The Open Monuments Days (Giornate FAI) have only just begun, and the next cultural events are already announcing themselves: on the occasion of the Giornate Nazionali delle Case dei personaggi illustri (National Days of the Houses of Famous People), the Palazzo Castiglioni in Cingoli opens its doors. We wrote about Read more…
It’s that time again! The first spring weekend is just around the corner and with it the Giornate FAI della Primavera. Every year the FAI, the Fondo Ambientale Italiano, offers a wide range of buildings, monuments, villas and other attractions not normally open to the public for visiting. In the Read more…
Elke and Otto ventured on a pre-dinner walk back in November when, surprisingly enough, the weather was still nice and not so chill was the evening! Mondolfo in the hinterland and neighboring Marotta on the coast have merged into one municipality. We have already reported about many of the attractions Read more…
I am a language lover (and picky) and I have always had the urge of learning the local language when settling in in a new country. On a personal note, I think Italian is the most beautiful language in the world, with its complexities, abundance of meanings and sounds. However, Read more…
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…
Recently, a new cultural association from Jesi organized a tour through the lesser-known districts of that city. Isabelle was especially interested in the visit to the San Marco church, according to many the most beautiful church in Jesi. Full of expectation she followed the group along the busy Viale della Read more…