2018 is an important year for the city of Pesaro. It is indeed the so-called “anno rossiniano”, Rossini’s year, since it is the 150th year from the death of Gioacchino Rossini, the most important famous character of the city. Rossini is among the greatest composers of all time, and he Read more
Hound Dog, King Creole, Barbara-Ann, Great Balls of Fire, Shout, Diana..no, we are not moving to the 50s America, and you are still on the right blog. Actually, it’s the ‘40s and ‘50s American culture that is moving to us, le Marche, to Senigallia, to be more precise. Summer Jamboree Read more
It’s always the same story in every noble art: we know the prodigious artist, but nobody remembers the master beyond him. Niccolò Bonanni shares the same (unlucky) destiny of many important masters: he was the teacher of the famous composer Gaspare Spontini, who would once shine at the court of Napoleon. Read more
You may have realized so far how tight is the bond between Le Marche and the food. Well, besides every local sagra that you can find on every summer weekend, we also have an amazing gathering with a evocative name: Magnalonga. Magna is the dialect for eat, and longa the dialect for long. You get the gist Read more
Shaking. Everything around you is suddenly shaking and you don’t have the time to realize what is going on. Down. Everything you owned is torn down. Months. Countless time you have to wait before gaining what you used to call “normality”. Hope. One of the few things that you still Read more
I do not want to put other regions in a bad light, but while looking for some English pages on palio in the web, I only encountered the proportion Palio : Siena. That’s not fair!! The palio tradition can be found everywhere in Italy, and not only by meaning a horse race. Read more