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ANSA. In honor of the 500th anniversary of the death of Sandro Botticelli, an exhibit at the Poldi Pezzoli Museum in Milan unites for the first time all of the Renaissance painter's works in public collections in Lombardy. (Read the article)
THE WASHINGTON POST. Fausto Sarli, one of Italy's leading high fashion designers, known for his artisan touch and elegant gowns, has died at 83. (Read the article)
ANSA. More than seven million photographs of several popes are to be digitized in a titanic restoration project that will take five years and up to three million euros, the Vatican said this week. (Read the article)
ANSA. Milan's Duomo Cathedral, widely considered the most important work of Gothic architecture in Italy, this week has become the world's first cathedral to have its stained glass windows illuminated from the inside. (Read the article)
THE NEW YORK TIMES. Mario Monicelli, a director considered one of the masters of Italian-style comedy, has died. He was 95.
A Rome hospital says he jumped from a fifth-storey window Monday. He had been admitted for prostate cancer. (Read article)
WHAT IS THE TREND. Marco Boglione, an Italian businessman purchased Apple 1, auctioned by Christie’s Auction House for $213,600 (£133,250). The businessman phoned his bid to Christie’s and the first generation Apple computer was sold for $213,600. Steve Wosniak, co-founder of Apple and the genius behind Apple 1 design, was on hand for the auction event. (Read the article)
ANSA. Pope Benedict XVI reaffirmed the Vatican's condemnation of homosexuality in a new book presented here Tuesday.
Homosexuality, he said in Light of the World, is a "great trial" a person may be faced with but which can never be "morally just". (Read the article)
ANSA. Online retail giant Amazon landed in Italy on Tuesday with the launch of a new Italian-language site that it says will broaden choice for consumers and boost the nation's e-commerce sector. The retailer has grown into a $24.5-billion business since its birth in Seattle in 1994 thanks to a formula based on fast delivery and passing to customers savings derived from bulk buying and cutting out middlemen. (Read the article)
ANSA. Six Italian restaurants have retained their top three-star ratings in the 2011 edition of the Michelin Guide Italy, a 'bible' for international gourmets. (Read the article)
The Examiner. At the opening of New Italian Cinema Events last Sunday at Embarcadero Cinema, there was the surprise visit of a rising star of the new Italian left. (Read the article)