When to come to Umbria? Our region, “Italy’s green heart,” entices all year round with exciting festivals highlighting every single month of the year. Join me for an unforgettable guided hill town…
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VIRTUAL EXPERIENCESItaly, Italians, festivals and folklore, rural life and cuisine, art and history fuse together in my passione for all things Italian. When I was not able to share this enthusiasm through…
UMBRIA FESTIVALS How best to fully experience Umbria, the people, their history and their passione? Join in their festivals! Ready to go? Contact me for details and dates. In Assisi: Holy Thursday Good…
UMBRIA CALENDAR Discover the splendors of Umbria all year round! Every month entices as you’ll see below – and click here for more news! January Around farmhouse fireplaces, families gather in the winters to share…
Discovering ‘The Center of the World,’ Foligno – March 26th, 2022 Surprised to know that “the center of the world” is in Umbria? Or so the Romans perceived their ancient Fulginium (modern-day Foligno). Too…
Foligno, often called “il centro del mondo” (“the center of the world”) was inhabited centuries ago (possibly as early as the 7th-century B.C.) by a native Italic people, the umbri. In the 3rd-century B.C.,…
Foligno – often overlooked by many visitors to Umbria – hides innumerable treasures. One is certainly one of the oldest religious edifices in Umbria, Santa Maria Infraportas. Santa Maria Infraportas is the…
After discovering the medieval and Renaissance wonders in Foligno, let yourself be drawn by a magnet. An enormous one. You’ll find the 24-meter Calamita Cosmica (“Cosmic Magnet”), mammoth sculpture of Gino De Dominicis,…
“I won’t paint subjects guaranteed to earn me money: I have to paint the memories of my rural childhood,” Nino told me with a grin as he held up the painting of…
“The applause and affection of my fellow Folignati made up for the fatigue of wearing this stupendous gown,” said Miss Italia, Francesca Testasecca from Foligno, (Umbria) after participating in the splendid Baroque…