Italian Magazine: Bruno Zevi, Architecture Critic With Populist Flair, Dies at 81
Bruno Zevi, editor of the Italian magazine L'Architettura and one of Europe's most prominent architecture critics for five decades, died on Sunday at his home in Rome. He was 81. Trained as an architect, Mr. Zevi was strongly influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright's concept of organic architecture. He designed a few structures, like the Italian pavilion at the 1967 World's Fair in Montreal, and championed the commission of others, including...
Italian Magazine: It was a high-see note
The Italian magazine Chi has published pictures of Luciano Pavarotti , 60, kissing his secretary, Nicoletta Mantovani , 26, during a vacation in Barbados. The magazine quoted the expansive tenor: "Nicoletta is the favorite of my harem. I hope this won't cause any difficulties. On the other hand, I couldn't live the life of a monk, especially here in Barbados. Nicoletta has become by now indispensable for my life. When she is not by my side, I feel...
Italian Magazine: NAMES AND FACES / BY SAM HEILNER
An Italian magazine reports this weekend that Pope John Paul II is not covered by medical insurance. Thus the Vatican had to pay $36,000 for the Pope's 77-day stay at Gemelli Hospital in Rome after he was shot in an assassination attempt. "The pontiff didn't get even a tiny discount," the Rome weekly, Europeo, said. ...
Italian Magazine: AGCA'S MOTHER SAYS POPE WANTS HIM FREE
An Italian magazine is quoting the mother of the Turk who shot Pope John Paul II as saying the pontiff has asked Italian authorities to release her son from prison.However, Vatican spokesman Monsignor Giulio Nicolini said Friday he had nothing to add to the fact that the pope has publicly forgiven his assailant, Mehmet Ali Agca, on several occasions. Also, the Italian news agency ANSA quoted unidentified sources in the Justice Ministry as saying it has received no formal request for a...
Italian Magazine: REPORT SAYS ITALY OFFERED DEAL TO AGCA
Italian officials offered to reduce the prison sentence of the Turkish terrorist who shot Pope John Paul II from life to 10 years if he named his alleged accomplices, an Italian magazine reported yesterday.The left-leaning magazine L'Espresso said two Italian secret service agents met with Mehmet Ali Agca in prison last February and told him that his sentence could be reduced to 10 years if he cooperated with authorities. L'Espresso said Agca, 24, began to disclose...
