Inside Italy
Portraits of the key social events of the Italian calendar told by the people who know it best, the Italians at the heart of the events
Siena prepares for Il Palio, Italy's legendary horse race - video
The people of Siena prepare for Il Palio, when each year different areas of the city enters a horse and jockey into a race
La Scala, the heart and soul of Milan - video
The world's most venerated opera house, known to Italians as Il Teatro alla Scala, prepares for the opening night of the season
A festival with bite: Night of the Taranta in Salento, Italy – video
In the tiny region of Grecìa Salentina in southern Puglia, a folk dance first created by women working in tobacco fields as a response to the bite of the tarantula is now celebrated in the form of La Notte della Taranta, a music festival culminating in a concert in front of an 80,000-strong crowd
Art in the heart of Sicily - video
Residents of Gibellina, in Sicily's Belice Valley, explain how the town recovered from an earthquake to become an international centre for contemporary and performing arts
Verona: Italy's opera city - video
Opera director Gianfranco De Bosio and and Lorena Marin, a teacher at the Opera Academy, explain how their lives have become intertwined with the beautiful northern Italian city of Verona
