Life in Abruzzo
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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.
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Books & Film
The School for Dictators: Silone’s Anatomy of Dictatorship
Abruzzo’s Ignazio Silone dissects dictatorship: crisis, myth, intimidation in The School for Dictators. 10 quotes to validate your eyes & ears
The Avezzano Earthquake: Marsica, Numero Unico
Remembering the 1915 Avezzano earthquake through a fragile fundraising book created by Italy’s greatest writers and artists
Call the Midwife: The Quiet Women of Care
A visual and archival journey from a MuNDA birth painting to municipal midwives and modern nursing - care that never changed, only names.
Inside L’Aquila’s Spanish Fort & Nazionale d’Abruzzo Museum
Art, archaeology and a mammoth mark MuNDA’s reopening inside L’Aquila’s Spanish Fort during Italy’s Cultural Capital year
A Mirror Across Centuries: Abruzzo and the Bourbon Memory
Blessed Spirits by Jonathan Stanyer
International Migrants Day – Circles of Movement in Abruzzo
Shade or Shadow – Tip to Buying a House in Abruzzo
Valentina’s Christmas Walnut & Honey Stuffed Nivole
Tossicia’s Reclining Madonna: A Story of Art and Community
World Mountain Day: Abruzzo’s Peaks & the Calderone’s Legacy