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Halloween Special: The Ghost of Bardi Castle

In this special Halloween episode we explore the castle of Bardi in the Apennines of Parma. The ghost is supposedly that of Moroello, the captain of the castle garrison who is said to have died along with his beloved Soleste in the late 15th century.

We also take some time to explore the history of the castle and finally propose our own A History of Italy style alternative ending.

Here is the link to some of the photos taken in 1995:

LA FORTEZZA DI BARDI e la foto del fantasma

The link to the video:

Link to the Instagram page of Domenico Barletta, author of “Soleste e Moroello”:

https://www.instagram.com/domenico_barletta.nico75/?utm_medium=copy_link

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NewsCappuccino: Roman helmets and insulting Austria – The Italian national anthem

In honour of Italy’s splendid performance in the EURO cup, a taste on what you can hear on Patreon about the content of the Italian national anthem: the battle of Legnano, Scipio Africanus, the Sicilian Vespers and making fun go Austria.

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F100: 02 Benito Andrea Amilcare Mussolini, early years

In the second episode of Fascism 100, the series on the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Fascist party, we look at the life of Benito Andrea Amilcare Mussolini from his birth on 29th July 1883 to 1921 when the first Fascist delegates were elected to the Italian parliament.

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Berlusconi and Bunga Bunga part 2

In this second part of our review of Wondery’s “Bunga Bunga” podcast and our memories of the Berlusconi era, we look at the 2001 – 2006 legislation, lead by Berlusconi and the longest lasting in Italian republican history

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Fill in episode – Women’s world cup and how offsides came to Pulaski, VA

While still doing a little dillying and a touch of dallying, we take a moment to look at the recent Women’s Fifa soccer world cup and relive some soccer memories from the great state of Virginia.