Manoppello is a charming village at the foot of Mount Majella, best known for Il Volto Santo, which attracts numerous pilgrims every year. In the post-war years, however – like so many villages and towns in southern Italy – the village was severely affected by high unemployment and widespread poverty, forcing many to emigrate in search of work and a better life. To Belgium, for example, to the mines in Marcinelle, a small town near Charleroi. It was there that, in 1956, Belgi

The story of two brothers and a bar that’s part of the city Marco (75) e Franco (80) Ruggieri Caffè Europa, a familiar haunt in the heart of Sulmona On Corso Ovidio, close to Sulmona’s main square, lies a café where time has not stood still, yet has not forced itself upon the place either. Caffè Europa is neither a carefully designed retro bar nor an establishment that tries to present itself as ‘authentic’ with historical photographs and nostalgic inscriptions. The café

Een verrassende hernieuwde kennismaking met de oude Romeinse stad Amiternum, geboortestad van Sallustius