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Travel
In the Deruta Countryside, a Rural Summer Feast with Giuseppa
During a recent Umbrian tour, I hosted guests Kerry and her parents Judie and Bill. My rural friend, Giuseppa, was…
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The Enticing Bar Gardenia in Palermo
Gardenia, bar a Palermo in Sicilia, è una salumeria molto famosa. Ha aperto nel 1979. Gardenia non è conosciuta solo…
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In Assisi, Seeking that Floral Splendor of the Infiorate
The Feast of Corpus Domini is celebrated with astounding floral splendor in the flower tapestries winding through Spello’s medieval backstreets. …
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The Symbolic Frescoes of Spello
Una chiesa Umbra, in provincia Perugia, è un sito sacro molto bello. Anche se la data della costruzione della chiesa…
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Madonna Primavera
Madonna Primavera or Lady Spring reigns in glory over Assisi’s early May festival, Calendimaggio. On April 30, five damigelle (damsels)…
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In Assisi, Cimabue 13th Century Fresco Restored to Splendor
After over a year’s work by skilled young fresco restoration experts in Assisi’s stunning Basilica di San Francesco, the late…
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Near Pisa, Peccioli Merits a Stop
On a recent visit to friends near Pisa, Pino and I decided to veer off the usual autostrada route for…
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History & culture
Umbria Jazz Winter Festival
For the past 30 years in late December, the Umbria Jazz Winter festival livens up the medieval hill town of…
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History & culture
In Bertinoro, La Festa dell’Ospitalita Captivates All
L’articolo descrive il Festival dell’Ospitalità che si celebra ogni anno a Bertinoro, in Emilia Romagna. La festa ebbe inizio nel…
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Fanum Voltumnae: An Etruscan “Celestial Place” Near Orvieto
I have often termed our bellissima italia “that land of the endless discoveries”. A recent early evening visit to an…
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