Harvesting the green gold of Calabria, Italy
By Sonia Simpatico JUMP team There is something unique in Calabria: its hills are covered by olive trees. Olive trees each 2 years are…
Charcoal Production in Calabria
By Francesca Politi – JUMP Team (Italy) We can say that making charcoal is the mother of all modern crafts: for several millennia burning…
Roberto Giglio: The ghost whisperer from Badolato, Southern Italy
By Sonia Simpatico – JUMP Team (Italy) Each of the small historical centres located on the Ionian coast of Calabria has been affected by…
A Byzantine Gem: The Cattolica of Stilo
By Francesca Politi – JUMP Team Greeks, Byzantines, Normans, Bourbons and more, have chosen over history this corner of the earth to settle. A…
The Citron from Calabria, a symbol between sacred and profane
By Francesca Politi – JUMP Team Was the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden really an apple? It might have been a citron,…
11 of November. In Calabria in San Martino every grape must become wine!
By Erika Gerardini – JUMP Team (Italy) 11 of November in Calabria region. At St Martin’s every must becomes wine! Today 11 of November…
Jewish sites in Calabria
By Francesca Politi – JUMP Team The South of Italy has been over history a landing place for civilizations coming from the Orient. A…
The Calabrian fathers of the Gregorian calendar
By Francesca Politi -JUMP Team In the 16th century the Gregorian Reform changed the way we keep track of dates. Behind this event we…
One of the oldest manuscripts of the New Testament in Calabria
By Francesca Politi – JUMP Team The Codex Purpureus Rossanensis is an ancient manuscript of extraordinary historical and archeological significance, found in that part…
A walk through the narrowest street of Italy – in Santa Caterina, Southern Italy
By Sonia Simpatico – JUMP Team (Italy) When you arrive to Santa Caterina Superiore at a first glance you would never think that in…