Cassina is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of designer furniture. An elegant site, it includes pictures and brief descriptions of a large number of products, designed, among others, by Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Philip Stark.

Jovanotti

http://www.soleluna.com/

The official page of singer Lorenzo Cherubini, aka Jovanotti. Contains audio files and video clips (go to http://www.soleluna.com/video/index.php). Among them, a high-quality video of the song “Questa è la mia casa.”

Under the Tuscan Sun

http://www.randomhouse.com/features/mayes/

The official page of writer Frances Mayes.

Dacia Maraini

http://www.rcslibri.it/rizzoli/_minisiti/maraini_/home.htm

The official page of writer Dacia Maraini (in Italian and English).

Condomini
 
http://www.condominionoproblem.it/

A site offering advice to tenants, building administrators and apartment owners.

http://casa.virgilio.it

A portal for online surfers looking for all kinds of information and resources on homes and home living.

http://www.casa24.ilsole24ore.com

The site of Il Sole 24 ore, one of the largest financial newspapers in Europe , includes a very informative section on the real estate market in Italy , mortgages, and legal issues of interest to tenants, owners and administrators.

http://www.mutuionline.it

Online mortgage applications and useful tools (such as calculators and family budget planners). Students can use these interactive features to practice basic language (monthly expenses, income and taxes, housing affordability).

Ferzan Ozpetek

http://www.ferzanozpetek.com

The official page of Turkish-Italian director Ferzan Ozpetek.

Annunci economici

http://www.casaclick.it

A comprehensive, searchable, online database of real estate ads for all of Italy .

http://www.affitto.it

Real estate classifieds for long and short term rentals in Italy (sublets, accommodations for university students, vacation rentals).

Newsgroup

http://groups.google.com/groups?group=it.diritto.condominio

A newsgroup where users help each other with problems related to their apartments.

La cucina aperta

http://www.ambientieoggetti.com/

The portal of three furniture magazines (L’Ambiente Cucina, Casastile, Ufficiostile). It also includes catalogues of products and shopping guides.

http://www.snaidero.it/

http://www.scavolini.it/

The pages of two of the largest manufacturers of kitchen furniture in Italy .

Aldo Nove

http://thanitart.com/aldo9

A stylish site on young writer Aldo Nove.

IKEA

http://www.ikea.it

The Italian page of furniture-maker and retailer IKEA.

Valerio Magrelli

http://www.emsf.rai.it/grillo/trasmissioni.asp?d=178

http://www.emsf.rai.it/grillo/trasmissioni.asp?d=790

Poet Valerio Magrelli debates poetry with high school students, on a TV educational program. These pages contain transcripts of the Q&A session with the studio audience.

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Chapter 3
città

The official web addresses of most Italian cities and towns follow this format: http://www.comune.nameofthecity.it. For ex.:

http://www.comune.ragusa.it/ 

http://www.comune.siena.it/

Nanni Moretti

http://www.wema.com/nannimoretti

http://ec.eurecom.fr/~giorcell/Nanni/

Fans’ sites dedicated to actor, director and producer Nanni Moretti. With synopses of all his movies, and famous quotes from his fictional personae.

Bologna

http://www.comune.bologna.it

One of the first and best official web sites of an Italian city. A virtual map of Bologna helps navigate the site. All kinds of information and details about life in this city.

Silvia Ballestra

http://www.rizzoli.rcslibri.it/rizzoli/riflettori/balle.swf

A 5’ interview (low resolution, streaming video) to writer Silvia Ballestra.

Vigàta/Camilleri

http://www.vigata.org

A fan’s site dedicated to Camilleri and his fiction. It includes a long series of short excerpts organized by theme, recipes of Montalbano’s favorite dishes, a glossary of his favorite dialectal expressions.

http://www.andreacamilleri.net

The official page of Sicilian writer Andrea Camilleri.

http://www.montalbano.rai.it

The official page of the RAI TV series based on Camilleri’s fiction.

Napoli

http://ilmattino.it

The page of Naples's newspaper Il Mattino, updated daily.

http://www.orcaloca.it/napolicampione

A page dedicated to the first championship won by Napoli soccer team. It includes pictures and texts of the banners of the tifosi, and short excerpts from Il Mattino and Il Giornale di Napoli recounting every match of that fateful year.

http://groups.google.com/groups?group=it.sport.calcio.napoli

The newsgroup of the tifosi of the Napoli soccer team.

Peppe Lanzetta

http://www.feltrinelli.it/IntervistaInterna?id_int=85

Audio interview of Neapolitan actor/writer Peppe Lanzetta, and video of one of his readings.

Genova

http://groups.google.com/groups?group=italia.genova.discussioni

Members of this newsgroup discuss issues related to their city, in Italian or in Genoese.

Fabrizio De André

http://www.fondazionedeandre.it

Official site of the foundation created by family and friends of late singer Fabrizio De André. Among other things, contains many short video clips of his songs, performed by him and by a variety of Italian artists.

http://www.faberdeandre.com

http://www.bielle.org/fabriziodeandre/index.htm

Fan sites dedicated to Fabrizio De André. They include texts written by De André, reviews by music critics as well as pieces sent in by fans. One can even download Acrobat documents with essays on the singer done by Italian university students.

http://groups.google.com/groups?group=it.fan.musica.de-andre

The newsgroup of De André’s fans.

Milano

http://www.corriere.it/vivimilano

News portal for Milan ’s metropolitan area, featured inside the page of the daily Corriere della Sera. Contains an archive of high quality videos, constantly updated.

Conte, scioglilingua, filastrocche, proverbi

http://www.stroccofillo.it

http://www.filastrocche.it

Counting-out rhymes, nursery rhymes, riddles, lullabies, tongue-twisters, proverbs (textual archives, with some audio clips).

http://www.webscuola.net

An extensive collection of multimedia projects created by elementary school children, with the help of their teachers. It includes pictures, drawings, posters, audio files.

Bari

http://www.basilicasannicola.org/it/

Information on St. Nicholas, patron saint of Bari , on the church and on local yearly celebrations.

Parma

http://www.gazzettadiparma.it/gazzettadiparma/index.jsp

The local daily Gazzetta di Parma, founded in 1735, is one of the oldest newspapers in Europe .

Italian dialects

http://www.bulgnais.com

A site entirely in Bologna ’s dialect, with references to city lore and audio files of songs in Bolognese.

http://www.comune.fe.it/dialetto

From the official site of the city of Ferrara , a page with documents and literature in this northern dialect. Links point to web pages on other northern Italian dialects.

http://www.duesicilie.org/Nnapulitano.html

An amatorial site with a rudimentary course in Neapolitan dialect, with notes on pronunciation and basic grammar (in English and Neapolitan).

Local media on the Internet

http://www.tgr.rai.it

Inside the web site of RAI, one can find the daily editions of the 20 regional newscasts, in high quality streaming video.

http://www.vicenzacity.com

TV on line, from Vicenza (in the Italian North-East), broadcasts live on the Internet in Italian, in high resolution.

http://www.telecolor.it/

Telecolor is a Sicilian TV station that broadcasts live on the Internet, in Italian, in high resolution.

http://www.radiocittadelcapo.it

A radio station that broadcasts live on the Internet from Bologna .

http://www.sorrentoradio.com

A radio station that broadcasts live on the Internet from Sorrento . Programming in Italian and in dialect. The site includes a web cam broadcasting live images from downtown Sorrento .

Soap italiane

http://www.cuorirubati.rai.it/R2_HPprogramma/0,7353,6,00.html

http://www.incantesimo.rai.it

http://www.canalesoap.com/Vivere/

http://www.raidue.rai.it/R2_popup_articolofoglia/0,7246,0%5E1613,00.html

http://www.unpostoalsole.rai.it

The official web sites of some of the most popular Italian soaps, with video and audio clips, information on the characters, summaries, fan forums, chats.

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Chapter 4
migrazioni

http://cis.cs.tu-berlin.de/emn/home.htm

EMN (European Migration Network) “provides a European Union-wide network of Nation Contact Points, with their own national networks, linked to each other and to a federating unit.” Its purpose is to monitor “the multidimensional phenomenon of migration.” (All in English.)

http://www.emin.geog.ucl.ac.uk/

The European Migration Information Network is “a web-based system designed to provide a gateway to information on international migration. It is part of the Migration Research Unit (MRU) at University College London. (All in English.)

http://www.cittadiniimmigrati.rai.it

http://www.junior.rai.it/cittadiniimmigrati/

Pages of the RAI web site, dedicated to a recent campaign (Dec. 2004) of the Ministero dell’Interno, seeking to foster acceptance and respect of immigrants in Italian society. It is part of a three-year plan developed by RAI with the support of the European Union.

http://www.www.interno.it/

The site of the Department for civil liberties and immigration of the Ministero dell’Interno. In Italian and English.

http://www.dossierimmigrazione.it

http://www.migrantes.it

http://www.db.caritas.glauco.it/caritastest/temi/Immigrazione/Immigrazione.html

Caritas, a Catholic Church organization, has become one of Italy ’s most active agencies dealing with immigration issues.

http://www.db.caritas.glauco.it/caritastest/temi/Immigrazione/Dossier_2004/dossier2004.ppt

Every year, Caritas publishes on the Internet the PowerPoint file of the presentation used for their press conference. Well-organized and easy to follow, it can be used for a class presentation.

http://www.emigrazione.it

The site of the Museo Regionale dell’Emigrazione of Gualdo Tadino (Perugia). Includes a virtual tour, video clips, and an interactive, role-playing game.

http://www.italianamericanmuseum.org

The site of the Italian American Museum , whose mission is “exploring the rich cultural heritage of Italy and Italian American.”

Francesco Guccini

http://www.francescoguccini.it/francesco_guccini.htm

The official site of singer songwriter Francesco Guccini.

http://groups.google.com/groups?group=it.fan.musica.guccini

The newsgroup of Guccini’s fans.

The Italian American experience

http://www.italianamericanwriters.com

A site devoted to contemporary Italian American writers. With excerpts from their texts.

http://www.niaf.org

The site of the National Italian American Foundation.

Mau Mau

http://www.maumau.it

The official site of the band Mau Mau.

Ellis Island

http://www.ellisisland.org

The official site of the American Family Immigration History Center at Ellis Island . Requires free registration.

Una civiltà di meticci

http://www.academie-universelle.org

The site of the Académie Universelle des Cultures, whose members include Umberto Eco, was created by Nobel Prize Elie Wiesel, and its mission is to fight against intolerance, xenophobia, racism and any form of discrimination. In French and English. 

Italiani nel mondo

http://www.ministeroitalianinelmondo.it

The site of the recently created ministry for Italians abroad.

http://www.orda.it/rizzoli/stella/home.htm

The official page of Gian Antonio Stella, author of the bestseller L’Orda, quando gli albanesi eravamo noi. Rich in multimedia content.

Gianni Celati

http://www.feltrinelli.it/SchedaAutore?id_autore=156399

A page on Gianni Celati in the site of his publisher Feltrinelli. It includes a long reading by the author.

Voices of immigrants

http://www.disp.let.uniroma1.it/kuma/kuma.html

http://www.disp.let.uniroma1.it/kuma/SEZIONI/POETICA/methnani.html

Kúmá is an online journal of postcolonial studies, published by the Dipartimento di Italianistica e Spettacolo at Rome ’s La Sapienza university. It includes an article by Salah Methnani, on language and migration.
 

Susanna Tamaro

http://www.susannatamaro.it

The official site of writer Susanna Tamaro. In Italian and English.

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Chapter 5
america

Alessandro Baricco

http://www.feltrinelli.it/SpecialiInterni/speciali/baricco/index

Long excerpts from Baricco’s text on globalization, Next.

http://www.feltrinelli.it/IntervistaInterna?id_int=98

A long interview (audio only) with Baricco. Includes references to Novecento.

http://www.scuolaholden.it

Baricco is the "Principal" of a creative writing school founded in 1994.

http://www.oceanomare.com

A good, informative site created by a fan of Baricco.

The Legend of 1900

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/legend_of_1900

Links to dozens of reviews of the movie The Legend of 1900, from American newspapers and magazines.

http://www.filmup.com/trailers/

Trailers (in Italian) of the movies currently showing in theaters in Italy .

Roberto Vecchioni

http://www.vecchioni.it

The official site of singer songwriter Roberto Vecchioni. With video clips, audio files, a forum for his fans.

Fumetti

http://www.disney.it

The portal of Disney Italia, with games, movie trailers, the sites of comic books such as Topolino, all in Italian.

http://www.sergiobonellieditore.it

The site of the second largest publisher of comics in Italy, with pages on Tex, Dylan Dog, Martin Mystère, and all the others. Includes a few video clips, pictures, strips and background information on the stories.

I Simpsons

http://www.foxtv.it/serie/30/I_Simpson/

  The page of Fox Italia, with notes about the programming of the Simpsons in Italy .

http://www.snipp.org

Sites of Italian fans of the Simpsons, with simple descriptions of the characters, and parallels between the American characters and Italian culture and society.

http://groups.google.com/groups?group=it.fan.tv.simpson

The newsgroup of the Italian viewers of the Simpsons.

Paolo Conte

http://www.concerto.net/conte

The official site of singer songwriter Paolo Conte.

http://www.nonesuch.com/Hi_Band/index_frameset2_Search.cfm

The page of Paolo Conte in the site of the American music label Nonesuch. In English.

Il McPaese

http://www.mcdonalds.it

The site of McDonald’s Italia. ((funziona?))

http://www.fondazioneslowfood.it

The site of Slow Food, a movement created in 1989, that fights against the “standardization of taste.” In Italian.

Dolcetto o scherzetto?

http://www.halloween.it

An Italian site devoted to the “new traditions” of Halloween. With suggestions and instructions to make a costume, ideas for Halloween parties, pictures, etc. In Italian. There is also an English version is more commerce oriented.

Super eBayer!

http://www.ebay.it

The portal of the Italian version of eBay.