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FAI Spring Days between Rome and Abruzzo

Spring 2025 promises to be an explosion of beauty and culture, thanks to the return of the FAI Days of Spring! On March 22 and 23, at the 33rd edition of this unmissable event, Italy unveils its hidden treasures, inviting …

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Alessandro Valignani, the Visitor from Japan

From Chieti to Kyoto, one way. This is how one could summarize with a slogan the life story of Father Alessandro Valignani (or Valignano, according to the custom of his time), who was born in Chieti on February 15, 1539, …

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St. Blaise and the rite of the “blessing of the throat”

In many Abruzzo towns, February 3 is a characteristic date linked to a religious tradition but also, as is often the case with other holidays, to a culinary tradition. In fact, this day on the calendar marks the feast of …

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Le Altrec cose and Books starring at FLA in Pescara

There are Books of course, but there are also many Other Things in the container of the seventh edition of FLA being held Nov. 7-10 in Pescara. A festival with numerous and diverse guests for a prestigious cultural event in …

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L’Aquila is the Italian Capital of Culture 2026

L’Aquila is the Italian Capital of Culture for 2026. It was proclaimed by the Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano, at a ceremony held today in Rome, in the Ministry’s Sala Spadolini, in the presence of the jury chaired by Davide …

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