https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Every year, the fields of Umbrian village Castelluccio come alive with colour as part of an annual spectacle known as 'la fioritura' (the flowering or blooming). https://www.thelocal.it/20200708/in-photos-castelluccio-italy-flowers Wed, 08 Jul 2020 12:03:27 +0200 in-photos-castelluccio-italy-flowers Italy's right-wing opposition alliance was on Monday celebrating a local election victory in Umbria, a region known as a left-wing “stronghold” for the past 70 years. https://www.thelocal.it/20191028/italian-right-celebrates-rise-in-historically-left-wing-umbria Mon, 28 Oct 2019 11:21:21 +0100 italian-right-celebrates-rise-in-historically-left-wing-umbria Italians head to the polls in Umbria Sunday for a regional election heralded as a key test for both the young left-leaning government and a zealous new right-wing opposition alliance. https://www.thelocal.it/20191027/italian-right-hopes-to-conquer-left-stronghold-in-key-vote Sun, 27 Oct 2019 09:42:40 +0100 italian-right-hopes-to-conquer-left-stronghold-in-key-vote Pozzuolo usually gets overlooked in favour of its more famous cousins, but you'll find a quieter and more authentic pace of life in this quaint Umbrian town. Writer Gordon Craigie gives us a glimpse. https://www.thelocal.it/20190712/weekend-wanderlust-pozzuolo-italian-hill-town-youve-never-heard-of Fri, 12 Jul 2019 12:51:41 +0200 weekend-wanderlust-pozzuolo-italian-hill-town-youve-never-heard-of Cycling is the perfect way to explore the Italian countryside this time of year. Umbria is home to one of Italy's most beautiful bike routes, as writer Jeff Wilson recently discovered. https://www.thelocal.it/20190607/weekend-wanderlust-umbria-by-bike Fri, 07 Jun 2019 19:46:52 +0200 weekend-wanderlust-umbria-by-bike One of Leonardo Da Vinci's earliest paintings, the Benois Madonna, is to return to Italy next month for only the second time in 200 years, in honour of the artist's 500th anniversary. https://www.thelocal.it/20190513/leonardo-da-vinci-benois-madonna-rare-return-to-italy Mon, 13 May 2019 19:21:15 +0200 leonardo-da-vinci-benois-madonna-rare-return-to-italy A teacher at an Italian primary school has defended calling a black student "ugly", arguing that it was an experiment to teach children about racism. https://www.thelocal.it/20190222/italian-teacher-apologizes-for-calling-black-pupil-ugly-as-an-experiment Fri, 22 Feb 2019 18:01:33 +0100 italian-teacher-apologizes-for-calling-black-pupil-ugly-as-an-experiment When life hands you grapes, you make wine. Writer John Henderson meets a Californian-Sicilian couple who found a vineyard near their Umbrian home and turned it into one of the region's most promising new wineries. https://www.thelocal.it/20190129/in-the-us-you-could-never-do-this-how-one-american-opened-his-own-italian-winery Tue, 29 Jan 2019 10:24:09 +0100 in-the-us-you-could-never-do-this-how-one-american-opened-his-own-italian-winery A total of around 19,000 people were evacuated from their homes on Sunday as the Italian army worked to detonate two unexploded bombs, one in Umbria and one in Emilia Romagna. https://www.thelocal.it/20180730/11000-evacuated-for-detonation-of-unexploded-ww2-bomb Mon, 30 Jul 2018 13:21:13 +0200 11000-evacuated-for-detonation-of-unexploded-ww2-bomb Dozens of hot air balloons dot the skies over Italy's central Umbria region as enthusiasts gather from around the world for two weeks of friendly competition. https://www.thelocal.it/20180723/in-pictures-dozens-of-hot-air-balloons-fill-the-sky-for-international-competition-in-italy Mon, 23 Jul 2018 10:42:12 +0200 in-pictures-dozens-of-hot-air-balloons-fill-the-sky-for-international-competition-in-italy From February 2018, the journey between Perugia and Milan will take little more than three hours. https://www.thelocal.it/20171221/italy-high-speed-train-perugia-milan Thu, 21 Dec 2017 14:07:50 +0100 italy-high-speed-train-perugia-milan The Etruscan city and capital of the 'green heart of Italy' is often the focus for tourists who visit the central Italian province of Umbria. But from the high valley of the River Tiber to the shores of Lake Trasimeno, northern Umbria has much more to offer. https://www.thelocal.it/20171027/five-great-places-to-visit-near-perugia-in-umbria Fri, 27 Oct 2017 19:13:35 +0200 five-great-places-to-visit-near-perugia-in-umbria Looking for a property that combines history with modernity? This house, which is an independent annexe of a 14th century fortress complex, could be your ideal Italian home. https://www.thelocal.it/20171004/italian-property-of-the-week-a-lakeside-fortress-umbria Wed, 04 Oct 2017 16:32:33 +0200 italian-property-of-the-week-a-lakeside-fortress-umbria A series of earthquakes rocked Italy's central region on Thursday evening, the most powerful measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale. https://www.thelocal.it/20170428/central-italy-shakes-again-with-series-of-quakes-up-to-41-magnitude Fri, 28 Apr 2017 10:52:48 +0200 central-italy-shakes-again-with-series-of-quakes-up-to-41-magnitude Forget the touristy chaos of Rome and Florence, and smoggy Milan. There’s a hilltop gem within Italy’s ‘green heart’ which is, quite possibly, the best place in the country to live. https://www.thelocal.it/20170331/how-my-orvieto-intermezzo-left-me-hooked-enough-to-stay Fri, 31 Mar 2017 17:01:54 +0200 how-my-orvieto-intermezzo-left-me-hooked-enough-to-stay "Our little valley spoke to us like nowhere else had before and we both said together 'this is it!'" said Sarah Fopps, who set up a holiday rental business in Le Marche in 2007. https://www.thelocal.it/20170317/after-the-earthquakes-we-must-pull-together-and-show-that-central-italy-is-open-for-business Fri, 17 Mar 2017 16:12:21 +0100 after-the-earthquakes-we-must-pull-together-and-show-that-central-italy-is-open-for-business At least eight foreigners, including three Britons, a Spanish national, a Canadian and a citizen from El Salvador, were among the 250 people killed when a powerful earthquake struck central Italy this week, officials said, as rescuers continued the grim search for corpses on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160826/three-britons-among-dead-in-italy-earthquake Fri, 26 Aug 2016 10:22:40 +0200 three-britons-among-dead-in-italy-earthquake The death toll from a powerful earthquake in central Italy was revised downwards to 241 on Thursday but officials cautioned it could rise again as rescuers continued a grim search for corpses, as powerful aftershocks rocked the devastated area. https://www.thelocal.it/20160825/italy-quake-toll-hits-247-as-rescuers-hunt-for-survivors Thu, 25 Aug 2016 08:58:53 +0200 italy-quake-toll-hits-247-as-rescuers-hunt-for-survivors The deadly earthquake that struck central Italy before dawn on Wednesday occurred in a notorious seismic hotspot, and dangerous aftershocks are possible, scientists said. https://www.thelocal.it/20160825/quake-hit-in-one-of-italys-most-seismically-prone-regions Thu, 25 Aug 2016 11:15:17 +0200 quake-hit-in-one-of-italys-most-seismically-prone-regions A powerful earthquake that rocked central Italy on Wednesday left 73 people dead and the total is likely to rise, the country's civil protection unit said in the first official death toll. https://www.thelocal.it/20160824/panic-as-earthquake-strikes-central-italy Wed, 24 Aug 2016 06:51:00 +0200 panic-as-earthquake-strikes-central-italy