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Can I invite friends and family over to the house? The holidays at the time of Covid – Italian Cuisine


There is still some uncertainty about family gatherings at home, around a rich table set. Here's what the latest Dpcm predicts

It is perhaps the most recurring question for a few days. The answer? Nì. So let's try to clarify.
With the season moving forward towards numerous holidays, in addition to the consolidated Sunday habit, the opportunities to spend happy hours around a nice table with relatives and friends are becoming more and more numerous. On Halloween night, the bridge for the Immaculate Conception and then Christmas, Boxing Day, New Year's Eve and New Year, Epiphany. In short: party, joy and lots of good food. But…

Holidays at the time of Covid

The holidays at the time of Covid

But we must deal with Covid and with the measures to counter it that the government has put in place. With the Dpcm of 13 October of the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, the prohibition of private parties there is, but only halfway. In short, they will be prohibited private parties in public places, but what about the housing, even in compliance with the Constitution, there are no prohibitions, but only one strong recommendation to avoid them and, in any case, not to exceed the number of you are invited. Therefore, six non-cohabitants can be added to the core of residents, who can be friends or relatives. The limit of six is ​​used to distinguish what is a simple family dinner (or with friends), from what could be a party, which is not prohibited, but strongly not recommended. Obviously, all the prevention rules remain in force: wash your hands often, use masks and keep the distance always and, above all, at the table, since at that moment, to eat, you will have to remove the mask.

Since these are simple recommendations, and not prohibitions, no one will come to check and there are no penalties. It will be up to the participants' common sense (common sense, therefore, of all of us) to behave in ways that do not endanger our health and that of others.

House of Istituto Marangoni, the new platform for young talents – Italian Cuisine

House of Istituto Marangoni, the new platform for young talents


Istituto Marangoni celebrates its 85th anniversary with House of Istituto Marangoni, a digital platform to discover the young talents of the future in fashion, art and design

Marangoni Institute, to celebrate 85 years of its history of excellence in higher education, launches House of Istituto Marangoni, an innovative digital platform designed to give visibility to the projects of last year's fashion, art and design students from its various international locations.

The digital platform, developed in collaboration with Vogue Italy, is proposed as a constantly updated virtual and interactive experience, gathering multimedia contents, virtual talks and interactive events, produced by the offices of Istituto Marangoni present all over the world: Milan, Florence, Paris, Mumbai, Shanghai, London, Miami, Shenzhen.

A project born from the desire to promote new generations of talents, a mission shared by both Istituto Marangoni, with its long experience in the academic field, and by Vogue Italia and with Vogue Talents, a scouting project launched in 2009, is a reference point for creatives from all over the world, a network of people and activities that connects talents and companies, a true promoter of business and new perspectives on fashion.

“Digital transformation is one of the key elements of Istituto Marangoni's strategy in the coming years. House of Istituto Marangoni is the first of a series of initiatives that go in this direction, conceived even before Covid and which today becomes a fundamental project to offer global visibility to the most deserving projects of our students "he declares Stefania Valenti, Managing Director of Istituto Marangoni. "Innovative, easy to use, it is a showcase open to the stakeholders of fashion, design and art, to share together new creative proposals of international scope, a true laboratory of ideas where the students of Istituto Marangoni send a strong message for the restart , in their unique style, a spontaneous expression of Generation Z ”.

Students in the last academic year of fashion courses (a discipline that includes the areas of Fashion Design, Fashion Design, Fashion Business and Fashion Styling), art and design will have the opportunity to give visibility to their projects, with a focus on the fashion shows of the best designer of individual schools.
Students will also be able to benefit through the platform from the advice of professionals in the sector for the reading and revision of their portfolio and CV.

The contents of the House of Istituto Marangoni platform will also include exclusive interviews with Alumni and testimonials from internationally renowned designers and creatives who participated in the project Enhancing the Future, a series of talks on the future of the creative industry in the post Coronavirus era.

On the occasion of the launch of the platform and to reaffirm its consolidated role as mentor of young international talents, Istituto Marangoni also set up the contest "Towards a responsible future"For the development of a project linked to sustainability that will give the opportunity to obtain one of the 14 scholarships to partially cover enrollment in the courses of the Group's schools.

In Veneto among the Palladian Villas that inspired the White House – Italian Cuisine

In Veneto among the Palladian Villas that inspired the White House


The most famous is La Rotonda, but there are many noble villas that deserve a visit between Padua and Vicenza. Also to be cycled through the vineyards

There are many, one more beautiful than the other and it is really difficult to choose which one to visit. Let's talk about Palladian Villas of the Veneto, Unesco heritage since 1996, and among the treasures more or less of our country. The hand – or better said head – which designed them in most cases is the same (Palladio in fact), the era in which they were also built, yet these homes are very different from each other, and they are each unique and special in its own way.

We are located a few kilometers from Venice, in a lucky (tri) corner of the Po countryside between Vicenza, Padua and Treviso, where vineyards and land make love to give the world their best wine. Here, in a period of peace and great wealth (for some), the Renaissance noblemen from Veneto had representative homes built, to supervise summer work in the fields. The one who first had the flicker was Andrea Palladio (Padua, 1508 – Maser, 1580), official architect of the Serenissima Republic, to whom the invention of the open villa as we know it today. "In the sixteenth century there were no more wars that had characterized the previous time, the castle was no longer needed to defend itself and the villa gave the idea of ​​a structure open to the world and perfectly integrated into the surrounding naturalistic and landscape context", explains Tiziana Spinelli, secretary of the La Rotonda Foundation, which heads one of the most famous villas.

Villa La Rotonda

It was erected between 1560 and 1565 and in reality it is not called that, but rather Villa Almerico Capra, like the surname of its first owners: Paolo Almerico, the founder, and the Capra marquises, to whom Almerico's son sold everything after having squandered the entire family patrimony. The most famous appellation owes it to the circular shape of the dome (and not only that), which clearly recalls the Pantheon in Rome, of which also imitates the hole at the top, but also the hill of San Sebastiano overlooking it. For Palladio, everything had to be harmonious and in accordance with the rules and geometry, just as it had been for the Greeks and Romans, from which he also columns and gables of the ancient temples. In turn, however, Palladio was also taken over, even exported: the White House with the long colonnade it is inspired precisely by its villas, as well as the Capitol, seat of the American Congress, which evokes the lines of La Rotonda. He was the third president of the United States Thomas Jefferson to take inspiration from Palladio to give (also) an artistic connotation to his nation, beautiful and cultural.

Today Villa La Rotonda belongs to the Valmarana counts, who every now and then – blessed! – weekends are spent at the palace. Curiosity: just like in the Renaissance when the villa was only a representative home, in La Rotonda the furniture is discovered in mid-March, "and in mid-November it is covered", says Tiziana Spinelli. Between March and November, the structure is open to the public every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 to 12 and from 15 to 18, and only guided tours are to be booked.

Villa Valmarana "ai Nani"

It is very close to La Rotonda, you can get there by crossing the road in a few meters. As the name already suggests, this also belongs to the Vismara accounts and takes the name to the Dwarves because of the dwarf statues placed on its surrounding wall. It dates back to the seventeenth century and is the work of the architect Francesco Muttoni. It is said that the daughter of the ancient owners, Layana, was born small and they, in order not to make her feel inferior, decided to build her around an equally small world, made up of servants of limited height, barchesse mignon (that is, the service areas typical of these villas) and, precisely, stone dwarfs. The story so far is very tender, then changes register and turns into tragedy: the little girl falls in love with a boy tall, she discovers that the world is not as small as her and takes her own life. Sigh.

The Villa consists of three buildings – building (1669), guesthouse and stable (1720) – located in a large park with Italian garden and built perfectly symmetrically. Here, the element of greatest interest is given by the frescoes of Giambattista and Giandomenico Tiepolo, called in 1757 by the owner Giustino Valmarana to decorate the building and the guesthouse. Villa Valmarana can be visited every Sunday at 10:30 and 11:30 and, in this case, it is advisable to book.

La Malcontenta

Let's go back to Palladio, who designed it in 1559, and we are in Mira, in the province of Venice. What makes this villa special, owned by the Foscari family of Venice (who are still the custodians of it today), is above all the natural context in which it is located, right on the banks of the Naviglio del Brenta, which by Palladio was perfectly incorporated into its architecture. Before entering, you have to leave your car in the parking lot of the village because here you get strictly on foot.

A legend says that the villa owes the nickname of Malcontenta to one mysterious lady of the Foscari house, who lived here alone for thirty long years, but was never seen going out or looking out of the windows. More prosaically, it is possible that the name derives from the expression Brenta poorly contained, since the river often overflowed.

The villa is open every weekend from 9.30 to 12.30 and from 14.30 to 17.30.

E-bike tour

If in addition to visiting these wonderful villas you want miss – so to speak – between narrow streets and rows, mostly cycle and flat, book an e-bike at thePalladian Routes agency: each bike – there are 120 available – is equipped with an integrated GPS that will guide you along the main stages of your Palladian tour. All you have to do is pedal.

To sleep

It may not have been designed by Palladio, but it is still a villa full of charm and history. Surrounded by greenery, it is close to the Vicenza Est and Vicenza Ovest motorway exits and is an excellent base for Palladian, cycle and food and wine tours: The Locanda degli Ulivi, historic residence of the eighteenth century, it has only 10 rooms, and offers authentic hospitality. In addition to a beautiful view of the lake of Fimon.

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