A very warm welcome to this new issue of Italia!, and we hope it finds you very well. Global events, quarantine restrictions and travel corridors may chop and change: but despite these uncertainties, we are delighted to bring you this beautiful magazine, celebrating Italy, and everything you love about the country, its way of life and its people.
This month, we’re starting our journey in Venice, taking a look at what has been happening over recent months, and the city’s bright hopes and plans for the future, and if you’re already making plans for your return to Italy in 2021, the colourful Bagolino festival in a remote corner of alpine Italy is definitely one for your wishlist. On to Lake Maggiore next where we meet Aussie sculptor Rod Dudley, who has made his home here by the lakeside and then to Vigevano not far from Milan, a charming Renaissance città ideale.