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…
This lonely hill was always dear to me And this hedgerow, Which cuts off the view Of so much of the last horizon The hedgerow in these beautiful verses was the hedge that Giacomo Leopardi hated and loved during his youth in Recanati. The famous poet, one of the most Read more…
If Napoleon is to Ajaccio, Frederick II is to…? Would you ever imagine that the answer is Jesi, in my beautiful region? I wouldn’t. Indeed, it was only when I started going to high school in Jesi, and chanced accidentally upon his statue, that I realized that the magnificent Stupor Read more…
We are all looking for recommendations when we travel. Either to experience the sense of local, or to avoid cons. Searching for the famous flags we talked about in our previous post can be a solution for that. This does not only apply to foreign tourists, but to local ones, Read more…
“WE CAN DO IT” celebrates girl power and women rights worldwide, and becomes very popular every 8th March, perfectly on time. Even with doubts on the legitimacy of this motto, whether on the 8th of March, or every day of the year, women must be celebrated. For their strength, stubbornness, Read more…