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A Journey Measured in Generations, Not Miles
ByEmidio Spinogatti 12 September 202512 September 2025

A Journey Measured in Generations, Not Miles It often begins with a whisper. A story you’ve heard a hundred times at the family dinner table about the ones who left. The name of a town in the old country—Campania, Sicily, Abruzzo—that sounds more like a myth than a real place on a map. It might…

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A Walk in Nature and History of Abruzzo: Mt. Porrara and the Freedom Trail
ByEmidio Spinogatti 20 September 201512 March 2021

Past week we did a hike on the ridges of the Porrara Mountain (Majella National Park). The hike allows to enjoy a pure nature and to live the traces of recent history. In fact the place was a strategic stronghold for Germans during WWII, because offered a wide view over the side valleys and over…

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