Italian-American Herald - October 2022

MIGRANT STORIES Broadcaster
John DeBella’s
family history
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Legal consultant’s strengths: citizenship, untangling red tape
By Ken Mammarella
Marica Pariante Angelides was pushing paper for a Roman law firm when she decided to make a difference. That entailed uprooting herself to America, getting another degree and creating her own business to help Americans, Italians and small businesses bridge gaps between two sets of laws.
The results included welcoming balsamic vinegar into America, helping a couple move the profit from selling their Venetian palazzos into the United States and working pro bono
See ANGELIDES - page 8
Marica Pariante Angelides
A two-year escape to Italy, in pages painted from real life
Vietri sul Mare, a town and commune near Salermo in Campania, is captured in watercolor by Rosemary Connelly.
By Al Kemp
Rosemary Connelly and her late husband Bob had been kicking around the idea of
an extended escape to Italy for quite some time. A series of unexpected deaths in their friends and family added fresh urgency to the dream, and one spring day they began
plotting their Italian odyssey.
Together they hatched a freewheeling
plan: Two years in il bel paese, renting furnished apartments in four different regions, pursuing their respective artistic passions (Rosemary painting, Bob photography) and documenting their travels in a blog.
“We wanted to live in a foreign country and view the world from another perspective,” she said. “We dreamed of a simpler life, not filled with stuff, but full of experiences.”
For Connelly, whose maiden name is
See BOOK - page 4
The Colisseum, oil on canvas, by Canaletto, 1745.
See ITALIAN ALLURE - page 16
Why Il Bel Paese captivates people worldwide
By Jeanne Outlaw-Cannavo
Italy is among the five most visited countries in the world and has enchanted people globally for centuries. Until the 1600s, the concept of tourism as it is today did not exist. It was primarily rich traders, bankers, royal spokespersons, diplomats, or nobles who traveled to Italy for business or pleasure. That changed in the 1700s when
those of the general population who were wealthy began planning what came to be known as the “Grand Tour.” The Grand Tour was a trip through Europe, typically undertaken by young men, which occurred in the 17th century and went through to the mid-19th. Women over the age of 21 would occasionally travel as well, providing they were accompanied by a chaperone from their family.
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