History buffs, get ready for a fascinating glimpse into the rich heritage of the Transumanza at the 160th Fiera della Pastorizia di Piano Roseto in Abruzzo this weekend! Set in possibly the world’s most beautiful panoramic fairground, this sheep fair helps you’ll step back in time and discover the historical significance of economic migration that has shaped the cultural fabric of the region.
Abruzzo has lost Pierluigi Imperiale, a vet with a passion for bringing the well-trod old pastoral paths of the transumanza back to life. For anyone who has recently walked along the Tratturo Magno (The Royal Shepherd’s Path) from L’Aquila, you will probably be here through the actions and activism of this individual
Il Coatto / Pecora alla Callara is Abruzzo’s oldest traditional shepherd’s recipe forever entwined with the route of the transumanza
Keeping a piazza alive in Italy’s small mountain towns and villages is no easy feat when stark statistics point to 15,000 threatened by depopulation. But sustainable steps can be taken that keep dreams and towns alive, like this neat initiative in the small town of Fontecchio (AQ).
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
Take a road trip up into any of the high pastures in Abruzzo’s Majella, Gran Sasso & northern Mount Fiori mountains & you start counting the Tholoi