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Happy Holidays to all our readers!
May all your wishes come true, especially if you’re wishing to visit Le Marche! 😉 Laura, Isabelle and Elke
Traditions
In Monte San Giusto the nativity scene comes to (a detailed) life thanks to Andrea Pistolesi
Once again, following my family tradition, we are visiting a new presepe this year. We have seen many, many, many of them. Big, small, a collection, mechanized, re-enacted… but this one beats them all. I am talking about the Exhibition of artistic nativity scenes, curated by Andrea Pistolesi, by the Read more
Culture
A surprise in Fabriano: the majesty of Oratorio del Gonfalone
December is definitely the right month for some nativity scenes-sightseeing. Last year I visited a true mechanical work of art in Porto San Giorgio (keep updated, that soon I’ll talk about the 2022 visit), in Castiglioni near Arcevia the locals annually provide original Christmas scenes and in Jesi we also Read more
Gastronomy
Christmas Showcooking: 3 recipes for Cavallucci
Christmas season is as busy as summer and every year it gets really difficult to choose which activity attend to! Isabelle recently opted for a guided walk and show cooking in Cingoli, being tempted by the traditional Christmas pastries cavallucci. At 3 p.m. the organizers of Travelearn expected the participants Read more
History
An unknown stopover for the Holy House of Mary in Loreto
In Le Marche, the night between December 9 to 10 proves to be very important: we commemorate the fact that the angels flew the house of Mary from Palestine to Loreto. Bonfires are lit everywhere, as we reported earlier in one of our first posts. However, those who studied this Read more
Recipes
The king of Adria Sea: Brodetto delle Marche
The whole Adriatic Sea in one soup, il brodetto! What once was a traditional poor man’s dish of Adriatic fishermen is now one of the highlights on the menus of beach resorts along the Adriatic Sea. And even the Ristorante Uliassi in Senigallia, which has been awarded 3 Michelin stars, Read more