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The broad beans of Amerino

17 May 20237 May 2024 Vittoria Mancini TASTE Amerino, broad beans

Dried broad beans from the Amerino area (between Terni, Amelia and Orvieto), collected inside a wooden bowl.

Broad beans are a traditional dish of the Amerino cuisine, an area located between Terni, Orvieto and Amelia. Sowing, harvesting and product characteristics The Amerino

Festa dei Ceri, history and tradition in Gubbio

15 May 20237 May 2024 Vittoria Mancini CULTURE, GUBBIO Corsa dei Ceri, Festa dei Ceri, Gubbio, Saint Ubaldo

Foto che raffigura un momento durante la corsa dei ceri. I tre ceri sono disposti in fila uno dietro l’altro trasportati sulle spalle dai ceraioli in una strada circondata da alberi.

The Festa dei Ceri (or Saint Ubaldo Day) is one of the oldest and most suggestive events that takes place every year on 15 May

The history of Perugia all in a typical Easter cake: ciaramicola

28 April 20237 May 2024 Vittoria Mancini TASTE Ciaramicola

Photo from above of ciaramicola, a typical Easter cake baked in Perugia. It has the shape of a donut with a central hole, covered with white icing similar to a meringue with coloured sprinkles.

Ciaramicola is one of the typical Easter cakes in Umbria, in particular in the city of Perugia. Through its shape and colours, ciaramicola encloses the

Lake Alviano and the WWF Oasis

28 April 20237 May 2024 Vittoria Mancini NATURE Lake Alviano, WWF Oasis

Detail of Lake Alviano with aquatic plants growing at the centre of the lake and on the lake banks. The photo has been taken at the sunset.

Lake Alviano is located in the province of Terni; it touches the Umbrian municipalities of Guardea, Monticchio, and Alviano (from which it takes its name),

Discovering Narni Sotterranea:

12 April 202317 July 2024 Vittoria Mancini CULTURE Narni, Narni Sotterranea, Narni underground

The photo depicts the internal walls of the Sala dei Tormenti, a room located in the underground archaeological excavations of the city of Narni. The room was used as an interrogation room during the Inquisition period. The walls are covered with graffiti bearing the names, dates and symbols engraved by the prisoners who were interrogated inside.

Narni is one of the oldest towns in Umbria and boasts a cultural, historical and artistic heritage that makes it a tourist destination of great

Lake Piediluco, one of the Umbrian destinations of the en plein air painters of the 1800s

6 April 20237 May 2024 Vittoria Mancini NATURE en plain air painters, Lake Piediluco, Rowing, Water Festival

View of Lake Piediluco and the mountains surrounding it. On the left bank of the picture, a group of houses is illuminated by the sun rays and, next to it, there is a small group of pine trees.

Lake Piediluco is an alluvial lake that extends mainly in Umbria, but it has also has a small branch entering the Lazio region. Thanks to

Deruta ceramics

27 March 20237 August 2024 Vittoria Mancini CULTURE Ceramics, Deruta

Deruta ceramics are handicrafts that represent the Umbrian cultural and artistic tradition throughout the world. A tradition with Medieval origins During the late Middle Ages,