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Christian Rocca (cricketer)
Christian Rocca (born 23 January 1968) is an Italian newspaper journalist and blogger. As a writer, he is the author of the essay ''Sulle strade di Barney'' (2010), a voyage into the world of Mordecai Richler, the author of '' Barney's Version''. Career Born in Alcamo, in the Southern Italy region of Sicily, Rocca graduated in jurisprudence at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan. Afterwards, he started his political activity with the Radical Party of Marco Pannella and Emma Bonino. In 1991, he was the parliamentary assistant of Peppino Calderisi. Some years later, he devoted himself to journalism with '' Il Foglio'' of Giuliano Ferrara since its foundation; he is also a correspondent for ''Il Sole 24 Ore'' and writes on '' Vanity Fair Italia'', mainly dealing with American and International politics. Until December 2013, he wrote a music column entitled ''Gommalacca'' each Sunday for the ''Sole 24 Ore'', and since February 2012 he is the director of the magazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcamo
Alcamo (; scn, Àrcamu, italic=no) is the fourth-largest town and commune of the Province of Trapani, Sicily, with a population of 44.925 inhabitants. It is on the borderline with the Metropolitan City of Palermo at a distance of about 50 kilometres from Palermo and Trapani. Nowadays the town territory includes an area of 130,79 square kilometres and is the second municipality as for population density in the province of Trapani, after Erice. Alcamo is bounded by the Tyrrhenian Sea on the north, Balestrate and Partinico on the east, Camporeale on the south and Calatafimi-Segesta and Castellammare del Golfo on the west. Its most important hamlet is Alcamo Marina at about 6 kilometres from the town centre. Together with other municipalities it takes part in the ''Associazione Città del Vino'', the movement ''Patto dei Sindaci'', ''Progetto Città dei Bambini'', ''Rete dei Comuni Solidali'' and ''Patto Territoriale Golfo di Castellammare''. Geography Territory Alcamo is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
