A new recognition for Roberto Vecchioni. The professor adds to the many already received during his career, the La Ginestra Prize that is awarded every year in Torre del Greco to personalities who have distinguished themselves in the analysis, in the study, in the dissemination of the thought and the work of Leopardi.
“Giacomo Leopardi was meaner than today’s trappers. At a higher level, but he didn’t hide his hypocrisy and anger at social injustice. He was the leader of those who didn’t feel understood by life. And even today he is loved by students for the melancholy he expressed and because, like him, kids don’t understand the world they have in front of them,” explains Vecchioni. This recognition is linked to the publication of his latest album, “L’Infinito” (released last November, just before the two-hundredth anniversary of the poem), inspired by the poet from the Marche. “An award that surprised me and that perhaps I didn’t even deserve: there were scholars more up to my level. An academic recognition that makes me proud.”
Torre del Greco - The sidewalks near the historic center of Torre del Greco were becoming an illegal dumping ground for inert materials and hazardous waste. This eco-criminal act was ignored by the intensified enforcement ordered by the municipal administration, led by Mayor Luigi Mennella and coordinated by the municipal police command headed by...
More than thirty years after the last systematic research, Villa Sora, in the municipality of Torre del Greco, once again offers new insights into the life and architecture of one of the most important seaside villas in the Gulf of Naples. Archaeological investigations begun in November 2025 by the Herculaneum Archaeological Park are revealing previously unexplored spaces and precious decorative elements, suggesting a complex history interrupted by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD.
The new research focused on the villa's northeastern façade, where a room measuring just ten square meters revealed walls decorated with a dark background, bands of red cinnabar, herons surrounding a gilded candelabra, and a ceiling adorned with garlands, friezes, and mythological figures, including griffins and a moving centaur. Fragments of white marble capitals, finely decorated lead cistae, and other architectural elements clearly indicate the existence of an active construction site at the time of the catastrophe, transforming the room into a storage area for materials destined for ongoing construction projects.
Torre del Greco - A twelve-year-old girl was struck by a minor on a moped at a pedestrian crossing: she was taken to Santobono Hospital in Naples. A serious accident occurred this morning, around 8:00 a.m., in Torre del Greco. A 12-year-old girl was struck while crossing the street at a pedestrian crossing by a minor on a moped.
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