Thus we begin our journey from the “Museum of Herbs”, which winds through the rooms of the prestigious Renaissance building Bourbon del Monte. At the entrance, an ancient stone set on a wall reports an inscription: Prodest-Obest (Benefits-Harms), probable reference to the activity that was carried out in the building: the art of spices. The message immediately brings attention to the delicate balance and wisdom necessary in the preparation of medicines.
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We recall that Dino Marinelli was officially the custodian of Palazzo Vitelli alla Cannoniera but over the years, thanks to his spirit and ingenuity, he became an appreciated artistic guide, a journalist, a poet and a writer, with more than ten books to his credit.
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The restaurant mainly offers Umbrian cuisine with traditional products but cured and revisited in modern times with cooking techniques and raw materials with an international spark: such as the use of French butters. An important part of Nicolò’s cuisine, indeed almost the basis of his dishes, are vegetables, which act as archetypes directs the multiple flavours, colors and geometries.
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Laura and Luca tell us how, thanks to the constant commitment of the family, they dedicated themselves – for more than twenty years – to the farm, to then move on to design a real accommodation facility. The production choice, entirely organic – and therefore perfectly compatible with ‘natural’ agriculture combined with great attention to sustainability – have allowed them to obtain the high-quality certification of products, 100% bio.
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While working throughout Central Italy, Linda has a vocation for its land, Umbria: “A beautiful region with a particular light – otherwise we would not have had St. Francis!”. “Rather differentiated, as they said, different in the different valleys” – he continues – “its isolation has maintained the region authentic and, until a few years ago, I had to explain to my customers where it was in the world map … the quality of its properties is comparable to those of Tuscany but is less known, therefore less inflated, with its generous nature and the welcoming soul of its people: its history, spirituality, simplicity and rurality “.
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The specialists of Beautypool have been on the market for some years now as a group of professionals able to find efficient and immediate solutions: construction from scratch, renovation, maintenance, coatings, leak research and resolution of the most varied problems: whether you are the owner of a private home or an accommodation facility it does not matter. Their mission is to help you in any case to the best of their ability.
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Chosen by very popular worldwide stars – but since the 1980s also from a large number of Anglo-Saxon and continental families – Umbria has now little to demonstrate. His admirable combination of spirituality, healthiness of the environment, variety and beauty of the landscape, magnified by the generous welcome of its major cities as well as country and mountains hamlets – make it a sort of centre of the world, where serenity of mind, light -heartedness, green of woods reigns.
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The exhibition is a tribute that the Municipality of Perugia intended to pay to the painter from The Marche region, a pivotal figure in Perugia’s historical artistic panorama at the turn of the century. The project focuses attention on a particularly fertile period of Perugia’s figurative culture through the exhibition of lesser-known or even unpublished works and documents from the museum’s storerooms and important private collections.
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Married to two still very young children – Miranda of two and a half years old and Pietro, who is 9 – we notice he is full of energy despite the pressing commitments of everyday life. Basketball player for over 18 years in Umbertide, he soon became passionate about the world of the technology and optimization of production systems, then evolving his interests in machine learning and artificial intelligence.
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Dr de Gregorio has always been inspired by Ivo Pitanguy who was called the “Michelangelo’s scalpel” and who said: “The true beauty is deeper than epidermis”; Many years ago he reached his personal gratification when, during a breast lifting intervention, his anaesthesiologist who saw the patient from another perspective said to him: “Danilo you are precise, delicate, elegant in the movements, artistic … you look like Michelangelo! “
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What is known today as ‘Passioni Lucio’ is the fortunate intuition of patron Lucio Tabarrini himself. Starting from an encyclopaedic knowledge of the world of meat, Lucio developed a project completely centred on a very ambitious and, for the times, a futuristic attempt: to win over friends and customers with an experience of absolute quality, of strong ties with the territory, of enhancing the differences and nature of individual products and productions – precisely because of their origin and thanks to the skill of the hands that laboriously forged them.
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The “Moderno” colour factory is one of the historical companies of the Umbrian territory: already active in 1969 it develops in the years to come with cutting-edge equipment and machinery and, in 1981, thanks to the intuition of the owner Alviero Bellezza, the company specializes in the supply of construction materials for internal or external use.
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“Our aim ̶ Marco tells ValleyLife ̶ is to offer ourselves as the go-to place for everything related to equestrian culture, and to constantly emphasize the enormous physical, mental and even spiritual benefits born from the relationship one can establish with this wonderful animal; it’s no coincidence our motto is ‘Wellbeing for horses and people’.
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“Our desire ̶ founder and owner Amedeo Cencioni tells me ̶ is to provide a memorable experience for our guests and those who come to visit us to enjoy our attractive, flavourful meals”. Our vegetables for example come directly from the biodynamic garden adjacent to the restaurant; the meat is all Tuscan, while the wine list encompasses in particular the territory of Montalcino and the Val d’Orcia”.
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The Teatro Povero in Monticchiello was one of the first Community Cooperatives in Italy, dating back to the 1980s: “We provide an example to others ̶ one of the volunteers proudly tells me ̶ a lot of committment goes into the organization of the Teatro Povero ̶ which, over time, has become known across the country.
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A visit to Emma’s Tavern: “always involves food and drink ̶ Alessandro tells me ̶ and we offer absolutely irresistible platters with different cold cuts, such as finocchiona, prosciutto, Tuscan salami, capocollo, spicy ventricina, rolled pancetta, but also grilled vegetables and cheeses and they are all local products”.
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