50 Years In Italy

Lifestyle, stories, travel, itineraries in and around Rome, central Italy, cruises in Mediterranean. Study abroad, writers, food, antiques, culture, books.

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Music, Nature, History and Food ….a typical weekend in Etruria

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When city-bound friends ask about the life style here in the province of Viterbo, one hour north of Rome, I find it diffic...

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Italian Memorial Day

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Check out this piece written several years ago for Italian Notebook. It tells what happens all over Italy on November 1 and 2....a...

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Chestnut Festival in San Martino al Cimino, town of Donna Olimpia Maidalchini

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selling flowers in front of San Martino abbey Olimpia Maidalchini was one of the most powerful women of the 1600s for as s...

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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Italy's Risorgimento and the American Civil War

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This year there have been a myriad of conferences dedicated to Italy's unification movement, the Risorgimento, since 2011 marks ...

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Borgia,

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Castles and Capers in Borgia Country Loggia and fountain of Palazzo Farnese, Caprarola Borgia, Farnese, Orsini … these are...

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mary jane cryan: Vetralla, Italy; Writer and historian Mary Jane Cryan has been living in Italy since 1965. She sets up study abroad programs and works with tour operators and adult learners. A contributor to scholarly journals, guidebooks (Eyewitness Guide to Rome, Fodor’s), print and online magazines, she also lectures on luxury cruise ships plying the Mediterranean, Adriatic and Black Seas. From her palazzo near Rome she publishes history and travel books about central Italy and has received numerous awards for her website, books and conferences.

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