Abruzzo - notes on a journey

21/07/2024

23/06/2024

Guided tour in English for the event Cittaslow International - discovering Città S. Angelo ✨✨✨

13/06/2024

Una settimana alla scoperta dell' Abruzzo con un simpaticissimo gruppo dell'Alta Savoia: visitatori attenti, interessati, curiosi e sorpresi dalle tante bellezze ed emozioni che il nostro territorio sa regalare.Grazie per essere stati con noi!
à la prochaine ✨✨✨
Con Francesca Romanelli Loredana Eusanio Gennaro Pizzicara

26/05/2024

Roccascalegna✨

18/05/2024

Thanks to Christiane Poirier and her family from Québec for visiting Abruzzo ✨ A rich "liquorice tasting" at Katiuska' shop in Atri was the icing on the cake✨

09/04/2024

Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park is the second oldest park in all of Italy, with an important role in the preservation of species covering over 496.80 km2 (191.82 sq mi): https://bit.ly/3PBT6On

09/02/2024

25/10/2023

Group tours, private guided visits and ancestry tour in Abruzzo this Autumn, with tourists from Belgium, Germany and America. I shared with them my great passion for this region, its history, its cultural richness, its nature and its art.

28/07/2023

📌Passeggiata patrimoniale con visita guidata serale di Silvi Paese
𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗲 /𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝘃𝗶 𝗣𝗮𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵:
🇮🇹 20:45 Visita guidata in italiano
Incontro presso l'Infopoint Silvi Paese (Fontana)
🇬🇧 10:15 pm, July 30th 2023
Meeting point: Infopoint Silvi Paese (Fountain)

03/06/2023

On a sunny day in June it is wonderful to discover all the natural and artistic beauties of the Peligna Valley, with the ethereal atmosphere of the Concattedrale of San Pelino in Corfinio, the place where the name "Italia" was pronounced for the first time and with the majesty of the Badia Morronese complex in Sulmona.
Here in Santo Spirito a Majella you can still feel the breath of that wind of those mountains that inspired the great soul of Pietro dal Morrone, known to history as Celestine V.
Abruzzo is an astonishing discovery of wonders.

12/04/2023

In bici lungo la Costa dei Trabocchi. Una via verde di 30 chilometri lungo quella che una volta era la linea ferroviaria della Costa dei trabocchi. È la carta vincente della scommessa della provincia di Chieti sul cicloturismo. L’inviato Riccardo Porcù per il Tg3 delle 19 del 10 aprile 2023. ADV...

08/03/2023

Happy Women's day ✨✨✨
Portale della Luna- detail;
San Giovanni in Venere Abbey- Fossacesia (Abruzzo).

03/03/2023

La suggestione di Santa Maria ad Cryptas❗️
Fossa (AQ)

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28/02/2023

Sandro De Angelis - "Tramonto" presso Castelli ( Teramo )

28/02/2023

I colori che più ci piacciono!

L'azzurro del cielo, il bianco della neve, la livrea tradizionale FS! 😉

08/02/2023

Silvi, winter seaside

17/11/2022

16/09/2022

Atri

Atri boasts an ancient and captivating history. Known as the “queen of the hills” because of its artistic heritage and richness in interesting monuments, this magnificent art town preserves much more than meets the eye, besides all that can be observed in the daylight. Walking down the historical centre, it is possible to discover what lies “under the surface”, a fascinating path beneath the streets, made of ancient cisterns and impressive grottos, a true discovery experience. This timeless atmosphere preserves “tales from the underground” that deal with water. Water echoes even in the name of the town – Atri, recalling the Adriatic sea. Water that flows underneath, shaping a town in its underground; or rain water the ancient inhabitants of this territory managed to gather and store for the town water-supply, by creating a complex underground rain-water drainage system. Imposing ancient cisterns dating back to the Roman Empire were built in the basement of Palazzo Duchi d’Acquaviva, the first stop of this suggestive journey. Fragments of opus signinum are still visible in the walls, an ancient building technique used for its waterproofing effect. Reaching the cloister in the breathtaking Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, descending into the crypt visitors can admire another Roman cistern, whose walls where enriched with medieval frescoes, since this construction had lost its previous function of water storage, becoming a place of worship. In the area called “fuori li muri” (outside the ancient town defensive walls) “ le Grotte” are worth a visit, a peculiar natural environment made of grottoes and caves of ancient origins, probably also a water reserve in the past, as well as used for other functions. A way made of stories and anecdotes, in a combination of “lights and shadows”.

13/09/2022

𝓐𝓵𝓫𝓪 𝓕𝓾𝓬𝓮𝓷𝓼 - 𝓮𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓮𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓪 𝓼𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓶𝓷 𝓹𝓪𝓼𝓽 𝓲𝓷 𝓐𝓫𝓻𝓾𝔃𝔃𝓸.

"Les villes portent les stigmates des passages du temps, occasionnellement les promesses d'époques futures."

Marguerite Yourcenar

23/08/2022

Abruzzo hides unique wonders and shrines of art in the heart of its magnificente nature, besides extraordinary art towns.

29/07/2022

Guardiagrele - sculpted portal of Santa Maria Maggiore.

18/07/2022

Sulmona and L'Aquila

03/07/2022

Silvi Paese and Atri: wonderful views, culture, art and history on our daily tour.

28/06/2022

𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺'𝘴 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳, 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘩𝘪 C𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘢𝘯 𝘎𝘪𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪 𝘪𝘯 𝘝𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳e

12/08/2021

𝑻𝒆𝒏 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆
Wʜɪᴛᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ ɴᴜᴀɴᴄᴇs, ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ Sᴛᴏɴᴇᴍᴀsᴏɴs’ ʀᴏᴀᴅ ɪɴ Lᴇᴛᴛᴏᴍᴀɴᴏᴘᴘᴇʟʟᴏ
10𝑮𝒊𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑷𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒂-𝑳𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐
18-29 𝑨𝒖𝒈𝒖𝒔𝒕 2021

𝗧𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀. 𝗧𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲. This precious raw material can be found in the area of the Maiella mountain chain in Abruzzo. Considered as the “mother mountain”, the Maiella had always given many precious gifts to the inhabitants of its territory. One of them is precisely the 𝑀𝑎𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑒. It is the natural material that builds the massif itself up, mostly made of limestone and biological sedimentary rocks, very malleable and easy to be carved, but at the same time very resistant. Forte e gentile (strong and gentle) like Abruzzo, a stone with a peculiar 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑...
Well-known is the bright white 𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘺 𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, depending on their mining layers. Since very early times and then during the centuries, people living in this territory had been learning how to extract the stone in blocks from the quarries of the mountain,in order to transport them to the centre of the village and work them in the Stonemasons’ workshops and botteghe. A whole community had been bound to the stonemasonry activity, this is the reason why 𝗟𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 “𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑠”, where this traditional craftsmanship has created unique cultural heritage and is still preserved and alive today.

𝗗𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 18𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 29𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵 2021, 𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒑𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔, 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑳𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐, 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒇𝒕. The new edition of this symposium focuses on the realization of 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒇𝒔, 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔, giving an artistic value to the stone surface both from a tactile as well as visual point of view. The stone slabs will be then exposed on the walls of public and private buildings in the historical centre, 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑳𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒂 Tᴏᴡɴ ᴏғ sᴛᴏɴᴇ ᴍᴜʀᴀʟs.
A street art able to connect the stonemasons’ tradition with a modern concept of sculpture in constant evolution.

𝙇𝙖 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙞 𝙇𝙪𝙤𝙜𝙝𝙞 is scheduling
Gᴜɪᴅᴇᴅ ᴠɪsɪᴛs during these days, 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 (𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭)-
𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐮𝐬:
La Chiave dei Luoghi
[email protected]

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25/07/2021

𝐴𝑟𝑡, 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐, 𝑎 𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑛 𝑎 ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑠𝑒𝑎. With "𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑜 𝑎𝑡 𝑆𝑢𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑡" we spent a very special afternoon visiting Atri, then a magic sunset at the wonderful Agriturismo D. Fiore with the emotional music of the artist @𝗜𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮 𝗚𝗷𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗷𝗶
Thanks to all the people who supported us and thanks 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝐴𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑎, 𝐴𝑟𝑡 𝑀𝑐𝐶𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠 𝐷𝑒𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑎 for joining us in our guided tour of Atri - provided also in English language- and for taking part in our event.
Special thanks to Erika Secondino Fotografie
Everybody was a preciuous presence, thank you again. An experiece of beauty and art.

23/07/2021

Last week- on an 𝑨𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓 with our guests from Virginia 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐑. 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐞 and 𝐉𝐞𝐟𝐟 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐞. Josephine's ancestors were from 𝑩𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊 (Di Giacomo family).
It was a very emotional moment: finding records about her family at the town hall, then visiting the places where her grand grand parents lived and the historical centre of Bisenti.
During their stay in Abruzzo, our American friends also visited 𝐴𝑡𝑟𝑖, 𝑆𝑖𝑙𝑣𝑖 𝑃𝑎𝑒𝑠𝑒 and the 𝐶𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑜 𝑇𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟.
A lovely experiece!
Thanks to: Comune di Bisenti Pro Loco L. Panzone Bisenti Bisenti d'epoca Luciano Di Giacomo