Pietra Ligure (Liguria)

Liguria Highlights

Italy in Brief
Angelina Mango in 2023
Meet Angelina Mango, the First Woman to Win Sanremo in a Decade

Angelina Mango’s “La noia” (Boredom) was the winning tune at the 74th edition of Sanremo, estimated to have been watched by more than two-thirds of TV viewers across Italy.

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Italo Calvino in a mirror
In Rome, an Imaginative Exhibition Celebrates the Centenary of Italo Calvino

To mark the 100 year-anniversary of the writer's birth, a new exhibition at the Scuderie del Quirinale explores Italo Calvino’s place in the collective imagination.

Inspired Stays
The rooftop terrace at Capitolare Tower
Capitolare Tower: Star in Your Own Retrofuturist Fantasy by the Sea

At the center of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Porto Venere’s Capitolare Tower offers guests the singular opportunity to sleep in a freestanding, fully modernized 12th-century structure.

Travel
Sori
The Sori Loop: A Late-Spring Hike on the Italian Riviera

The heart of Liguria is often thought of as a city escape during the hottest months of the year. But one writer decided to ditch urban living for good after taking a particular hike there in spring.

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A woman browses at a book fair held in the Mazzini Gallery in Genoa
Genoa Was Just Named the 2023 Italian Book Capital. Read On!

For its local commitments to literacy, Genoa has been named Italian Book Capital 2023 by the Ministry of Culture. The Ligurian port city will pocket €500,000 for book- and community-centered initiatives.

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Recipes From Liguria

Recipes
Pesto lasagna
Open Pesto Lasagna

In this streamlined modern variation the lasagna sheets are stacked to create easy to assemble, but very elegant, individual portions.

Recipes
chestnut
Chestnut Flour Gnocchi with Butter and Sage

A delicious autumn recipe for tender gnocchi made with chestnut flour from Laurel Evan’s cookbook “Liguria the Cookbook: Recipes from the Italian Riviera,”. 

 

Recipes
Zemin di ceci
Zemin di Ceci: Chickpea and Chard Soup

A thick vegetable and legume soup made with chickpeas and chard, perfect for the onset of fall. 

 

Recipes
pasta with white wine
Pasta alla Deficeira: Pasta Cooked in White Wine

Traditionally, this dish was prepared at the height of the oil-pressing season in Liguria, offered by the olive growers as a gesture of celebration to those who helped with the harvest.

Recipes
pesto Bianca from Liguria
Pesto Bianco Ligure

This lovely pasta sauce hails from the region of Liguria, a type of "pesto bianco" made with walnuts, garlic, and ricotta.

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Hello I am told that my electricity supplier Servizio  Electtrica  nazionale are no more.

I have a credit of 500 Euros with them and don’t know how to claim it back. Does anyone have experience of claiming back a credit.

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@dato18 asks:

Hello, I just purchased a property in Liguria and I'm wondering if anyone has experience here refurbishing their own property. I'd love recommendations for the best DIY stores, any pitfalls to watch out for, and any other tips would be greatly appreciated.

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I'm looking for an english speaking Geometra in Seborga/Bordighera. I need the planning for a above ground swimming pool.

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