"spanning the Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia regions. Prosecco Superiore DOCG comes in two varieties: Prosecco Conegliano Valdobbiadene Superiore DOCG, which can only be made in the Treviso province of Veneto on the hills between the towns of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene (north of Treviso), and the smaller Asolo Prosecco Superiore DOCG, produced near the town of Asolo. Prosecco is the main ingredient of the Bellini cocktail and can be a less expensive substitute of Champagne. It is also a key ingredient of spritz, a popular cocktail in northern Italy. In Trieste at the beginning of the sixteenth century, the local"
"Spritz Veneziano A (, ""splash"" / ""sparkling""), also called just or just , is an Italian wine-based cocktail, commonly served as an aperitif in Northeast Italy. The drink originated in Venice while it was part of the Austrian Empire (see Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia), and is based on the Austrian Spritzer, a combination of equal parts white wine and soda water; another idea is that the name of the drink would be linked to that of a typical Austrian wine in the region of the Wachau. Spritz was born during the period of the Habsburg domination in Veneto (Italy) in the"
"Paolo Veronese Paolo Caliari, known as Paolo Veronese (1528 – 19 April 1588), was an Italian Renaissance painter, based in Venice, known for large-format history paintings of religion and mythology, such as ""The Wedding at Cana"" (1563) and ""The Feast in the House of Levi"" (1573). Included with Titian, a generation older, and Tintoretto, a decade senior, Veronese is one of the ""great trio that dominated Venetian painting of the ""cinquecento"""" and the Late Renaissance in the 16th century. Known as a supreme colorist, and after an early period with Mannerism, Paolo Veronese developed a naturalist style of painting, influenced"
"Altaneve Altaneve is an Italian sparkling wine made from glera grapes from the Italian Dolomites. Altaneve derives from Valdobbiadene in the Veneto region of Italy, an area known for producing the highest quality Prosecco wines since 30 BC. It is noted that this type of wine was a favorite of Empress Livia Augusta. David Noto, whose family has over 10 generations of wine-making history, founded the brand after his previous careers as an engineer. in Italy and a Technology Manager for a New York City finance firm. Noto officially dedicated his career to building his prosecco brand in 2013. The"
"Aurum (liqueur) Aurum is a sweet Italian liqueur produced in Pescara since 1925. It is 40% alcohol by volume and it is made from brandy and citrus fruit infusion. It goes well with sweets, especially with ""parrozzo"", another specialty of Pescara. Other than as a drink, it is often used as a cake ingredient or as an addition to ice-cream. The name of this liqueur was chosen by Amedeo Pomilio, the founder of the Aurum factory, upon suggestion by the poet and writer Gabriele D'Annunzio, with a reference to the ancient Roman origins of the recipe. The name derives from"
"the pun between the Latin words ""aurum"", which means gold, and ""aurantium"", which means orange (fruit). Aurum (liqueur) Aurum is a sweet Italian liqueur produced in Pescara since 1925. It is 40% alcohol by volume and it is made from brandy and citrus fruit infusion. It goes well with sweets, especially with ""parrozzo"", another specialty of Pescara. Other than as a drink, it is often used as a cake ingredient or as an addition to ice-cream. The name of this liqueur was chosen by Amedeo Pomilio, the founder of the Aurum factory, upon suggestion by the poet and writer Gabriele"
"Pietro della Vecchia Pietro della Vecchia, Pietro della Vècchia or Pietro Vècchia, formerly incorrectly called Pietro Muttoni (Vicenza, 1603 – Venice, 8 September 1678) was a versatile Italian painter who worked in many genres and created altar pieces, portraits, genre scenes and grotesques. He also created pastiches of the work of leading Italian painters of the 16th century. The artist designed cartoons for mosaics and worked as an art restorer. Della Vecchia was also sought after as an art expert and did expert valuations of artworks. He worked most of his life in Venice and its environs except for a"
"was born in Newcastle, United Kingdom. His brother John is the Director of Fine arts at the University of Hull. The family are of Italian background. He has a cocktail named after him ""The Bernasconi,"" which is equal parts cointreau, campari, citron vodka, a double portion of fresh grapefruit juice, topped up with prosecco and garnished with an orange slice. In addition to extensive work on Heidegger and Levinas, Bernasconi has written on Immanuel Kant, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Hannah Arendt, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Jean-Paul Sartre, Frantz Fanon, Jacques Derrida, and numerous others. In the early 1990s Bernasconi began to develop"
"Milan, and includes: Carpano Classico Vermuth, Carpano Bianco, Carpano Antica Formula and the original aperitive ""Punt e Mes"". Antonio Benedetto Carpano Antonio Benedetto Carpano (1764, Bioglio (Biella) - 1815, Turin) was an Italian distiller, famous for having invented Vermouth and consequently the apéritif. In 1786, Antonio Benedetto Carpano invented modern Vermouth in Turin, made from white wine added to an infusion of herbs and spices, in more than 30 varieties. It was sweetened with spirit, which he believed would be a more suitable beverage for ladies than the local red wines. Vermouth proved so popular that soon his shop was"
"this festival include artists based in Italy, Germany, Slovenia, Spain, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary and other countries. Located in the Pastoral Activities Centre, designed by Othmar Barth (1988), retains a remarkable artistic heritage from churches and religious buildings of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Concordia-Pordenone. The museum is housed in the Palazzo Ricchieri, an important place to understand the art of Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. In it houses works by various painters, such as Pordenone, P. Amalteo, Varotari, Pietro della Vecchia, O. Politi and Michelangelo Grigoletti. The museum, housed since 2006 in the ancient castle of the Torre of Pordenone, the"
"Veruka Veruka was a nightclub in Manhattan, owned by Noel Ashman. The club operated between January 1997 and June 2004, and was known for its strict door policy and celebrity patrons. The name Veruka was derived from Veruca Salt, the character of the story ""Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."" Veruka was located on Broome Street at Sixth Avenue. It had a multi-level lounge and was one of New York's first clubs to have bottle service. In 2001, designer Todd Oldham redesigned the club. Hip-hop songwriter John Forté (of the Fugees) was among the club's celebrity DJs. Celebrity regulars included Sean"
"water polo championship and several titles in synchronized swimming. <br> Recco Recco (Latin: ""Ricina"" / ""Recina"") is a ""comune"" in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, region of Liguria, Italy. It is known for its ""focaccia al formaggio"" (focaccia with cheese) which is made with stracchino. The consortium that dictates the official recipe of the focaccia, supposedly the result of a Saracen attack in the 13th century, has obtained the European Union PGI status for the recipe. Recco is home to the September 8 fireworks festival honoring the Virgin Mary. The town is also known for its successful waterpolo team, Pro"
"and art collector, Volpaia was the highlight for contemporary art in Italy. Piero Gilardi, Ardengo Soffici, Salvatore Scarpitta, John Long, Enzo Cucchi, Giulio Paolini, Giorgio Moranti, Alberto Burri and many others showed in Volpaia their works. Castello di Volpaia Castello di Volpaia is a winery located in the medieval village of Volpaia. The estate is over divided between vineyards, olive groves, and woods. The winery is organically farmed for producing extra virgin olive oil, vinegar and wine, in particular Chianti Classico. The winery is owned by Carlo and Giovannella Mascheroni Stianti and helped by their son Nicolo' Mascheroni Stianti. The"
"aperitif that combines a triple distilled vodka with an infusion of herbs and passion fruit. Also Keglevich Klamour can be mixed in cocktails or be drunk on the rocks. Its bittersweet taste results perfect for the aperitif moment well known in the Italian tradition. Keglevich Keglevich is an Italian brand of vodka. Keglevich is a vodka brand of Stock, a liqueur company founded in 1884 by Lionello Stock. Keglevich Classic is distilled entirely from pure grain with the original recipe invented by the Hungarian Count of Croatian origin, Stephan Keglevich. Keglevich vodka is marketed in Europe, Russia, USA, Israel and"
"its maximum exponent, dramatist Carlo Goldoni. Subsequently, the literary production in Venetian undergoes a period of decline following the collapse of the Republic of Venice, succeeding anyway during the 20th century to reach peaks with wonderful lyrical poets such as Biagio Marin of Grado. Cuisine is an important part of the culture of Veneto, and the region is home to some of the most recognisable dishes, desserts and wines in Italian, European and worldwide cuisine. Veneto is an important wine-growing area producing: Soave, Bardolino, Recioto, Amarone, Torcolato, Prosecco, Tocai Rosso, Garganega, Valpolicella, Verduzzo, Raboso, Moscato, Cabernet Franc, Pinot Nero, Pinot"
"Pinacoteca Querini Stampalia The Pinacoteca Querini Stampalia is an art collection and museum in Venice, Italy. Situated inside the Palazzo Querini Stampalia, in the sestiere of Castello, on the left bank of the Grand Canal, it includes famous paintings as a ""self- portrait"" and ""Adam and Eve"" by Palma Giovane, a ""Sacra Conversazione"" by Palma Vecchio and a ""Madonna and Child"" by Bernardo Strozzi. It also holds prized drawings by Giovanni Bellini, Raphael, Paolo Veronese, Titian, and Tintoretto. The picture gallery is displayed within twenty rooms on the second floor of the palace which also contains furniture, a large public"
"Ignazio Perrici Ignazio Perrici or Perricci (December 1834 – 4 May 1907) was an Italian painter, sculptor, and decorator. He was born in Monopoli near Bari, he was orphaned of father and impoverished. He was sent to study painting at the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples. In 1854, he was hired to help decorate the Villa Reale La Favorita under the direction of Gagliani. In 1857, he helped restore the Vicaria of Naples. In 1858, he collaborated with his friend Molinari, in decorating with a neo-byzantine style a section of the Duomo of Troia. In 1862, he painted the"
"Master of the Washington Coronation The Master of the Washington Coronation is a poorly known Italian painter who was active in Venice around 1324. His name is derived from a panel painting of the Coronation of the Virgin, dated to that year and held in the collections of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. This and an associated group of other works are generally accepted to be by Paolo Veneziano, and the Gallery officially lists them as such. Some authorities, however, have distinguished the paintings from Paolo's output on stylistic grounds; one has even suggested that they may"
"famous violinist. Pietro Lucatelli Pietro Lucatelli (c. 1630-after 1690) was an Italian painter active during the Baroque period in Rome. He was born near Rome. He was a pupil of Ciro Ferri and Pietro da Cortona, and his pictures in the church of Sant' Agostino and the Palazzo Colonna show boldness and freedom of coloring. At Siena he painted a ""Beato Galgano"" for the church of San Francesco, and an ""Assumption"" for the hospital of Santa Maria della Scala. He was living in 1690, and died destitute and poor in Rome. Pietro Locatelli, an alternative name, is also the name"
"long gondola ride from the Piazza, kept a small apartment for entertaining called a ""ridotto"", the scenes of paintings of fashionable life by Alessandro Longhi. The ridotti were extremely fashionable in Venice. As much care and taste went into the furnishings and stuccoed and painted decor of the ""ridotti"" as were expended on the palazzi of Venice themselves. The Republic Square (in Croatian Trg republike), called by locals Prokurative in Split, Croatia was built after Procuratie. Today, the Napoleonic Wing (Procuratie Nuovissime) and part of the Procuratie Nuove house the Correr Museum. In 2017, English architect Sir David Chipperfield was"
"depicts one of the main gambling halls in Venice. The scene is crowded with masked and unmasked figures. The focal point in this work depicts a now familiar scene of a shy woman and an aggressive man who lifts her dress. Repeating the figures of the flirtatious couple, Longhi displays the Ridotto as a place where the social elite— who would not exhibit such behavior in public nor unmasked—would abandon all inhibitions and pursue their actual desires. Pietro Longhi Pietro Longhi (1702 or November 5, 1701 – May 8, 1785) was a Venetian painter of contemporary genre scenes of life."
"""New Hampshire Union Leader"" reported on the controversy. Negroni The Negroni is an iconic Italian cocktail, made of one part gin, one part vermouth rosso (red, semi-sweet), and one part Campari, garnished with orange peel. It is considered an apéritif. While the drink's origins are unknown, the most widely reported account is that it was first mixed in Florence, Italy, in 1919, at Caffè Casoni (formerly Caffè Giacosa), located on Via de' Tornabuoni and now called Caffè Roberto Cavalli. Count Camillo Negroni concocted it by asking the bartender, Fosco Scarselli, to strengthen his favorite cocktail, the Americano, by adding gin"
"later. Pietro Paolo Agabito Pietro Paolo Agabito or Agabiti (c1470-c1540) was an Italian painter, sculptor, and architect from the Marche region. He was born at Sassoferrato. He probably started by working in the ceramics factory of his father. He may well have travelled to Venice in 1497 because his first known work, of the ""Enthroned Virgin between Saints Peter and Sebastian"", shows clear Venetian influence. It can now be found in the Museo Civico in Padua. He may also have become a pupil of Carlo Crivelli, a well-known Venetian artist who moved to and spent much of his career in"
"the museum collection, with a pastel, is the Venetian artist Maria Molin. Other Venetian artists whose works can be seen on this floor include Cima da Conegliano, Alvise Vivarini, Bonifacio de' Pitati; Tintoretto, Schiavone, the Bassano family, Paolo Fiammingo, Lambert Sustris; Padovanino and Carpinoni, Pietro Vecchia, Giovanni Segala, Palma il Giovane, Bernardo Strozzi, Francesco Maffei, Giovan Battista Langetti, Pietro Liberi; Balestra, Niccolò Bambini, Piazzetta, Nicola Grassi, [ Pietro Longhi, Rosalba Carriera, Sebastiano and Marco Ricci, Pellegrini, Amigoni, Antonio Marini, Zuccarelli, Zais, Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, Natale Schiavoni, Ippolito Caffi, Mancini, and Emma Ciardi. The second floor rooms also display notable works"
"Antonio Vassilacchi Antonio Vassilacchi (; ; 1556–1629), also called L'Aliense, was a Greek painter, who was active mostly in Venice and the Veneto. Antonio Vassilacchi was born of Greek descent on the island of Milos, Greece in 1556. He left very young to settle in Venice. In 1572 Vassilacchi became a pupil of Paolo Veronese and began working on the frescoes in the episcopal palace at Treviso, in the church of Sant'Agata in Padua (Padova), and various churches in Venice. His opportunity came with the great conflagration that nearly devoured the Doge's Palace in Venice in December 1577. Aliense, a"
"Antonio Vassilacchi Antonio Vassilacchi (; ; 1556–1629), also called L'Aliense, was a Greek painter, who was active mostly in Venice and the Veneto. Antonio Vassilacchi was born of Greek descent on the island of Milos, Greece in 1556. He left very young to settle in Venice. In 1572 Vassilacchi became a pupil of Paolo Veronese and began working on the frescoes in the episcopal palace at Treviso, in the church of Sant'Agata in Padua (Padova), and various churches in Venice. His opportunity came with the great conflagration that nearly devoured the Doge's Palace in Venice in December 1577. Aliense, a"
"local composers, such as the Corfiot Italians Antonio Liberali and Domenico Padovani developed their career with the theatre of Corfu, called ""Teatro di San Giacomo"". Corfu's cuisine also maintains some Venetian delicacies, cooked with local spicy recipes. Dishes include ""Pastitsado"" (the most popular dish in the island of Corfu, that comes from the Venetian dish Spezzatino), ""Strapatsada"", ""Sofrito"", ""Savoro"", ""Bianco"" and ""Mandolato"". Some traditions in Corfu were introduced by the Venetians such as the Carnival (""Ta Karnavalia""). The architecture of Corfu City still reflects its long Venetian heritage, with its multi-storied buildings, its spacious squares such as the popular ""Spianada"""
"French entrepreneur François Pinault who exhibits his personal art collection there. It was also where Pinault's son Francois-Henri met actress Salma Hayek and it served as the location for their wedding vow renewal. Palazzo Grassi Palazzo Grassi (also known as the Palazzo Grassi-Stucky) is a building in the Venetian Classical style located on the Grand Canal, between the Palazzo Moro Lin and the campo San Samuele, in Venice, Italy. It was designed by Giorgio Massari, and built between 1748 and 1772. A latecomer among the palaces on the Grand Canal of Venice, Palazzo Grassi has an academic classical style that"
"Negroni The Negroni is an iconic Italian cocktail, made of one part gin, one part vermouth rosso (red, semi-sweet), and one part Campari, garnished with orange peel. It is considered an apéritif. While the drink's origins are unknown, the most widely reported account is that it was first mixed in Florence, Italy, in 1919, at Caffè Casoni (formerly Caffè Giacosa), located on Via de' Tornabuoni and now called Caffè Roberto Cavalli. Count Camillo Negroni concocted it by asking the bartender, Fosco Scarselli, to strengthen his favorite cocktail, the Americano, by adding gin rather than the normal soda water. The bartender"
"a beverage similar to the Mojito by mixing aguardiente, sugar, lime, and mint. He coined the drink “El Draque” after the nickname of his head , Sir Francis Drake. An example of a Signature drink designed for an establishment is the Bellini. It was concocted by Giuseppe Cipriani, the bartender and owner of Harry’s Bar in Venice, Italy. Italian white peaches were one of Cipriani’s favorite fruits, but were only available from June to September. In a moment of inspiration he created this refreshing summer beverage by combining the fresh white peaches with prosecco. He named his cocktail after Giovanni"
"some of the late pontiff's blood as a token of the love he had felt for the mountainous area. The greatest Italian poet of the 20th century Gabriele D'Annunzio was from Pescara; other notable Abruzzo personalities in the field of humanities include: poet Ignazio Silone, director Ennio Flaiano who co-wrote ""La dolce vita"", philosopher Benedetto Croce, composer Sir Paolo Tosti and the sculptor Venanzo Crocetti. American artists and celebrities such as: Madonna, Dean Martin, Bradley Cooper, Perry Como, Henry Mancini, Nancy Pelosi, Rocky Marciano, Rocky Mattioli, Bruno Sammartino, Mario Batali, John and Dan Fante, Tommy Lasorda, Dan Marino, Mario Lanza,"
"the ""Pala Feriale"" or “weekday altarpiece”, of the St Mark's Basilica in Venice. Paolo was in the past identified with the artist responsible for the works attributed to the Master of the Washington Coronation. There is no longer unanimity among art historians regarding this identification. Paolo's style was indebted to Byzantine influences but also betrays a knowledge of contemporary painting in Rimini. His more advanced works show the influence of gothic art. Through his art he was the founder of the Venetian school which would exert its influence throughout the 14th century and in particular on Lorenzo Veneziano. Paolo Veneziano"
"Palazzo Labia Palazzo Labia is a baroque palace in Venice, Italy. Built in the 17th–18th century, it is one of the last great palazzi of Venice. Little known outside of Italy, it is most notable for the remarkable frescoed ballroom painted 1746–47 by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, with decorative works in trompe l'oeil by Gerolamo Mengozzi-Colonna. In a city often likened to a cardboard film set, the Palazzo is unusual by having not only a formal front along the Grand Canal, but also a visible and formal facade at its rear, and decorated side as well, along the Cannaregio Canal. In"