Two days of exploration for us from Discoverplaces in the Marche Region. We had the pleasure of spending these days in the Marche region, walking in one of its most beautiful villages, Corinaldo, which has a very special bond with Paliano, the town where our editorial team is located. We Read more…
So what is it that made Giovanni Paisiello so angry on 16 February 1816. For 34 years he had been lauded as the composer of a very popular opera since his Barber of Seville premiere. Yet on this day he organised a claque to destroy the premiere of an opera by a Read more…
The last Sunday in November, the second day of the annual Candles in Candelara festival, on the hills above Pesaro, clear blue skies and it is cool but not wintery. This festival was born only in 2004, but has become a worldwide Christmas market magnet in just a few years. Read more…
The first time I met Vittorio Livi he seemed to come straight out of a story by Fellini: his long curly hair, his accent and his good humour are what you would expect to find in Romagna. When I was growing up we were all enchanted by people from this Read more…
In the soft rolling hills of the Marche region, one village is distinguished from the others at Yuletide by a celebration that is unique in the world: the small town of Candelara, the country of the candles. From the end of November for three weekends electric lighting is extinguished and the villagers Read more…
Nearly 200 years ago in the Marche provincial town of Macerata, 100 of the good towns folk banded together to fund the building of a grand stadium, one that has become known as the Sferisterio Arena andone where the Macerata Opera Festivalis held. Not surprisingly, this stadium was not built Read more…
Near Pesaro in Marche lives a fine entrepreneur, poet, humourist, gentleman and enigmatic genius, Nani, il Conte Alessandro-Ferruccio Marcucci Pinoli di Valfesina and his enchanting wife Paola. Nani is master of The Hotel Alexander on the beach in Pesaro. This hotel is the epitome of the Energitismo philosophy. It is Read more…
You stand in the Piazza di Popolo in Pesaro, it is near Christmas, cold but not bitter, the sun has set and shop owners are wondering whether there is a life before the rush for an aperitif and, away from the loneliness of the shop, an accord at the bar Read more…
Tiziana Paci is the author of 2 books on the method to be a fashion designer, “The Figure in Fashion” and “Male Figure in Fashion” translated in 8 languages and sold in millions of copies (Edited by IKON for Italy and PEPIN for other languages). We asked her how these Read more…
Fashion Design vs the computer I am Tiziana Paci, a professional writer and illustrator and I have taught fashion design since the 80s, when the personal computer did not exist and everything was done by hand both at school and in companies. Then, from the 90s, the computer has invaded Read more…
