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L'Albero del Primo Maggio nel Piceno

Posted by tenutasantelisabetta on March 26, 2013 at 6:25 AM Comments comments (0)

L’albero (o palo) del primo maggio sormontato da una drappo rosso e issato ogni trenta aprile nelle piazze e agli incroci delle strade dei comuni del Piceno è un rito di origini antichissime. Affonda le sue radici nella celebrazione pagana del “maggio”, propria delle antiche civiltà agricole, ove aveva la funzione di propiziare la fertilità della terra e salutare...

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What is the best time to visit Italy?

Posted by tenutasantelisabetta on March 19, 2013 at 11:40 AM Comments comments (0)


If you are a young foreign woman eager to make the most of a trip to Italy, here is my point of view:

 

Of course it depends of which kind of traveller you are, whether you want to meet the local people in the neighbourhood bar or prefer to wander the various sites, guide book in hand which is interesting but can be a little lonely.

Summer in Italy is great, don't misunderstan...

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Il Bello della Pasqua nelle Marche: La Pizza di Pasqua al Formaggio

Posted by tenutasantelisabetta on March 4, 2013 at 11:00 AM Comments comments (0)


Uno dei più bei periodi dell'anno da trascorrere nelle Marche è sicuramente quello del periodo Pasquale. Prima di Pasqua la natura ci offre spettacoli di rara bellezza. Si inizia con il colorarsi di smeraldo del paesaggio, un verde così bello da non invidiare nulla alla selvaggia Nuova Zelanda. In questo periodo si può ancora osservare con una levata mattutina di buon'or...

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The Mistery of "The Picene Big Ring"

Posted by tenutasantelisabetta on February 22, 2013 at 4:35 AM Comments comments (0)

 

There are many unsolved mysteries in Le Marche , although the most important affect a small circle of academics. Some of the most curious reach the general public, lighting hypotheses and fantasies.

One of these mysteries that has tickled the curiousity of ordinary people and authorities of the southern Marche, so far as to be used as a symbol of the territory, was the ...

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Maria Goretti: the sad story of the little Le Marche Saint

Posted by tenutasantelisabetta on February 17, 2013 at 3:10 PM Comments comments (0)



Maria Goretti (October 16, 1890 – July 6, 1902) is an Italian virgin-martyr of the Roman Catholic Church, and is one of its youngest canonized saints. She died from multiple stab wounds inflicted by her attempted rapist after she refused to submit to him. 

Goretti was born Maria Teresa Goretti on October 16, 1890 in Corinaldo, in the Province of Ancona, ...

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The Battle of Castelfidardo 18 September 1860

Posted by tenutasantelisabetta on February 12, 2013 at 4:15 AM Comments comments (0)

The Battle of Castelfidardo was fought on 18 September 1860, at Castelfidardo, a small town in the Marche region of Italy; the Piedmont army, acting as the driving force in the war for Italian unification, won a famous battle against papal troops.

As a result of this battle, the Marches and Umbria entered in the Kingdom of Italy and the extent of the papal sta...

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Sono circa 150 i Lupi nelle Marche - There are about 150 wild wolves in Le Marche

Posted by tenutasantelisabetta on January 22, 2013 at 3:05 PM Comments comments (0)


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La Regione Marche ha commissionato uno studio di monitoraggio sul Lupo nelle Marche nel periodo 2010-2012. Proprio questi giorni sono stati presentati.

I dati raccolti fanno parte di un ampio programma portato avanti dall'Assessorato all’Ambiente della Regione Marche in conformità del Piano nazionale del Ministero dell’Ambiente-ISPRA.

I lavori di indagine sono stati reali...

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