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Palio del Golfo in La Spezia: let the race begin

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The thirteen historic villages facing the so-called Gulf of Poets – from Tellaro to Porto Venere – face off at sea every year: the...
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The Cavalcata Sarda: Sardinia’s traditions parade through Sassari

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Yesterday in Sassari, the 69th edition of the Cavalcata Sarda began! It’s an important 4-day folk festival that will fill the capital of Northern...
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The streets of Salerno light up with Artists’ Lights

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The twelfth edition of “Luci d’Artista” (“Artists’ Lights”) was inaugurated last November in Salerno; until next January 21st, 2018 the winter evenings and nights...
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Candles for Saint Dominic and the dream of the world’s light

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From July 30th to August 5th, 2017, the traditional Luminaria di San Domenico – a celebration dedicated to Saint Dominic – will be held...
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The Palio of the Donkeys in Torrita di Siena

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The Palio of the Donkeys (Palio dei Somari) in Torrita di Siena will be held next Sunday, March 19th 2017. Inaugurated in 1966 to...
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Symbols of the past and of the present in the carnival of Satriano

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The Sunday prior to Mardi Gras, the streets of Satriano di Lucania (Potenza) fill with walking trees, bears on two feet and pale women...
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The real Venice of the Historical Regatta

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Every year, on the first Sunday in September, the Grand Canal in Venice fills with colorful boats. They look strange to anyone who is...
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The Machine of Saint Rose, a tower of light in Viterbo

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Next September 3rd, according to a centuries-old annual tradition, the Machine of Saint Rose (or “Macchina di Santa Rosa”) will parade down the streets...
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The Palio dell’Argentario, where the winds race

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Next year, the Palio Marinaro dell’Argentario will be eighty years... “young”! Indeed the event can celebrate eight decades of almost uninterrupted editions since 1937. Next...
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Calcio fiorentino, a noble and ancient sport

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Calcio fiorentino is not a sport for the nice and gentle. It derives from “harpastum”: fighting over a rag ball, which was the training...
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Italy’s many palios: horse racing, jousting and Medieval traditions

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In Italy, spring and summer are the seasons of palios and everything that revolves around the fun, folk events that put “comuni” and medieval...
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The Torciata in Pitigliano: the fire of tradition in a beautiful medieval town

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Pitigliano is a small town in the province of Grosseto, known as “Little Jerusalem” (you can read more about it in a previous article)....
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The Great War Museum: history at high altitude

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Author: Barbara PalladinoTranslation by Michelle NebioloOn the top of the Marmolada, at 3,000 meters of altitude, you’ll find the Marmolada Great War...
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Palazzo Giordano Apostoli: neo-gothic inspiration

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Palazzo Giordano Apostoli is located in Sassari’s central Piazza d’Italia. It was built by will of Giuseppe Giordano Apostoli in 1877, in...
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Move To The Top takes you to the roof of the Dolomites

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Author: Barbara PalladinoTranslation by Michelle Nebiolo On 4 July 2020, the cableway to Malga Ciapèla will re-open. Its short,...
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Tenute La Montina, the realm of Franciacorta

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Author: Barbara PalladinoTranslation by Michelle NebioloTenute La Montina is located in Monticelli Brusati (BS), in the north-east of Franciacorta, next to an ample...
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