The Church of Madonna della Pietà in Rocca Calascio
It is believed that the Church of the Madonna della Pietà in Rocca Calascio was built between the end of the 16th and the early 17th century as a sign…
Rocca Calascio, an ancient castle in the heart of the Gran Sasso National Park
Rocca Calascio is the only fraction of the Abruzzese municipality of Calascio, in the province of L’Aquila, and owes its fame in particular to the splendid medieval village that stretches…
The traditional aubergine parmigiana
Among the most loved and iconic dishes of Mediterranean cuisine and, more specifically, of Italian cuisine, is the eggplants parmigiana or simply “parmigiana”. This recipe originated in Sicily and is…
The Carnival of Venice, a feast of masks and colours
Along the streets and canals of Venice, the carnival animates the ‘fattest period of the year’ with an explosion of masks and colours. Its origins go back as far as…
Civita di Bagnoregio, the dying village
Civita di Bagnoregio is a beautiful and fascinating medieval village in the province of Viterbo, not far from the border with Umbria, consisting of the more modern Bagnoregio and Civita…
Barletta the city of the challenge
In order to understand the complexity of the city of Barletta, we should start with the Swabian Castle, the result of an extraordinary stratification carried out by the different dynasties…
Ventotene, a small island hiding great treasures
The island of Ventotene with just over 2 kilometres of volcanic land, it has a 2,000-year history, appears like the outline of a whale seen from afar, surrounded by sea…
Orvieto, The City of Rock
St Patrick’s Well’ has become a reference traditionally used to define a reserve boundless, or, according to others, precisely because it is boundless, ‘bottomless’, useless to fill. But the real…
Verona, discovering the city of love
The medieval house, bearing the coat of arms of a hat, home of the Capulet family, has left any couple dreaming of their passionate love story, travelling to Verona, the…
Naples and its thousand colours
Naples its steps. There is nothing better to represent the strong contrasts of the city than a walk down the 200 steps hidden among the alleys steeped in history and…