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Italian culture
      Titles Descriptions
  1. About.com: Italian Culture
  2. Casalini Libri
  3. Decameron Web
  4. Fondazione Gramsci
  5. Teatro alla Scala
  6. Vision of Hell, Purgatory and Paradise, The

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About.com: Italian Culture
Offers original articles and features about Italian culture, plus annotated links to selected relevant Internet resources, compiled by a subject specialist, a subject-specific bulletin board, and details of related news and events. Topics include art, basilicas, businesses, films, genealogy, government, language, media, museums, opera, regions, religion, sport, travel, volcanoes and wine.
     Author: About.com
     Subjects: italian culture, italy
     DeweyClass: 305.851
     Resource type: documents, forum, index, news
Casalini Libri
Provides a range of online and integrated services to libraries and institutions for the supply of Italian publications. Offers a newsletter, publishers' catalogues, and specialised bibliographies. Available in English, Italian, German, French, and Spanish.
     Author: Casalini Libri
     Subjects: international booksellers, italian culture, library suppliers
     DeweyClass: 025.2
     Resource type: bookshop
Decameron Web
Provides a chronological list of the life and work of Boccaccio, (1313-1375), concentrating on his late medieval text, Decameron. A study of the text, available in English and Italian, explores the literary, historical, and cultural context of the Decameron and its relevance to late medieval society. Additional resources include maps illustrating locations within the story.
     Author: Brown University
     Subjects: italian culture, italian literature, medieval history
     DeweyClass: 850
     Resource type: document collection
Fondazione Gramsci
A research and documentation centre for the study of the political and cultural history of contemporary Italy, the USSR, and the international Communist movement. Available mainly in Italian.
     Author: Fondazione Istituto Gramsci
     Subjects: italian culture, italian history
     DeweyClass: 320.5315
     Resource type: reference documents
Teatro alla Scala
Teatro alla Scala in Milan. Includes program information, news and a searchable archive of information about 9800 artists, 2500 authors, librettists or choreographers, over 11500 different shows, more than 5800 performances in La Scala Theatre and 170000 performances of various characters. Information in Italian and English.
     Author: Teatro alla Scala
     Subjects: italian culture, opera, theatres
     DeweyClass: 792
     Resource type: institution
Vision of Hell, Purgatory and Paradise, The
The Vision of Hell - Complete by Dante Alighieri. Illustrated by Doré, Gustave (1832-1883) and translated by Cary, Henry Francis (1772-1844).
     Author: Alighieri, Dante
     Subjects: italian culture, italian literature
     DeweyClass: 850
     Resource type: fiction ebook