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A cookery book for L'Aquila

Now there is a book which not only introduces readers to the cookery of Abruzzo but will also enable them to help victims of the 2009 earthquake as all profits from “Breaking Bread in L’Aquila” will be donated to the earthquake relief fund.

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Week-long festival in Abruzzo: the Mastrogiurato in Lanciano

If you are going to be in the Abruzzo region at the end of August and beginning of September, you will have the chance to see a very special event in Lanciano [Chieti Province]. From Sunday 29th August to Sunday 5th September the historic centre of the town will celebrate the medieval period when fairs were the hub of commerce and the centre of culture for many cities.

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Nicolas Calvano's story - Searching for relatives in Vasto

In a previous article Nick Calvano told Italy Magazine how he found his Italian relatives through the internet and met them in March 2001. Now he and his wife Margaret tell Pat Eggleton what happened when they went to Vasto in Abruzzo.

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Wild goose chase in Abruzzo

A gaggle of about ten geese have almost caused a war between the neighbouring towns of Scanno and Villalago in Abruzzo.

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Clooney back in Italy

George Clooney and other members of the cast and crew of “The American” were back in the town of Sulmona in L’Aquila Province [Abruzzo] last week to reshoot several scenes from the film, reports ANSA.

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Cocullo - a "charming" place

Nick Hankins witnesses an extraordinary cult in a remote village in Abruzzo...

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L'Aquila - one year on exactly

Yesterday was a solemn Easter Monday in L’Aquila [Abruzzo] as preparations were made for the night-time commemoration of the earthquake which struck the town and surrounding area at exactly 3.32 am on 6th April last year.

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Some croaking seismologists

The behaviour of common toads in the L’Aquila area changed dramatically in the days leading up to last April’s earthquake...

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L’Aquila after the earthquake

Much remains to be done in the Abruzzo city nearly a year after it was devastated by an earthquake. Tara McLaughlin reports..

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Spotlight on Giulianova, Abruzzo

Tara McLaughlin steps back in time when she travels to Giulianova Alta, in Abruzzo

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