{"id":18066,"date":"2025-02-10T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/?p=18066"},"modified":"2025-01-14T12:06:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T17:06:13","slug":"aaaah-love-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/aaaah-love-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"AAAAH, LOVE, ITALY!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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By Margo Sorenson<\/span><\/p>

Surely, Italian is the most romantic language in the world\u2014 and we <\/span>know<\/span><\/i> Italy is certainly the most romantic country. Because springtime is when our thoughts turn to love (here\u2019s looking at you, St. Valentine), Italy is the perfect touchstone for celebrating Valentine\u2019s Day. In Italy, people celebrate San Valentino, the patron saint of lovers, with La Festa Degli Innamorati, or La Festa di San Valentino. This spring, let\u2019s celebrate the romantic ambiance of all Italian culture, which has had such a far-reaching influence on our civilization.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\"\"New York Times\u00a0<\/span><\/i>bestselling author of LA PASSIONE, Dianne Hales (knighted by the President of Italy) attributes the magnetic pull of Italy to\u00a0<\/span>la passione italiana<\/span><\/i>, an innate force that stems from an insatiable hunger to discover and create\u2014to love and live with every fiber of one’s being.\u00a0Her book engagingly delves into the amazing Italian passion for living and for life that has endured throughout centuries.<\/span><\/p>

\"\"We can find the romance and passion of Italy in art, architecture, design, literature, cuisine, opera\u2014who can see <\/span>La Boh\u00e8me<\/span><\/i> without tearing up at Mimi and Rodolfo, regardless of how many times we\u2019ve seen them sing that last heart-rending duet? Then, there are the romantic Italian movie icons\u2014Rossano (oh, be still, my heart) Brazzi, Marcello Mastroianni\u2014swoon-worthy even decades later. Let\u2019s not forget Shakespeare\u2019s immortal play, <\/span>Romeo <\/span><\/i>and Juliet<\/span><\/i>, set in Verona, which still resonates today with young lovers. Visitors to Verona flock to see Juliet\u2019s balcony and the painted heart in the piazza every year, paying tribute to the power of love. True confession: as a little girl growing up in Italy, I loved to go to our Italian friends\u2019 weddings\u2014not to see the bride\u2019s dress or for the romance\u2014but for the<\/span> confetti bombonieri<\/span><\/i>\u2014the Jordan almond wedding favors. <\/span>\ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/p>

So, Italians gift Baci, \u201ckisses,\u201d the little chocolates, to their loves, and wine them and dine them, after a ride on a Vespa. Imagine lifting a glass of Barolo\u2014\u201cCin-cin\u201d\u2014and and finishing off a delicious meal of cacio e pepe <\/i>with some Limoncello in a frosted glass\u2014gazing at the drop-dead gorgeous views of Tuscany\u2014Positano\u2014Taormina\u2014Lago di Como\u2026now you understand.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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