Old units of measurement used by Calabrian peasants
By Francesco Tirinato Until a few decades ago, the systems and units of measurement prescribed by Ferdinand I of Aragon in the ancient Kingdom…
Memoirs of 19th century Calabria
By Francesca Politi – JUMP team The desire to learn through exploration is not a new phenomenon, it also provides a link to the…
Piazza Castello, Badolato, Southern Italy: from a threatening castle to an enjoyable open air living room
By SONIA SIMPATICO, JUMP Team – Italy Where today there is Piazza Castello (Castle Square), in early days you could find a fortress to…
The wine in the catoja of Badolato, Southern Italy, as trait d’union between past and present
By Sonia Simpatico, JUMP team The word catóju comes from the Greek catagheou and means a room on ground floor or in the basement. The…
Made in Calabria – Homemade soap
By Francesca Politi – JUMP Team «A wonderful myth about the origin of soap is it was a gift to humanity from the Roman…
The war memorial in Piazza Spirito Santo on the 76th Anniversary of the Liberation
By Francesco Tirinato – JUMP TEAM (Italy) We are in the central square of Satriano (a town in the province of Catanzaro), Piazza Spirito…
Linguistic heritage – Occitans: the smallest minority in Calabria
By Francesca Politi – JUMP Team Collective memory is related to history and has an identity function.The construction of a collective memory is instrumental…
Putting a whole village for sale in Badolato, Southern Italy
By Sonia Simpatico, JUMP Team We sell food, clothes, technology, services, opinions, souls. But putting a whole village for sale?I mean, the place where…
An ancient place of worship guarded by a Giant: the stone of Sant’Antonino
By Francesco Tirinato -JUMP TEAM, Italy While legend has it that the first inhabitants of Calabria were the sons of the ingenious Daedalus, builder…
Linguistic heritage – Italian-Albanian minority in the heart of Calabria
By Francesca Politi – JUMP team The tale of a community starts from what makes it unique. A population identifies itself in cultural expressions…