- 22/02/2020
- Miriam
- Events & exhibition
Finally carnival: Mardi Gras!
The funniest party of the year animated by streamers, confetti, sweets and especially masks!
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- 13/01/2020
- Miriam
- To see: landscape & special place
Villa Donini a timeless residence in the heart of Umbria
In the sixteenth century the Donini, a bourgeois family of merchants, settled in Umbria to start a business destined to become one of the most flourishing of the time: the processing and trade of fine textile and silk.
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- 04/01/2020
- Miriam
- To see: landscape & special place
An ancient fairy tale: the Republic of Cospaia
The history of Umbria hides unusual events such as that of a small independent republic, in the municipality of San Giustino in the Upper Tiber Valley, born because of an error in drawing the borders.
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- 18/12/2019
- Diego
- Umbria green land
Via di Francesco and the Route of the Protomartyrs
Francesco was born in Assisi in 1182 by Pietro di Bernardone, a French cloth trader. It is the scion of a wealthy family, cheerful and fun loving, but not superficial and cynical. Deep down, he is a restless young man eager [...]
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- 14/12/2019
- Miriam
- Food & wine
Christmas Menu in Umbria
Umbria is a region rich in flavours and ancient gastronomic traditions linked to the land, to the rural world and to simple flavours. The result of an Umbrian menu is extraordinarily delicious!
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- 14/12/2019
- Miriam
- Events & exhibition
Christmas traditions: exchanging gifts!
The Christmas tree, holly, Christmas stump, star, decorations, postcards, mistletoe, typical foods and the exchange of gifts.
This last Nordic tradition seems to date back to the festivities of the Yul, the winter solstice.
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