A PIECE OF HEAVEN

  • From Aphrodite to Poseidon, the kingdom of water that gives life to the valley of Citara.

    citara foto storiche 3With its slow, circular, uninterrupted movement, the donkey covered kilometers after kilometers without leaving its position, under the sun, faithful companion from dawn to dusk. Blindfolded the entire time, the quadruped carried out his ungrateful but indispensable task to turn the big wheel that quenched the thirst of the green valley.

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  • Let me tell you about Vitulano

     l’ve left my home in Vitulano 20 years ago, but I continue to consider myself fully Vitulanese and, just like every Samnites, to be proud of my origins. It would be interesting to investigate the reasons for this pride which is typical of those born and raised in these country villages, in contact with the land, traditions, ancient flavours.

    I can definitely talk about my country, because I know it thoroughly and because today, I can look at it with that right detachment that my life choices have imposed.

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  • Maiano - The secret of Neapolitan pizza of excellence is in the biscuit of Sorrento

    Even a few decades ago, children usually played among the large piles of clay dispersed in every corner of the hamlet. Everywhere, in its characteristic alleys, the hamlet of Maiano, one of the five districts of Sant’Agnello, revealed the importance of the terracotta manufacturing for the subsistence of its inhabitants.

  • The great adventure of the water of Naples

    Powerful, vigorous, lightning fast.

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  • Mount Epomeo

    "‘N coppa Santu Nicola" ("On Saint Nicolas"). This is how Ischia inhabitants have defined their mountain for centuries.

    An incomprehensible geographical indication to whoever is not from the island. It cannot be found on topographic maps, starting with the oldest one by Mario Cartaro from 1588. Who, instead, made official the name with which the hill dominating the other ones would become famous to foreigners: Epomeo. The green

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