Presepe

presepe 200x100The origins of “presepe” is Italian and there are mainly two of them. The first one is concerned with St. Francis of Assisi who created the first representation of Nativity in Greccio, a small village in Lazio in 1223 or 1233 being authorized by...

Italian horse races

palio 1 200 100Memories from the medieval world summed up in a word, “palio”, the key-word that enables to know a number of amazing events. Their staging is impressive and exciting...


Sweet Christmas

panettone 200x100There are two famous Italian Christmas sweets, “panettone” and “pandoro”. The first one was maybe born at the Sforza’s court, the noble family of Milan during the Renaissance period...


Carnival

carnevale 200x100In Italy the Carnival is a very ancient and loved tradition that features plenty of parades with allegorical floats along the main towns and villages from the Alps to the Mediterranean sea...


Christmas

natale 200x100Christmas in Italy? The most important and felt “holiday” to be celebrated with your family around which plenty of anniversaries and traditions are gathered, different according to the region they belong to...

Easter

pasqua 200x100The Italian saying goes “Christmas with your family, Easter with your friends” thus explaining the way Italians live their traditions...




Italian Palio at the seaside

palio mare 200x100Not just horses, flag throwers and medieval cloths. Actually, the most famous “palio” is the one of Siena but if we go down the Italian coastline, we’ll meet amazing events concerned with the ancient sea...


St. Valentine

san valentino 200x100Terni is a very popular town on St. Valentine’s Day. You may ask why, in case you don’t know already. It’s easy: Terni is the town of St. Valentine...