Umbria, Italy

Articles

I Love Italian Wine and Food - The Umbria Region
I love Italian wine and food so much that I am doing a series on the typical and special wines and foods of Italy's twenty regions. This article explores the Umbria region of central Italy. Bargains abound. I'll make specific recommendations, and won't be silent if I'm unhappy with a wine.

Resurrected: Lost Raphael Painting of Christ
An unknown work confidently believed to be by Raphael has been found beneath a later painting which had been put into the wall of an Umbrian church and forgotten. A banner once paraded by a Catholic lay fraternity shows Christ flanked by St Francis of Assisi and St Ubaldo, the 12th...