By Simone Callisto Manca pages 43-44 ITALIAN LAND AND NATURE: The Region of Basilicata and Pollino National Park By www.italia.it pages 18-21 ITALIAN FLAVORS: Cremona Salami By Consorzio di Tutela del Salame Cremona with MiPAAF page 45-47 ITALIAN LIFESTYLE: Alessi’s Souvenir d’Italie By Living Adamis pages 22-23 W e the Italians is a web portal where everybody can promote, be informed and keep in touch with anything regarding Italy happening in the US. It is also the one and only complete archive of every noncommercial website regarding Italy in the USA, geographically and thematically tagged. ITALIAN LITTLE ITALIES: Tagliacozzo, The ancient capital of Marsica By I borghi più belli d’Italia pages 36-37 ITALIAN WINE: Cannonau di Sardegna with Sardus Pater By Jennifer Gentile Martin pages 48-49 EXPO 2015: The basic facts By Expo 2015 pages 24-30 ITALIAN HANDCRAFTS: Cuneo Stone By Camera di Commercio di Cuneo with Unioncamere pages 50-51 IT AND US: America, the musical By Simone Sibillano pages 31-33 ITALIAN CUISINE: Gianduia cake with cherries By Paola Lovisetti Scamihorn pages 34-35 ITALIAN LANGUAGE: Vowels and diphthongs, singular and plural By Manuela Bianchi for learnitalygroup.com pages 52-53 WE THE ITALIANS | 3 www.wetheitalians.com