Ancient Abruzzo
The Festa & Legend of Lucrezia Borgia’s Flight to Abruzzo
This weekend, one of Abruzzo's finest small-borgo festas revives the legend of Lucrezia Borgia in the hidden ghost village steeped in myths
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Call the Midwife: The Quiet Women of Care
A visual and archival journey from a MuNDA birth painting to municipal midwives and modern nursing - care that never changed, only names.
Blood, Bread & Belief: The Superstitions of Abruzzo
Abruzzo’s Ognissanti wind carries chestnuts, olive oil, and old superstitions told by Giovanni Pansa in 1924
Sheep in Abruzzo: Money to the Lord, Bread to the Shepherd
Millions of sheep once bankrolled Abruzzo’s abbeys and art, while shepherds lived on bread. A tale of wealth, faith, and survival
Journey Back in Time: Explore Amiternum’s Ancient Treasures with the Free Shuttle Bus!
How Abruzzo Got Its Name
Peltuinum – A Roman Colony Built to Control the Transumanza
Alba Fucens – Rome’s Abruzzo Strategic Heart
