AN EVERIDAY EMOTION … BETWEEN MARCHE AND UMBRIA N°9

“Good to see you …… I’m Marche Region” 🥾🥾🥾

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Hiking with friends in the sourrindings of #Sassoferrato, #Marche

AN EVERIDAY EMOTION … BETWEEN MARCHE AND UMBRIA N°7

“Happiness is not having what you want, but desiring what you have” (O.Wilde)

… living between Marche and Umbria, Italy

… loving our land

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AN EVERIDAY EMOTION … BETWEEN MARCHE AND UMBRIA N°5

“I feel that Nature is not just a collection of trees and rocks and animals: it’s a spiritual presence into myself” ….walking among Abbeys, Monasteries and Hermitages between Le Marche and Umbria

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Santa Croce Abbey
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The hill close to our villa
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Monte Strega

AN EVERIDAY EMOTION … BETWEEN MARCHE AND UMBRIA N°4

“Non possiamo andare oltre … perché oltre non c’è più terra”

‘“We can’t go any further ’cause there ain’t no more land.”
JACK KEROUAC “On the Road”

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Sunny days … gorgeous Region: Le Marche, Italy

Truffles time in Le Marche

Le Marche is the heart of white truffle season, which means one thing: it’s time to program a tuber hunting.

Ancient Romans believed that the truffle was created when lightning struck damp earth.

We know that the small tuber grows underground in the wild forests of northern and central Italy.

In Le Marche we maintain the magic of the truffle, referring to the earthy and aromatic ingredient as “a diamond of the kitchen,” or “the gem of poor lands.”

Truffles cannot be planted or tamed, so each variety is only available a few months out of the year. These fragrant fungi taste best fresh, so plan to enjoy white truffles from September to December, winter black truffles from December to early March and summer black from May to August.

The best friend of truffle is a good wine: I prefer Rosso Piceno, a full-bodied red wine from Le Marche; other friends prefer Verdicchio, the most red of Italian white wines.

One morning in Frasassi

Sassoferrato … landscape in art

Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato (August 25, 1609 – August 8, 1685), also known as Giovanni Battista Salvi, was an Italian painter, known for his commitment to Raphael's style and for his Madonnas. He is often referred to only by the town of his birthplace (#Sassoferrato), as was customary in his time, and for example seen with da Vinci and Caravaggio.
He was born in our village Sassoferrato, in the Marche region of central Italy, half-way between Rome and Florence, east of Apennines. Frequently, he represented our landscape in his paintings: our mountains, our hills, our valley and our castle.
There are over three hundred works by Sassoferrato in public collections throughout the world, including almost all of his extant drawings in the British Royal Collection at Windsor Castle. In Paris' Louvre you can find a Museum room dedicated to Salvi's paintings.
Some Salvi's works are still in Sassoferrato Museum or Churchs. You could also find in Jesi or Perugia, 40min by car from our villa.
So, what are you waiting to come to visit ??? 😉

Emozioni di settembre

Hiking day … from morning to evening

Going to Frasassi Regional Park with Marco, co-owner and Naturalistic Guide

15 min. and we are ready to start from Pierosara, around 1200 years old castle

Frasassi Gorge … really impressive

Hiking an discovering our beautiful landscape with young guys group

Coming back at Le Perelle Villa