Grace for the World
One of Abruzzo’s often-overlooked assets is its proximity to Rome, it's easy to watch a concert like the Vatican's Grace for the World
One of Abruzzo’s often-overlooked assets is its proximity to Rome, it's easy to watch a concert like the Vatican's Grace for the World

Hilde Lotz-Bauer's photographs from 1930-1943 offer a unique perspective on Italy during that period. The opportunity to see 200 of her images in the Trastevere exhibition sounds like a wonderful experience, providing a glimpse into the magic of Scanno, Abruzzo and other Italian landscapes. Art has a special way of transporting us to different eras and immersing us in the beauty of the past.

There is a small but wonderful multimedia exhibition in Rome running from May through to August that chronicles the communities of the mountain villages that sit on Teramo's Gran Sasso range and encircle Cerqueto di Fano Adriano recorded by Don Nicola Jobbi.

Many people will be adding the figurine of a shepherd zampognaro (bagpiper) to their Nativity scenes this Christmas with little knowledge of their importance throughout the centuries of the shepherd bagpipers of Abruzzo



