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Italia Sparita – A Story about Little Things and Big Emotions

August 19, 2018August 31, 2018 Slow Italy

  by Catherine Marien …about the meaningful little things and cherished moments we want to hold onto forever. People gathering

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12 out-of-this-world Italian villages that look like a presepe (Italian Nativity scene)

December 26, 2017August 10, 2018 Slow Italy

The tradition by which Italian towns and families reenact their own versions of the nativity scene is a very ancient

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Italy region per region Patterns & Peculiarities Top 10 

20 amazing and otherworldly doors in Italy

March 2, 2015October 14, 2015 Slow Italy

The front door of a house can tell a lot about a home and its inhabitants. It can be inspiring,

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Architecture History Italy region per region Patterns & Peculiarities Puglia Traditions Travel tips 

Exploring Alberobello, the capital of the curious cone-roofed drystone dwellings

February 4, 2015October 18, 2017 Slow Italy

Alberobello, the capital of the trulli, is located at the edge of the beautiful Valle d’Itria, in the Puglia region

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Caltagirone, the colorful capital of ceramics

October 28, 2014June 19, 2015 Slow Italy

Caltagirone is one of the eight towns of south-eastern Sicily known as the baroque towns of the Val di Noto,

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‘Talking houses’ in the mural towns of Italy

June 20, 2013March 4, 2015 Slow Italy

Unlike graffiti that are often made by anonymous taggers, murales are a form of street art that is often commissioned

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Italy region per region Patterns & Peculiarities Places & Seasons Towns & Regions 

Italian bikescapes: visual chronicles of lonely bikes throughout Italy

June 13, 2013March 27, 2015 Slow Italy bicycle tours, bicycles, biking, italy

(updated April 17, June 2 and June 18, 2014) We have a weak spot for lonely bikes. Bicycles that act

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18 Italian records and superlative Trivia

May 28, 2013December 22, 2017 Slow Italy

(updated December 22, 2017) The world’s tallest museum, the world’s smallest restaurant, the world’s smallest car, the world’s oldest mall,

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Colossi of Italy

March 20, 2013March 4, 2015 Slow Italy

Less famous than the Colossus of Rhodes, the Colossi of Italy are nevertheless no less intriguing. These exceptionally large, human

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Arts & Architecture History Itineraries Lazio Offbeat & Unusual Patterns & Peculiarities Places & Seasons 

The Mysterious Park of the Monsters of Bomarzo

February 20, 2013November 3, 2017 Slow Italy

(updated November 2, 2017) The history of the Sacred Grove of Bomarzo, more commonly known as the Park of the

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