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Best Easter celebrations and processions of Holy Week near Rome

: Claudia Bettiol; Category: Lifestyle; 22 March 2019; LAZIO • VITERBO • Orte

Religious festivals represent a large part of the traditional Italian heritage. Besides being an expression of faith that has been repeated every...

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Easter in Veroli visiting the Sepulchres on Thursday and the Holy Friday procession

: Claudia Bettiol; Category: Lifestyle; 22 March 2019; LAZIO • FROSINONE • Veroli

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For many centuries, in the Borgo Ciociaro of Veroli Easter also entails a visit to the Sepulchres on the occasion of Holy Thursday and an impressive...

Easter Holy Week in Orte and the Procession of the Dead Christ

: Andrea Celani; Category: Lifestyle; 22 March 2019; LAZIO • VITERBO • Orte

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Celebrations of Easter in Orte begin on Holy Thursday with a visit to the Sepulchres where each church sets up its own altar adorned with wheat and...

Easter in Bagnoregio: procession of Good Friday over the suspension bridge in Civita di Bagnoregio

: Claudia Bettiol; Category: Lifestyle; 22 March 2019; LAZIO • VITERBO • Bagnoregio

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The tradition of the Bagnoregio procession began in 1600 but the miracle linked to the wooden cross dates back to the 1400s. It is said that in 1499...

Bola, the Via Labicana, Labicum and Labico

: Claudia Bettiol; Category: Special Places; 09 March 2019; LAZIO • ROMA • Labico

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The fact that the whole area around Rome has been built on Roman remains is undoubted as many small villages or urban centers were formed around the...

The strange connection of engineer Eiffel, Lima and Labico

: Claudia Bettiol; Category: Art & Architecture; 08 March 2019; LAZIO • ROMA • Labico

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There is a special bond that unites the great engineer Eiffel with Labico, a small town south of Rome. But who was Eiffel and how do the two stories...