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Filmed In Abruzzo

One of the first things I learned about Campo Imperatore, L’Aquila was that it was the location for many movies. Later, when I said to a friend of mine from Abruzzo that I was heading off to visit Rocca Calascio I was told that Ladyhawke was filmed there. I didn’t swoon at the thought of [...]

Ignazio Silone Update

If I have a piece of information related to Abruzzo that I just want to pass on without comment I usually use Twitter. In this case I’ve decided to write a short post because I know that many readers of this blog are very interested in Ignazio Silone and not everyone follows using Twitter.

Bitter Spring: [...]

Bread and Wine, Ignazio Silone

In a previous post, Looking Under The Hood, I introduced the writer Ignazio Silone.  He wrote Bread and Wine in the 1930s and it has themes of Socialism, Christianity, corruption, betrayal, love and survival, set in the hills, mountains, farms, villages and towns of Abruzzo.   What a mixture, how can it fail to entertain [...]