Fantasy, Fights and Love: 500 Years of ‘Orlando Furioso’ The epic poem by Ludovico Ariosto, published in 1516 in Ferrara, Italy, is celebrated in an exhibition in one of the city’s finest palaces. By RODERICK CONWAY MORRIS
Visiting Italy’s Ceramics Workshops With a Buzzy Multimedia Artist As the Max Mara Prize winner Emma Hart reaches the end of a residency there, she takes T on a tour of workshops keeping an ancient ceramic tradition alive. By HETTIE JUDAH
Falling in Love With Italy’s Blissful, Rustic Aeolian Islands Where simplicity is luxury, time slows to the roll of the Mediterranean and meals are rivaled only by the crisp white wine. By JOHN GASSON
WHAT IN THE WORLD Rosemary and Time: Does This Italian Hamlet Have a Recipe for Long Life? Researchers believe food choices and environmental factors could help explain exceptional longevity among the inhabitants of Acciaroli, Italy. By BRYANT ROUSSEAU
How Eni Bet Big and Won Big on Natural Gas off Egypt Claudio Descalzi, the chief executive, backed geologists’ hunches with computing muscle and money, and his “revolution” produced a massive discovery. By STANLEY REED
An Updated Uffizi Is Unveiled Gallery officials have reordered Early Renaissance rooms for “a better flow” and aim to dissipate congestion in front of Botticelli’s heaviest hitters. By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO
WHITE HOUSE LETTER Mario Batali (Yes, in His Orange Crocs) to Prepare Obamas’ Last State Dinner While President Obama was at the United Nations, Michelle Obama was sampling Mr. Batali’s food at Babbo to prepare for a dinner honoring Prime Minister Matteo Renzi of Italy. By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS
WHAT IN THE WORLD You Say ‘Anguria,’ I Say ‘Cocomero’: Italy’s Many Dialects The country has hundreds of local variations on language, each with its own quirks of pronunciation, inflection and vocabulary, which can make daily interactions confusing. By GAIA PIANIGIANI
Archaeological Victims of ISIS Rise Again, as Replicas in Rome Modern technology is used to reproduce artifacts that were destroyed in Iraq and Syria; the results are on display at the Colosseum in Rome. By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO
BAROLO JOURNAL Amid Hills of Wine and Truffles, a Mission to Give Fungus Room to Breathe The two delicacies are in increasing competition in and around Barolo, Italy, and a new campaign is aiming to save the mushrooms as vineyards gobble up hillsides. By GAIA PIANIGIANI
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