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…
Today Elke is trying for us a delicious made-in-Le-Marche recipe: Maccheroni alla Rossini. Gioachino Rossini, one of the best-known opera composers whose pieces are now part of the standard repertoire of international opera houses, was born into a family of musicians in Pesaro in the Marche region in 1792. He Read more…
Is there anywhere in the world that doesn’t know about Saint Valentine? I think there isn’t. Although the stories, discussions and episoded around the Saint’s life are many and sometime even contradictory. If we talk about his relics, of course everyone wants to own them! (The same that happened with Read more…
Our loyal readers will immediately recognize the name San Romualdo! How often did we mention this saint in our articles? The Saint was born between 951-953 in Ravenna, not exactly near Le Marche, especially at that time! Around the age of 20 he converted to the Benedictine order, stayed in Read more…
In December Isabelle and Erik went to visit the Oratory del Gonfalone and the nativity scenes in Fabriano. If you remember well, we talked about it in a post and we revealed that it was nothing but an ordinary visit! They unexpectedly got a tour of very special places in Read more…
Cycling enthusiasts long the start of the summer season for the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France to kick off! In my family we are nothing but lazy people, however we love watching Giro d’Italia and, if some stages happen to be near us, we make sure we will be Read more…