The statue with the stone arm in Satriano (Cz)
“A place is known only when you go there several times, you talk to the locals to collect local testimonies”. Satriano has very ancient...
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10 giu 2021Tempo di lettura: 1 min
Needlepoint and embroidery: ancient traditions in Satriano, Southern Italy
In Satriano many women used to needlepoint and embroidery, technique which they learned by the nuns of the monastery which you can find...
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7 giu 2021Tempo di lettura: 2 min
The art of Mimmo Rotella, calabrian artist destroyer of posters
The native land is the soil from which people draw the necessary elements for their growth and development. Mimmo Rotella, exponent of...
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4 giu 2021Tempo di lettura: 2 min
An ancient Arabian irrigation system in Badolato, Southern Italy
Today I will present to you how an ancient watering technique, which is still used in a marvelous garden in Badolato, works. This system...
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31 mag 2021Tempo di lettura: 2 min
Old sounds from Southern Italy: Calabrian folk music
“Listen to a Calabrian peasant singing as he follows his oxen along the furrow, or as he shakes the branches of his olive tree. That...
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24 mag 2021Tempo di lettura: 2 min
Origins of Guardavalle: the twelve towers village
By the 6th century B.C. in the south of Italy the Byzantines had come into power. Under their rule, Calabria and towns such as Stilo and...
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24 mag 2021Tempo di lettura: 3 min
Wooden art in Calabria: artists from Satriano
In Calabria, a region rich in forests, woodworking has always been widespread throughout the territory: "connected to the production of...
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17 mag 2021Tempo di lettura: 3 min
The legend of the werewolves of Satriano
Calabria abounds in myths and legends, and today we focus on a belief that has fascinated other cultures located in remote places far...
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14 mag 2021Tempo di lettura: 3 min
“Corajisima”: an ancient popular tradition
What does it mean to live in Calabria? Many will answer: enjoy an excellent climate, excellent food, excellent sea, excellent landscapes...
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11 mag 2021Tempo di lettura: 3 min
Old units of measurement used by Calabrian peasants
Until a few decades ago, the systems and units of measurement prescribed by Ferdinand I of Aragon in the ancient Kingdom of Naples were...
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10 mag 2021Tempo di lettura: 3 min
Memoirs of 19th century Calabria
The desire to learn through exploration is not a new phenomenon, it also provides a link to the past. During the 17th and 18th centuries...
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4 mag 2021Tempo di lettura: 2 min
The wine in the catoja of Badolato, Southern Italy, as trait d’union between past and present
The word catóju comes from the Greek catagheou and means a room on ground floor or in the basement. The changes in the use of the catóju...
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3 mag 2021Tempo di lettura: 2 min
Made in Calabria – Homemade soap
«A wonderful myth about the origin of soap is it was a gift to humanity from the Roman Goddess Sapo. Burnt offerings were made at her...
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29 apr 2021Tempo di lettura: 3 min
The war memorial in Piazza Spirito Santo on the 76th Anniversary of the Liberation
We are in the central square of Satriano (a town in the province of Catanzaro), Piazza Spirito Santo, better known as ‘Bicocca’*, the...
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27 apr 2021Tempo di lettura: 3 min
Linguistic heritage – Occitans: the smallest minority in Calabria
Collective memory is related to history and has an identity function.The construction of a collective memory is instrumental in fostering...
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26 apr 2021Tempo di lettura: 2 min
Putting a whole village for sale in Badolato, Southern Italy
We sell food, clothes, technology, services, opinions, souls. But putting a whole village for sale? I mean, the place where you used to...
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21 apr 2021Tempo di lettura: 3 min
An ancient place of worship guarded by a Giant: the stone of Sant’Antonino
While legend has it that the first inhabitants of Calabria were the sons of the ingenious Daedalus, builder of the famous Minotaur’s...
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19 apr 2021Tempo di lettura: 1 min
Killing the envy in Badolato – Calabria, Italy
“Crepa l’invidia” means “Should die your envy” and by walking around in Badolato, you will find this writing at some catojo (dialect word...
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12 apr 2021Tempo di lettura: 2 min
Thirsty eyes by ‘a petra d’annamuratu – the stone of the man in love in Badolato, Calabria (Italy)
Close your eyes and imagine walking down a street of a beautiful Medieval village built on a hill. You are barefoot and your varijli*,...
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9 apr 2021Tempo di lettura: 3 min
Linguistic heritage – A unique variety of Greek in Calabria
According to UNESCO “one language disappears on average every two weeks, taking with it an entire cultural and intellectual heritage.” ...
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