by markus | Sep 14, 2022 | Art and culture, Surroundings
This year there is the 45th Anniversary of Umbria Jazz! As always, the event is held in Perugia, from 13 until 22.7.2018. Launched in 1973, Umbria Jazz is today one of the most important jazz events in the world which has hosted the greatest modern jazz musicians. The...
by markus | Sep 1, 2022 | Cooking and typical food, Surroundings
Ancient wines and modern technology are the basis of a wine industry of increasing importance. Wine-growing and producing in the Umbria region is the result of a highly specialised agriculture in the wake of age-old tradition and a production theory common to the...
by markus | Aug 28, 2022 | Cooking and typical food
The main product of the Italian cuisine is the Extra Virgin Olive Oil. In the countryside many families own a olive grove, more or less large, but always enough to produce “the oil for the family” and also to sell it. In 2014 we felt like the Roman...
by markus | Aug 15, 2022 | Art and culture, Festivity, Surroundings
Ferragosto is a public holiday celebrated on 15 August in Italy, in the Ticino area in Switzerland and San Marino. It coincides with the major Catholic feast of the Assumption of Mary. The day of mid-August is traditionally dedicated to outdoor trips with handsome...
by markus | Jul 24, 2022 | Art and culture, Surroundings
From 573 mt. above the sea level, this impressive fortress has been dominating on the centre of Sarteano for eleven centuries, during which it resisted to the many and famous sieges – among them the great offensive of Cesare Borgia, called the Valentino. The...
