“Farther than Abruzzi”: Boccaccio made one of his characters say it to give a sense of the distant, of the secluded, of the fabulous. And his can certainly be taken as a proverbial expression to designate the condition and history of Abruzzi Region.
… Postcard from Italy :: Abruzzi, Mare e Monti
Within the Majella National Park, at the entrance of the spectacular “Vallone di Santo Spirito” – about 500 metres above sea level – rests the Benedictine Abbey of “San Martino in Valle”.
Legend has it that was San Martin, with the force of his elbows, to open a passage to access the mountain and build the Abbey. … The Art of Wandering :: Saint Martin Gorges
“Is not this a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I love – that makes life and nature harmonise. The birds are consulting about their migrations, the trees are putting on the hectic or the pallid hues of decay, and begin to strew the ground, that one’s very footsteps may not disturb the repose of earth and air, while they give us a scent that is a perfect anodyne to the restless spirit.
Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.” ~ George Eliot
La pace e lo spettacolo della natura sono gli elementi principali di questo luogo eterno ed infinito. Tutto appare immobile e i colori autunnali lo rendono quasi monocromatico… | photo & video: ©MateldaCodagnone
“La nostalgie est noir et blanc.” ~ Anny Duperey
photo: ©MateldaCodagnone
“If someone thinks that peace and love are just a cliche that must have been left behind in the 60s, that’s a problem. Peace and love are eternal.” ~ John Lennon
“Noir et Blanc” :: Photographies de Matelda Codagnone
photo: ©MateldaCodagnone
This summer too, is coming to a close; the longest and hottest ever. We will miss it, because, as Ennio Flaiano said:
… Fine Estate :: Photos de Voyage“There is only one season: summer. So gorgeous that the others ring around it. Autumn recalls it, winter beseeches it, spring envies it and childishly tries to spoil it.” ~Ennio Flaviano
A festival designed for children, a party to celebrate nature and the forest and all its inhabitants – fairies, elves, fauns, jesters, trolls, giants… Read more: International Festival of the Gnomes… via festadeglignomi.it
“It is frightfully difficult to know much about the fairies, and almost the only thing for certain is that there are fairies wherever there are children.” ~J.M. Barrie
La festa degli gnomi è molto particolare, piena di colori e giochi, un bel modo di far trascorrere a ragazzi di tutte le età del tempo nel verde e nel rispetto dell’ambiente. Il festival si svolge tra Pescocostanzo, Roccaraso e Rivisondoli in località meravigliose come il Bosco di Sant’Antonio uno dei luoghi più belli dove poter incontrare fate, elfi, fauni, giullari, troll, giganti…
Moonlight Dinner on Trabocchi Coast – Abruzzo, Italy… photo: © Matelda Codagnone
… Trabocchi part 1 :: Moonlight Dinner in 7 photos
Photo reportage from Abruzzo, Italy: Tufillo (Chieti)
… Postcard from Italy :: Tufillo, (Chieti), Abruzzo