IN BOCCA AL LUPO!Literal meaning: “Into the wolf’s mouth!”Real meaning: Good luck!Traditional reply: “Crepi!” or, more recently, “Viva il lupo!” ACQUA IN BOCCA!Literal meaning: “Water in your mouth!”Real meaning: Keep it secret. Don’t tell anyone.Example: “I’ll tell you something, but…
There are photographs that need a long explanation before they become interesting. And then there are photographs in which a Pope is standing in a red Ferrari, surrounded by thousands of cheering Italians. Those tend to explain themselves rather quickly.…
There are people who become famous because they spend their lives trying to be famous. And then there are people like Sora Lella, who seemed to become famous almost by accident, as though Rome itself had suddenly looked around the…
Mario Cipolla, the Iso Isetta and the courage to start when almost everyone expected you to fail The essential facts in this story are real: car number 2100 was an Italian Iso Isetta driven by Mario Cipolla with L. Brioschi…
Discover how the 1959 Fiat 500 became Italy’s beloved symbol of mobility, design and postwar optimism.
Discover the lost age of Italian caravans: 1970s family summers, Fiat cars, seaside campsites and the rise of the modern camper.
The Practical Coupe with a Racing Engineer’s Balance\n\nReplacing a successful Alfa Romeo coupe is never an easy assignment because the old car’s owners tend to become historians, judges and prosecutors at the same time. In the early 1970s the Giulia-based…
Heart. Power. Glory. Fabio Cannavaro built his legend in a position that rarely produces global superstars. He was a central defender, not especially tall, yet in 2006 he stood above the football world. Born in Naples on 13 September 1973,…
Vision. Control. Genius. Andrea Pirlo played football as if the noise around him did not exist. While others ran, shouted and collided, he appeared to have time. That illusion became his greatest gift. Born in Flero, near Brescia, on 19…
Calm. Authority. Immortality. Dino Zoff became a symbol of Italian football not by being spectacular, but by making the extraordinary look normal. Born in Mariano del Friuli on 28 February 1942, Zoff grew into one of the greatest goalkeepers in…