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Real stories, recipes and community life from Italy's Rocky Heart. Independent editorial coverage of Abruzzo since 2007 — culture, food, history, travel and the people who make this region extraordinary.
Cherries & Dressing Up at Raiano
Somebody described cherries as beautiful butterflies, you blink and they’re gone, hence Raiano’s seasonal sagra being utterly unique in Abruzzo's sagre calendar
My Big Fat Ferragosto – Consus and a Story of Grain
My big fat Ferragosto isn’t probably what I should be calling this most pleasurable of Italian feast days, perhaps the Italian summer Christmas, that all began with a God named Consus
The Longest Giro Ride -The Lucera-L’Aquila Tappa
Abruzzesi bicyclists, Giro lovers and admirers of spandex-clad men were out in force to cheer the competitors of Il Giro 2010
Getting Slippy at the Cocullo Snake Festival
Cocullo’s snake festival must win awards for being not just one of Italy’s strangest festivals, but also for being the most multi-cultural
La Befana – One Cool Crone
The Living Nativity of Cerqueto
In love with Tripe – The Villa Maggiore Trippa Fest
Abruzzo Festival with Medieval Sausages & Beans!
An Abruzzo Christmas in Bascianella
