Hermit of Monte Stella – A catholic sanctuary inside a cave
Calabria offers to the eye of the visitor the charm of the sacred with its spiritual side made of places of faith and religious worship....
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9 feb 2022Tempo di lettura: 2 min
"Vasche and Vivarium"of Cassiodoro a spiritual, cultural and scientific nourishment for all humanity
In the province of Catanzaro, along the "Coast of Oranges", there are the beautiful "Vasche and Vivarium" of Cassiodoro located in the...
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21 dic 2021Tempo di lettura: 2 min
Ancient Calabrian (Italy) love song
In the ancient villages on the Ionian Coast in Southern Italy there are powerful women who still haven’t stopped fighting, although their...
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21 dic 2021Tempo di lettura: 1 min
The war memorial in Santa Caterina, Southern Italy
Today I would like to introduce you the war memorial you can find in Santa Caterina, Southern Italy. First of all let’s define a war...
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16 dic 2021Tempo di lettura: 2 min
The greek and latin roots of the italian language
The Italian language has a huge number of words borrowed from the Greek language (Greekisms) and from the Latin one from which the...
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10 dic 2021Tempo di lettura: 2 min
Harvesting the green gold of Calabria, Italy
There is something unique in Calabria: its hills are covered by olive trees. Olive trees each two years are harvested and from its fruits...
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5 dic 2021Tempo di lettura: 2 min
Roberto Giglio: The ghost whisperer from Badolato, Southern Italy
Each of the small historical centres located on the Ionian coast of Calabria has been affected by the phenomenon of abandonment, which...
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19 ott 2021Tempo di lettura: 2 min
The Calabrian fathers of the Gregorian calendar
In the 16th century the Gregorian Reform changed the way we keep track of dates. Behind this event we find three key characters with a...
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26 set 2021Tempo di lettura: 2 min
A walk through the narrowest street of Italy – Santa Caterina, Southern Italy
When you arrive to Santa Caterina Superiore at a first glance you would never think that in this town would leave more than 600 people. I...
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31 ago 2021Tempo di lettura: 2 min
The most famous monolith in Calabria
We are in the north-eastern area of Aspromonte National Park, called “Valley of the Great stones”, in the municipalities of San Luca and...
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25 ago 2021Tempo di lettura: 2 min
49 years since the discovery of the Riace Bronzes (460–450 BC)
16th of August 1972: a great day for the artistic and archaeological heritage of Calabria. The Ionian Sea returns to the solid land a...
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19 lug 2021Tempo di lettura: 2 min
The tiles of Badolato
While walking around in Badolato, if you look well at the walls of some houses, by a corner, a square or next to an historical building,...
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7 lug 2021Tempo di lettura: 1 min
Let’s teach Europe in Soverato with a big group of international teachers!
A very intensive training week has just ended in Soverato, (Calabria, Italy) with JUMP and a group of 2 Slovenian and 8 Polish teachers...
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7 lug 2021Tempo di lettura: 2 min
The Ravaschiera Tower of Satriano
In the first half of the 16th century, a reorganisation of the defence system began on all the coasts of the ancient Kingdom of Naples to...
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21 giu 2021Tempo di lettura: 2 min
The extraordinary creative sphere of Mattia Preti, the “Cavaliere Calabrese”
Among the greatest names in the 17th century, among the many talented artists to emerge, one name stands alone: Mattia Preti. Son of...
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17 giu 2021Tempo di lettura: 2 min
Dry stone walls listed in the world heritage by UNESCO: an example in Badolato, Southern Italy
By putting a stone next to another stone, which will be put next to another one and so on, you can build up dry stone walls. For the...
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16 giu 2021Tempo di lettura: 2 min
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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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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