If you drive along the A14 from northern Italy towards Le Marche, you can already spot it from afar: the mighty rock of San Leo, towering above the landscape with its striking shape. San Leo: From Le Marche to Emilia-Romagna “Wait a minute!” you might say, “San Leo isn’t even Read more
The name of our neighboring municipality Maiolati Spontini intrigued me from the moment we came to live in Poggio Cupro. Spontini turned out to be the name of a very important composer at Napoleon’s court.He was born in Maiolati in 1774 and died there in 1851, a few months after Read more
Who was Luigi Bartolini? Luigi Bartolini (1892-1962) was only known to me as a writer born in Cupramontana who wrote the book Bicycle Thieves. It became internationally famous when it was adapted into a film by Vittorio de Sica. Bartolini’s book was translated into over 40 languages! But he didn’t Read more
On the International Women’s Day we couldn’t talk about anyone else than the unique female figure in Le Marche: La Vergara. But who is a Vergara? If we take the literal meaning, we can say that it is a woman who assists the vergaio [the farmer] in some activities or Read more
It is one of Italy’s most mysterious crimes: the death of Enrico Mattei, one of the most influential business bosses in Italy in the 1950s. He made a significant contribution to the Italian economic miracle after the war and is as famous as the business greats such as Giovanni Agnelli Read more
Leopardi and L’Infinito The well-known romantic poet Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837) died at the age of only 39 and suffered from a lack of money throughout his life. He was sickly and felt restricted in his parents’ home and the Catholic province. In one of his most famous poems, L’infinito, he Read more