The Festival delle Nazioni, a historic and prestigious event that this year reaches its fifty-eighth edition, returns to Città di Castello from 28 August to 12 September 2025 with which a new design phase opens.
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In Montone, every Easter Monday and the penultimate Sunday of August (this year, therefore, from 17 to 24 August), the celebrations of the feast for the Donation of the Holy Thorn take place, an event capable of polarizing around itself the attentions of all the inhabitants of the village and neighbouring towns, as well as the many tourists who flock every year, more and more numerous, to attend and participate in the event
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The secret of Trattoria Lea does not lie only in the recipes handed down, in the fresh mushrooms or in the fine wines. It lies in the ability to make anyone feel welcomed, listened to, part of a story that continues to be written every day. And in a world where everything runs fast, finding a place like this, where the table is really warm, is a great little privilege
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Raphael’s Processional Standard of the Holy Trinity, kept in the Municipal Art Gallery of Città di Castello will be exhibited at the Met, Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, on the occasion of the exhibition “Raphael sublime poetry”, curated by Carmen Bambach, scheduled from March 23 to June 28, 2026, a complete itinerary on Raphael’s work with over 200 works from museums of international profile such as the Vatican Museums, Vatican Apostolic Library, Uffizi, Louvre, Prado, British Museum and National Gallery, to name the most illustrious institutions.
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Campo Base is much more than just a shop but a place of meeting, exchange and passion for nature and outdoor activities. In this interview, she tells us about her story and philosophy of responsible and conscious outdoor use.
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The exhibition “METALLICA. Sculpture in Italy 1947- 2005” curated by professor, Bruno Corà was conceived with significant works of art signed by Italian artists in the last eighty years; the exhibition thus intends to anticipate the inauguration of the Documentation Centre, also allowing the public to view the environmental redevelopment works, consolidation of spaces, restorations and decoration works.
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“Joy, Harmony, Fraternity”: this will be the leitmotif of the Festival of the Paths of Francis 2025, a journey through culture, environment and spirituality that for nine years has linked communities and territories of the Upper Tiber Valley, and beyond, in the name of the Franciscan experience.
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Today we have the pleasure of delving into the history, philosophy and evolution of this restaurant with Andrea Fontana.
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Dr. Ilari and Dr. Billi, guided by the most modern technologies and a continuous study of the subject, have created excellence in the medical panorama of Umbria and Tuscany.
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In the mind of every bride or in the imagination of every couple who intends to announce and seal its (hopefully) eternal union, there is a unique marriage, unrepeatable and never equal to others.
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Among the novelties, the scientific color reconstruction of the first documented work of Raphael, the Coronation of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino, edited by Francesco Paolo Di Teodoro and Filippo Camerota, visible in the exhibition through a digital installation produced by the Museo Galileo in Florence, and the scientific account of the important restoration work, by the Central Restoration Institute (ICR), the banner of the Brotherhood of SS. Trinità, the only mobile work of the artist left in Umbria, now located at the Municipal Art Gallery of Città di Castello in the same room of the “Martirio di San Sebastiano’, by Luca Signorelli, one of the most studied artists by Raffaello in his youth. The restoration has allowed to fill some of the gaps present in the work and left ‘exposed’ in the previous intervention of 2006, always edited by the ICR.
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In a recent edition of Valley Life (n. 163, spring 2021) we had already told the passionate historical-documentary research of Umberto Pippolini on Francesco di Bernardone, better known as “Saint Francis of Assisi”. The exciting research of Umberto – esteemed professional and inexhaustible creative – ended with the release of the text, already available in the bookstore: “Il Mio San Francesco di Assisi – Alla ricerca della sua unica e vera immagine”.
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The atmosphere is familiar and informal, but also extremely elegant: the beautiful veranda on the course of Sansepolcro during the Christmas holidays is adorned with lights, the atmosphere is even warmer, there is the desire to take a break from the working rhythms and enjoy a typical Tuscan appetizer, a good wine, a cut juniper and rosemary… But also a cod and shrimp difficult to find in the other restaurants in the area, because the cook Nicoleta has a great skill in cooking fish and in combining its flavors with those of the Tuscan tradition.
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The frescoes of the fifteenth century coexist with an older layer dating back to at least two centuries before, which have a clearly templar nature”. They are part of the original decorative apparatus of this, which could have been a church but also a temple, since the motifs refer to the stone of the temple in Jerusalem.
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And if you’re in the mood for meat, this is where you have to have dinner! The meat menu offers a choice of top quality, with types from all over the world, such as Japanese Kobe and Irish Angus. The room has special refrigerators for maturing, thanks to which cuts are subjected to a process of minimum 30 days before being ready for consumption.
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The history of this restaurant is intertwined with that of Città di Castello, as far back as 1910, in which it opened its doors as a refreshment point for the locals. In 1930 it will be transformed into Osteria da Primo, until the moment of the magical meeting with the spouses Antonio and Lea. It is there, in 1986, that the Trattoria la Lea begins its new course, carried out with professionalism and much commitment by Lea’s sons, Cristiano and Marco.
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