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The toponym should come from, for lexical corruption, the Massa Afraniana, a roman latifundium which belonged to the gens Afrania, an important family that had possessions in the territory.

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  WTI Magazine #27    2014 Apr, 25Author : folclore.it      Translation by:   Since a few years Ascoli Piceno in the Marche region, homeland of the famous "olive ascolane" (fried olives from Ascoli), it has become the Italian capital of every variety of deep-fried food, in particular the fried food Italian style, welcoming every year a wide audi...

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  WTI Magazine #68    2015 September, 18Author : Enrico De Iulis      Translation by:   In common belief, it is thought that Donato Bramante was born in Milan or rather in Lombardy, but the truth is that he was born in 1444 in Fermignano, a small town near Urbino in the Marche region. In fact, the typical education from the center part of Italy,...

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Lecture, Film Screening and Wine & Food Tasting. Presented by Dr. Mauro Peroni You are cordially invited to attend a special program on Le Marche region of Italy at the Italian American Museum on Thursday, September 24th. Le Marche region is a little treasure still unknown to most foreigners. The New York Times and The Guardian enthu...

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CRN'S shipyard in Ancona hosted Saturday the technical operations for the launch of the used Flagship The first Riva Yacht entirely built in aluminium.   This day will remain in a very special moment in the history of Riva, a brand that is the icon of Made in Italy excellence in the world, but also in the history of the Italian yachting indu...

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di Anna Serafini   Una cucina naturale che esalta il sapore delle materie prime. Composizioni creative che si gustano già con gli occhi, calibrate per valorizzare il gusto di ogni elemento. Un'attenzione quasi maniacale ai dettagli. Lo chef stellato Michele Biagiola, classe 1973, di Macerata, è fedele al suo territorio e alla stagionalità de...

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Some say Dionisio Cimarelli is Italy’s finest living sculptor. Some people say he’s the greatest Italian sculptor in China. Trouble is, he’s in neither country. He’s right here in California, visiting and working in studios from Monterey to Los Angeles.   Born in the Italian region of Le Marche, he started studying art when he was 14. But he...

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Leonardo Da Vinci's The Last Supper changes its lighting thanks to a new LED installation, guaranteeing energy savings and much lower heat emissions. This solution pollutes less and helps to better preserve Da Vinci's very delicate masterpiece, which can now only be visited in small groups. The new lighting system was prepared by Marche-based comp...

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Oggi vi raccontiamo la storia di Filotea. Ma state tranquilli...nessuna reminescenza di storia greca antica. Filotea, ai giorni nostri; è una piccola realtà artigiana nel cuore delle Marche nata nel 2004 con la volontà di fare la pasta allo stesso modo di come la si faceva una volta. La pasta all'uovo Filotea viene infatti realizzata secondo l'ant...

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Every June, the Saint Anthony of Padua Church in Wilmington, Delaware, runs a week-long Italian Festival which celebrates the Feast of Saint Anthony. Since the 1920s, Saint Anthony's Italian festival has grown from a small carnival into a five-block celebration around the church. Every year the festival favors a region or city of Italy th...

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