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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.
Missing Pieces Part 2: Domenico Natale, from Caporciano, AQ
A story about loss, poverty, war and forging a happy new life in Australia whilst continuing to love and appreciate the old in Abruzzo. Bettina a member of our Life in Abruzzo Facebook group, tells us about her father Domenico Natale, from Caporciano, AQ.
The Abruzzo Bookcase!
Pete Austin is the popular moderator of our Life In Abruzzo Facebook group whose members he enchants as he delves into his bookcase to share the history and culture of Abruzzo through photography and illustrations. Here is his ever-growing Abruzzo book list on his Italian bookshelf, it does include four books he does not have (the last four) but dreams of one day owning
Missing Pieces: War, Abbateggio and a POW
A story by Van, a member of the Life In Abruzzo group, about her much-loved father Lorenzo, an Italian POW in Nazi Germany, who left Abruzzo in 1950 to live in Australia.
How Abruzzo Got Its Name
Have you ever wondered how Abruzzo got its name? Here is a simple explanation from the author Anne McDonnel taken from her book, In the Abruzzi,
Family Lexicon – Natalia Ginzburg
Sensazioni d’Abruzzo: A Visual Bucket List to Abruzzo
Re-enactment and an Elixir Recipe for L’Acqua di San Giovanni
L’ascolto e la visione Exhibition – A Priest’s Ethnographic Record of Teramo’s Mountain Folk
L’Arminuta International Screenings
What it Means to be a Cousin in Abruzzo
Abruzzo’s Zampognari: Bagpipes & Charm Bracelets
