In this edition
No dispatches in today's edition.
Recent headlines from this bureau
- United Airlines adds three US-Italy routes for 2027, none for Umbria
- Nine in ten Italian schools lack air conditioning as heat persists
- Fifth heatwave of summer bears down on Umbria's hill towns
- The Wulz Sisters' Camera Defied Fascist Italy
- Calabria's Coast Draws Eyes, Umbria's Hills Wait
- Italy Targets Distracted Pedestrians in New Highway Code
- Amatrice's Slow Reconstruction Stirs Anger Across Italy's Earthquake Belt
- The Messina Bridge Dream, and What It Says About Inland Italy
Geography & climate
Mediterranean-continental; warm summers, cool winters.
Landlocked Apennine hills and valleys, the Tiber, medieval hill towns.
Economy & culture
Agriculture, food and chocolate, tourism, small manufacturing, ceramics.
Assisi and Franciscan heritage, hill towns, festivals (Umbria Jazz, the Spoleto Festival).