Local authorities on Stromboli agreed to reopen a shuttered school in the tiny village of Ginostra for a single pupil, after her parents warned they would leave the island if their daughter had no place to learn. Aysha, a six-year-old girl living in one of the most remote corners of Italy, will walk into a […] The post A six-year-old girl will be the only student at Europe's smallest school on a volcanic Italian island appeared first on American Almanac .
Local authorities on Stromboli agreed to reopen a shuttered school in the tiny village of Ginostra for a single pupil, after her parents warned they would leave the island if their daughter had no place to learn. Aysha, a six-year-old girl living in one of the most remote corners of Italy, will walk into a classroom on September 10 as the sole enrolled student at what is being called the smallest school in Europe. The school sits in a building owned by the local Catholic parish in Ginostra, a village of roughly 40 residents perched on the western slope of Stromboli, the volcanic island off Sicily's northern coast. The school had closed years ago as Ginostra's population dwindled. It took a direct warning from Aysha's parents, Monica…Open
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A routine construction project at a pasta plant near Naples turned into one of Italy's most remarkable recent archaeological finds, a sprawling ancient burial ground filled with Egyptian, Greek, and Etruscan treasures. Workers breaking ground on an expansion at the Pasta Garofalo factory in Gragnano, a small town near Naples long famous for its pasta-making […] The post Pasta factory expansion in Italy unearths a 2,600-year-old necropolis packed with rare artifacts appeared first on American Almanac .
A routine construction project at a pasta plant near Naples turned into one of Italy's most remarkable recent archaeological finds, a sprawling ancient burial ground filled with Egyptian, Greek, and Etruscan treasures. Workers breaking ground on an expansion at the Pasta Garofalo factory in Gragnano, a small town near Naples long famous for its pasta-making tradition, did not expect to hit stone burial chambers. But between 2025 and 2026, archaeologists excavating the site ahead of construction uncovered a necropolis dating to the first half of the sixth century B.C., roughly 2,600 years old, predating the rise of the Roman Empire by centuries. The company announced the findings in July. Rows of tombs held human remains, pottery, and a…Open
The Vatican's top diplomat bowed and kissed the skull of a third-century Christian martyr during an elaborate ceremony in Sicily, a moment of reverence that quickly drew accusations of idolatry from critics online. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's Secretary of State and Pope Leo XIV's official representative, leaned forward and pressed his lips to the […] The post Cardinal Parolin kisses 1,700-year-old skull in ancient Catholic ceremony marking 900th anniversary appeared first on American Almanac .
The Vatican's top diplomat bowed and kissed the skull of a third-century Christian martyr during an elaborate ceremony in Sicily, a moment of reverence that quickly drew accusations of idolatry from critics online. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's Secretary of State and Pope Leo XIV's official representative, leaned forward and pressed his lips to the ancient relic of Saint Agatha during a ceremony at Catania Cathedral on August 17. He then placed a crown atop the saint's 14th-century gold reliquary bust as church bells rang across the archdiocese. The ceremony marked 900 years since Agatha's remains were returned to her birthplace from Constantinople in 1126. The skull, roughly 1,700 years old, had been temporarily removed from…Open
A young American hiker died after a lightning strike on Sicily's Mount Etna, in an area authorities had already closed to visitors because of weeks of dangerous volcanic activity. The 29-year-old man from Kansas was climbing the volcano on Sunday evening when a powerful thunderstorm rolled across the slopes. He was struck in the Rocca […] The post American tourist killed by lightning on Mount Etna after hiking into restricted volcanic zone appeared first on American Almanac .
A young American hiker died after a lightning strike on Sicily's Mount Etna, in an area authorities had already closed to visitors because of weeks of dangerous volcanic activity. The 29-year-old man from Kansas was climbing the volcano on Sunday evening when a powerful thunderstorm rolled across the slopes. He was struck in the Rocca Capra area at roughly 1,400 meters, about 4,600 feet, in exposed terrain that Italian authorities had placed off-limits due to prolonged eruptions, AP News reported . Emergency crews reached him by helicopter at approximately 8:00 p.m. local time and found him in cardiac arrest. Medics airlifted the hiker to Cannizzaro hospital in Catania, where he was pronounced dead on arrival at 9:30 p.m. His name has…Open
On Friday, Italian police said they'd recovered three paintings stolen from a museum near the city of Parma. By Saturday night, thieves in Sicily had made off with four more masterpieces.
AI:Italian authorities have experienced a volatile week regarding high-value art security, successfully recovering three stolen paintings from a museum near Parma while simultaneously facing new thefts in Sicily where thieves made off with four additional masterpieces.Open
Hundreds of ancient amphorae were found piled up about 150 feet underwater, suggesting the relics came from a Roman shipwreck from about 2,000 years ago.
A wildfire so large it has begun producing its own winds and lightning is advancing on the French city of Bordeaux, displacing more than 250,000 people and stretching emergency services across southern Europe to their limits. French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez warned that the main blaze in the Gironde region of southwestern France had become […] The post Massive wildfire generating its own thunderstorms bears down on Bordeaux, forcing 250,000 to flee appeared first on American Almanac .
A wildfire so large it has begun producing its own winds and lightning is advancing on the French city of Bordeaux, displacing more than 250,000 people and stretching emergency services across southern Europe to their limits. French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez warned that the main blaze in the Gironde region of southwestern France had become "extremely intense and unpredictable," generating its own weather patterns and "advancing erratically toward the Bordeaux metropolitan area." The fire front stretches more than 20 kilometers, roughly 12 miles, and had burned through 98,000 hectares by Sunday evening, an area larger than many mid-sized American counties. Two firefighters died near Bordeaux on Tuesday. Seventy-five more have been…Open
