Umbrian Saffron

This plant, which is native to Asia Minor, has been used since ancient times for dyeing, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and cooking. Its properties were known to the Egyptians as confirmed by the Papyrus of Ebers from about 1550 BC, but also in...

Truffle

Known and appreciated since far-off times, truffles were for long centuries associated with particular beliefs. Their nature and aspect appeared in fact somehow mysterious and several diatribes enlivened ancient civilizations trying to solve the poser of their origin. The...

A sea to navigate by sight

My passion for the seas and the islands has led me to love Umbria a lot. This is how I define that landscape: a sea that opens before the portico of the house...

I LOVE UMBRIA ››

by Folco Quilici
Questions of the Heart

A workshop of the Italian landscape. Green. The word, as in a psychological game, goes with the territory. Almost a conditioned reflex from which a famous successful slogan was coined: “Umbria, the green heart...

UMBRIA ››

by Federico Fioravanti
Umbrian Saffron

This plant, which is native to Asia Minor, has been used since ancient times for dyeing, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and cooking. Its properties were known to the Egyptians as confirmed by the Papyrus of Ebers from...

Excellencies ››

by Bruno Petronilli
Spello the jewel of Umbria

Inside a linen store is not exactly where you would expect to grasp the essence of an Italian city. But it was in the small boutique Il Telaio di Spello that shopkeeper Maria...

Stories on Umbria ››

by Vittoria Abbot Riccardi

Capodanno in Umbria