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Famous Characters

Famous Characters

Maccheroncini alla Rossini – a gourmet recipe from Le Marche

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…

By Laura, 2 years24 February 2023 ago
Famous Characters

Is the real Saint Valentine in Sassocorvaro?

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…

By Laura, 2 years9 February 2023 ago
Famous Characters

The controversial relics of Saint Romualdo

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…

By Laura, 2 years4 February 2023 ago
Arts & Crafts

The surprising works of art of Museo Guelfo in Fabriano

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…

By Laura, 2 years19 January 2023 ago
Bike tours

Cippo della Carpegna: Marco Pantani’s heaven

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…

By Laura, 3 years5 May 2022 ago
Culture

The Birth house Montessori in Chiaravalle

On one of our first trips in 2022, Isabelle and I visited the newly reopened birth house of Maria Montessori, one of the key player feminists of the 20th century. We previously spoke about Maria Montessori and her incredible life, in one of our post on International Women Right’s Day Read more…

By Laura, 3 years17 March 2022 ago

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