General Resources:

www.italica.rai.it – A “Virtual Campus of Italian language and culture” on the Web and run by RAI International

http://italian.about.com – a rich source for information on Italian language and culture

http://www.niaf.org – National Italian American Foundation

www.italiamia.com – database full of articles on Italian cinema, art, food, and culture.

Search engines:

www.google.it – Google Italia

http://search.virgilio.it – Virgilio

News:

www.repubblica.it – La Repubblica newspaper

www.corriere.it – Corriere della Sera newspaper

Podcasts:

www.podcastradio.it – cooking lessons, exercise programs, horoscopes, etc. in Italian

www.cinematocasa.it – TV and movies

Literature:

http://www.letteraturaitaliana.net – a digital anthology of Italian literature from the 1200s to the present-day.