In addition to Carnevale di Venezia, the legendary carnival held in Venice each year, many other Italian cities organize fantastic carnivals during the weeks leading up to Lent. These over-the-top ...

Italian officials have cut short the Venice Carnival as they try to control what is now the worst outbreak of the coronavirus in Europe. Authorities in the Veneto region said the event would end ...

A Little Italy Festival has been revived to stop the "dilution" of a town's Mediterranean heritage. Bedford became known as "Little Italy" after thousands of Italians moved to the town from the ...

The longest-running Italian Carnival in Putignano in Apulia is 630 years old. Its festivities began on the second day of Christmas, December 26, and will run until Shrove Tuesday, which falls on ...