Are you a basketball fan? Are you a sports fan with a passion for legends? Do you follow sports, all of it, and do you love it when it’s told in a different way—romanticized, in-depth, and full of anecdotes, accompanied by quality music? Don’t miss the event at the Teatro Olimpico on April 7th and 8th with one of the most famous storytellers in Italian television commentary: Federico Buffa https://www.federicobuffa.com/ . The mix of sports narration, current affairs, and Americana that Federico creates in a unique and unmissable atmosphere will take you on an unforgettable journey of passion, talking about one of the greatest basketball champions: Kobe Bryant.
The show will be held at the Teatro Olimpico https://www.teatroolimpico.it/evento/federico-buffa-otto-infinito/ on April 7th and 8th. The theater is about 45 minutes from my B&B by metro and various surface transport options.
Newspapers in Italy: The great German thinker Hegel said, “Reading the newspaper is the morning prayer of modern man.” Unfortunately, the Italian publishing market remained rather weak. In 1858, most periodicals in Italy were sold in the states of Vittorio Emanuele II, due to the social, economic, and technical divide that existed across the peninsula, which prevented the uniform development of publishing. Only the Gazzetta del Popolo held a solitary lead with over 10,000 copies, while the rest of the publishing industry had around 2,000 copies. A comparison with Europe is impossible; in fact, tens of millions of copies were sold each year, and in the USA, circulations of each newspaper reached 40,000 copies annually. Furthermore, in 1851, the submarine telegraph connection between France and England provided a notable boost to the publishing development of the two countries. A milestone in the Italian press is represented by the “Albertine Statute” and the subsequent Edict on the Press issued in 1848 and which will remain in force with slight modifications even after the unification of the country; Article 28 of the Statute states that the press will be free, but a law represses abuses; however, the Bible and liturgical books cannot be printed without the prior permission of the bishop. In the preamble of the Royal Decree, number 69, Edict on the Press, 26 March 1848, states that freedom of the press is necessary to safeguard the institutions of every well-ordered representative government; the use of freedom ceases to be propitious when it degenerates into license and that the correction of access must be direct and practiced equally necessary; in Italy too, newspapers will accompany the political and revolutionary events that lead to the unification of Italy through the wars of independence. Let us remember the most significant newspapers from the “Risorgimento” to the “Concordia” from “Messaggero” to “Opinioni”. Maurizio