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MASSIVE T-BONE STEAK BARBECUE IN THE STREETS OF CORTONA ! 13 Aug 2013 | 07:11 pm
For the past 54 years the Comune of Cortona has hosted this annual beefsteak stravaganza on August 15, celebrating the annual Roman Catholic summer holiday dedicated to the Virgin Mary, known locally ...
Final night of Cortona Mix Festival 5 Aug 2013 | 10:42 pm
Jovanotti introduces Saviano (Copyright La Nazione) Last night, August 4, was the last and final concert in the successful Cortona Mix Festival series which began on July 27. This time the large s...
Cortona Mix Festival with Elio e le Storie Tese in Piazza Signorelli 1 Aug 2013 | 09:54 pm
Tonight, August 1st, Piazza Signorelli in the centre of Cortona will be swinging to the sound of a great Italian band called ELIO E LE STORIE TESE who been around since 1980. They are a band of comica...
Cortona Mix Festival 2013 29 Jul 2013 | 03:41 pm
From July 27 to August 4 the 2nd Edition of CORTONA MIX FESTIVAL presents international rock, jazz, flamenco, operatic and classical music concerts, ballet dancers, poetry and prose readings by and di...
CORTONA ON THE MOVE 2013 – a photo festival with top international photographers 23 Jul 2013 | 09:17 pm
CORTONA ON THE MOVE is now into its 3rd edition from July 18th to September 29th 2013 – a Photographic Festival with some superb photo exhibits displayed in a variety of historic buildings throughout ...
Sunflower fields are the delight of Cortona in July 18 Jul 2013 | 01:11 pm
A filed of bright sunflowers blowing in the wind in a field beneath Cortona. Sunflower seeds were brought to Europe from America in the 16th century, where, along with sunflower oil, they became a wid...
frances-and-ed-mayes-with-giusi 15 Apr 2013 | 06:07 pm
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Cortona, Feb 12, 2013 : Martedi’ Grasso (Mardigras) – The Last Day of Carneval 12 Feb 2013 | 04:19 pm
photo: www.carnevaldifoiano.it For 474 years the little Tuscan hilltown of Foiano della Chiana, just 20 minutes drive from Cortona, has been celebrating Carneval time along its narrow streets with ma...
A day at the olive mill (Frantoio) in Cortona… 26 Nov 2012 | 11:06 pm
The olive oil mills are working full steam ahead in the Cortona area, but the yield is down by 30% this year due to very low rainfall and unusally hot weather for months on end. The price of freshly m...
Roast pork on wheels… 11 Nov 2012 | 08:36 pm
What could be better than a scrumptious, hot, juicy ‘porchetta’ roll on a cold November night after a long day picking olives in the hills of Cortona ? The QUITTI family roast their own piglets overni...
