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Sheep and dogs in the Monti Sibellini
We headed up to a small village called Foce, the closest place you can get to Monte Vettore, […]
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Monte Vettore
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Castelluccio and the Apennine Altiplano
We were back in the Monti Sibillini today visiting the tiny village of Castelluccio. Castellucio is an […]
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The lentil fields of Castelluccio
Despite being some 1500 metres above sea level, Castelluccio is known throughout Italy for its lentil harvest. The […]
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Sant’Angelo in Pontano
It has been a wet and windy day today, one for hunkering down and doing some reading. […]
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Convento di San Francesco
We were out locally today and came across this extraordinary building, the abandoned Convent of Saint Francis, […]
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Parco del Monte Subasio
We travelled across the Apennines yesterday to Assisi, of which more in due course. We stayed the night […]
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The Basilica of San Francesco
The Basilica of San Francesco was started in April 1228, the year St Francis was canonised and only […]
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Italian produce, or ‘Homage to Paulette’
I have written before (see here) about the wonderful photographs of Paulette Tavormina who has reinvented in photography […]
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Ascoli Piceno
Ascoli Piceno is probably one of the most attractive small cities you have never heard of. It sits […]
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View of Monte Bove
We had a beautiful walk yesterday on a short section of the circular walk around the Sibelinni, the […]
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Flowers of the Monti Sibillini
We have been in the Sibillini mountains a lot over the past three weeks, and we have […]
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Macchie
The tiny village of Macchie nestles by the main road in the valley beneath San Ginesio. It […]
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A Sacred place
I visited a lot of fascinating places during my visit to Italy but felt like quite […]
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A place once sacred, now haunting
In my previous post, I described a ‘sacred place’ which moved me during my time in Italy. […]
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Campanile, Mazzorbo
This campanile sits at the edge of a vineyard on the small island of Mazzorbo, in the Venice […]
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The Venice La Sensa Festival
La Sensa is one of the oldest festivals in Venice, dating from 997 and often referred to as the […]
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The Assunta by Titian in Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice
One of the highlights of our trip to Venice was the opportunity to see Titian’s Assunta in […]
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Ursula von Rydingsvard at the Giardino della Marinaressa, Venice
One of the nicest surprises of our trip to Venice came as we were walking from St Mark’s […]
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