Events & Sagre Reviews & Highlights Ancient May Magic, Timeless Celebration: Santa Gemma Festival in Goriano Sicoli by Visit Goriano Sicoli on May 11 for the Santa Gemma Festival—a magical blend of … Read more
History Liberation Day: Exclusion and The Enemy Within by April 25th — Festa della Liberazione — marks the day in 1945 in Italy … Read more
Arts & Crafts Aielli and Palestine by Pope Francis’ recent call for a ceasefire in Palestine, condemning the ongoing violence and … Read more
Towns & Villages My Father The ‘Jo mmasto’ Master by A lovely memory from Gino Di Giacomo is about his father the Sante Marie … Read more
History Honouring a Founding Mother – Maria Agamben Federici by L’Aquilana, Maria Agamben Federici (1899–1981) was a remarkable woman whose dedication to justice, equality, … Read more
History Black History Month – The Tuskegee Airmen in The Abruzzi by How the remains of one small airfield in the ‘Abruzzi’ that was home to … Read more
History Abruzzo’s Internment & Concentration Camps by It’s not something you hear much about, Abruzzo, hosting 1/3 of Mussolini’s internment camps, … Read more
Ancestry Brooklyn Records – A story of Migration from Carunchio (CH) by A fascinating new podcast by Rai on Italian American migration. “Brooklyn Records” is dedicated … Read more
Books & Film An Abruzzo Photographic Legacy – Farmhouses and Small Provincial Buildings in Southern Italy by Marian Hooker’s 1925 book on farmhouses captures Abruzzo’s rural architecture, including casa terra—mud homes … Read more
Books & Film The Sagittario Valley Between 1830-1950, The Accounts and Images of The Foreign Travellers by Antonio Costantini, a member of our Life In Abruzzo Facebook group has self-published a … Read more