Giuseppe Verdi: Uniting Italy With Music

Born alongside Italy’s press for nationhood, Verdi’s operas provided Italians with the music that expressed the passion for ...
Rochester Institute of Technology

RIT’s ‘Viva l’Italia!’ Series Celebrates 150th Anniversary of Italian Unification

Rochester Institute of Technology will celebrate the cultural, artistic and historical significance of Italy through the Viva l’Italia! lecture and performance series. The series runs from March to ...
The Washington Post

Anthropologist's Book Sheds Light on Italian Unification

Modern Italy was unified in 1870 when the national government annexed Rome and the Papal States despite protests from Pope Pius IX. The new nation almost didn't survive, as Pius struggled to persuade ...
The Hoya

Italian Ties That Bind

Opening the university’s celebration of the 150th anniversary of the unification of the Italy, Italian Ambassador Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata stressed the importance of the ties between Italian and ...