Michetti

Learn the best-kept secrets of Abruzzo’s most famous artist and his works, Francesco Paolo Michetti’s through his Francavilla al Mare biographer Ernesto Bertucci Bellafante

For many Francavilla al Mare is simply a modern seaside town, to be enjoyed for its sandy beaches, shallow waters and eating a wonderful seafood lunch, but it has a rich cultural history and was formerly nicknamed Abruzzo’s Cradle of Art, which you can still dip into when you visit helped along by a local whose tips are always the very best to follow!

Shepherds are expert weather watchers, but even they can be caught out in Abruzzo’s high pastures, here’s the story of one, Pupi Nunzio di Roio and a sculpture dedicated to him and the other risk bearing shepherds of Abruzzo