In these difficult times, we wish you joyful holidays with lots of good memories. 2022 is waiting around the corner! We will have many more secrets about Le Marche to unveal, and what about you? Why not planning a trip to Le Marche!?
If you ask any Marchigians what they are having as primo (first course) on Christmas day, the answer can only be the one and only CAPPELLETTI. I think we must have signed a secret pact at birth, saying that there will be no Christmas holidays with at least one meal Read more…
Because of the difficult Corona year, in which even the Christmas celebrations at home are different than usual, many Marchigians and many Italian communities have come up with something to create a particularly beautiful and magical Christmas atmosphere in the towns. And Fabriano has really outdone itself in creating this Read more…
We don’t need to go back dozens and dozens of years to answer this question, as the habits of the children have changed so rapidly that even my childhood’s toys differ from the ones from today. Isabelle, my Dutch fellow blogger, has discovered a beautiful museum that can help us Read more…
Last year we introduced you to the magic world of presepe, may it be made by wooden figures or live. We talked about it in this post: https://eccolemarche.eu/blog/2018/12/27/the-art-of-presepe-in-jesi-the-special-tribute-to-le-marche/ The peculiarity in Italy, and in le Marche, is that the nativity scene is not only displayed in private homes, but also Read more…
Some time ago, we started to introduce 2 of the 9 “Castles” of Arcevia, Caudino and Nidastore. Since Christmas season has already started, we would like to talk about another of these “castles”: Castiglioni. This hamlet gives, indeed, its best with “Presepe dei Presepi” festivals; a display of nativity scenes Read more…