The industrial city of Ivrea is located in the Piedmont region and developed as the testing ground for Olivetti, manufacturer of typewriters, mechanical calculators and office computers. It comprises ...

Carnevale di Ivrea, in a charming Italian village in the Alps, is a beloved, booze-fueled ode to a medieval heroine—even if some revelers walk away with bloody noses. The Battle of the Oranges is an ...

It’s become something of a trope in our community, that the simplest way to bestow a level of automation or smarts to a project is to reach for an Arduino. The genesis of the popular ecosystem of ...

Adriano Olivetti turned a small, Italian typewriter company into a global phenomenon – but his true obsession was transforming its headquarters, Ivrea, into a model industrial metropolis. The city has ...

Each year, Ivrea becomes the stage for a ritualised street battle as the Battle of the Oranges takes over the town. Residents form foot teams, facing off against masked cart riders in a coordinated ...

On March 2, hundreds poured into Ivrea to reenact the northern Italians city's historic 'Battle of the Oranges.' The annual event sees large crowds dressed up in medieval costumes engage in a ...