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  • About me
    • Umbria Rural Life
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    • Umbria Calendar
    • Umbria Festivals
  • Virtual Experiences
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    • Assisi
    • Spello
    • Perugia
    • Spoleto
    • Gubbio
    • Bevagna
    • Montefalco
    • Narni
    • Deruta
    • Todi
    • Orvieto
    • Città di Castello
  • Blog
  • Recipes
    • Antipasti – Appetizers
    • Primi Piatti – First Courses
    • Secondi Piatti – Second Courses
    • Contorni – Side Dishes
    • Sughi – Sauces
    • Dolci – Desserts
    • Other Recipes
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Monthly Archives: December 2022

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Ballaro’: For Centuries, Street Food in Palermo

UncategorizedBy anneDecember 19, 2022Leave a comment

Over a thousand years old and linked to the ancient Arab souk, Ballaro’ still remains one of the most animated and liveliest Palermo street markets. On an early December day, Pino and I headed to Ballaro’, passing through the 11th-century tuff rock arch, Porta Santa’Agata, dedicated to the 3rd-century martyr of eastern Sicily, Agata. Passing…

Villa Boscogrande: a Palermo Villa Treasure

History, UncategorizedBy anneDecember 15, 20221 Comment

Many a grandiose villa rises in the borgate (small suburbs) encircling Palermo, majestic summer residences desired by the Palermo aristocracy for their location closer to the seaside than that of their imposing in-town palazzi, noble residences for most of the year. I noted a few during an early December trip with Pino to visit his family in Cardillo, a…

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