Arts & Architecture
Castelli’s Pentacromia Hot Baked Palette
Castelli's pentacromia sounds more a term that should be in The Exorcist script than Italy's most important ceramic town describing their hot baked palette
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Calascio – The Town with a Fable and La Rocca
“Chi si fa pecorella, i lupi la mangiano”. Make yourself a sheep and the wolves will eat you. People have been sheltering and living ‘at the top’ in Calascio for 45,000 years. Its rooftop views over Abruzzo’s Campo Imperatore, the Valle del Tirino basin and rich Navelli Plain magically banish brain fog, whilst the ability...
Desserts & SweetsGuardiagrele Torrone – A Storyteller’s Sweetmeat
Not many Abruzzo sweets can boast being the favourite of Ignazio Silone, the region’s most famous author acclaimed for his Abruzzo Trilogy.
Hermitage of San Bartolomeo – On the Beatified Track to Sanity
Abruzzo’s most famous rock face hermitage, dedicated to San Bartolomeo in Legio and just outside the town of Roccamorice, is a wonder!
A Few of My Favourite Abruzzo Things – Jacqui Dixon
Abruzzo’s Autumn Walking Colours via La Mascionara
Abruzzo Blackberry Ratafià – The Forager’s Liqueur
Where in the World of ‘Abruzzo’…
An Abruzzo Cookery Course Exploring a Flavoursome Heritage
Blue on Blue
Counting Gappy Smiles at Carnevale d’Abruzzo
