The Legend of Tarantella & The Dance of the Spider Italian weddings, festivals and celebrations would never be the same without the dance of the Tarantella. It proves highly popular, and excels high above all other great Italian songs. With its lively and graceful tempos the Tarantella Dance can be […]
Parents may be the most important people in our lives, but certainly grandparents are no less so. Grandparents are a family’s history, and through them a family’s origins are handed down to new generations. Cakes cooked together, experiences and stories told near a fireplace, holidays together… these are only some of […]
Natural solutions to whiteflies and aphids Until recently the solution to this problem was to spray the plant with toxic pesticides, which curiously, also kill nature’s own remedy to the problem… the parasitic wasp. There are hundreds of species of parasitic wasp, some feed on caterpillars and spiders and some […]
Italian gardens are generally characterised by elegant formal lines and strong structure, however, the use of fruit trees in Italian gardens cannot be overlooked. Since the early Arabic influence fruit trees have featured strongly in Italian gardens and later. Then, with the onset of the Roman Empire, new varieties of […]
Urbino is a walled medieval town in the Marche region and, together with Pesaro, it’s the capital of the Pesaro-Urbino Province. Urbino. Ph. depositphotos/topdeq Built on top of two hills, the area is considered at medium-high seismic risk. The town was known as Urvinum Metaurense in Roman times, and […]
The region of Le Marche, Italy The Region of Le Marche has seen an influx of foreign tourism in the last decade thanks to advertising campaigns that highlight Le Marche‘s beautiful coast and rustic hinterland. Le Marche is centrally located, with the Adriatic Sea on the east and the region of […]
Mercatello sul Metauro is a medieval village located in the Marche region of Italy at a distance of 30 kms from Urbino. It comprises of a population of around 1500 people and the area is surrounded by mountains and valleys with an elevation of 490 meters. The farmhouses and […]
Piedmont / Piemonte The name of the region derives from the Medieval Latin term Pedemontium, which means “at the foot of the mountains.” Piemonte is aptly named, as it lies at the foot of the Alps and has a culture and dialect that is closer to the South […]
As the Italian Renaissance spread throughout Europe, the next wave of innovation in art, culture and science was emerging. The 17th and the 18th centuries in the history of Italy are considered part of the early modern period. However this period, at least the first half, is often closely associated […]
From North to South, Italy is home to many incredible Opera Houses. Teatro La Fenice in Venice This theater, located in beautiful Venice, was built at the end of the 18th century and – as befits its name – was burned down and rebuilt… twice in the 19th century. Then, it […]
