Calabrian Life
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| Human-interest Stories about Life in Calabria along Italy's Ionian Shore |
| Our stories are designed for the Arm Chair Traveler, those contemplating a trip to Calabria, Students and Teachers of Italian. They complement our Italian Lessons by providing a variety of texts from easy to very difficult, while describing many fascinating aspects of this beautiful place in Italy |
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| Our objective is to provide our readers with the benefit of our experience, eyes and ears, and perhaps some friendly advice. We can't all make the trip back to the land of our ancestors, and as a result, many have only vague ideas about Calabria based on stories of long ago.. Most of them told of the problems of Calabria. There were many. The land was poor, not well developed and not well managed politically. Our stories are designed to fill in the blanks.. Who were these people?, What was their history? Just what events shaped the lives of our ancestors and contributed to making us who are we today? What has happened for those that chose to remain?.. We hope you enjoy reading our stories as much as we do writing them.. Thanks for your interest in Calabrian Life.. |
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| In our Fiction Section! Read the story of Calabrian Justice Get to know the last of the old Calabrian royalty Farewell My Love |
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| Special Feature Two New Articles by Professor Giuseppe Pisano of Soverato published for the first time in English that reveal new information about the Knights Templar in Calabria and Why Christopher Columbus set sail for America! |
| • Montauro lies on a straight line between Rennes Chateau and Jerusalem. • The lands around Montauro were used to as a staging point for men going to and returning from the Crusades. • The church of Montauro has numerous similarities with the Rennes Chateau including plan of the church, inscriptions, symbols of the Templar Knights and statuary. • Five other statues inside the church are of saints, (Giuseppe, s. Rocco, s. Alexander, St. Anthony and St. Lucia) having first initials that spell GRAAL. (grail) • Several nearby palaces bear inscriptions of the Knights Templars, the Rosicrucians and the order of the Free Masons Much More! |
| • Close ties between three important men of the day Innocent VIII (Giovanni Battista Cybo, 1484-1492), San Francesco di Paola Paola (1416-1507) and Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). • The Vatican popes were obsessed with retaking Jerusalem • A strong desire to launch a crusade around the year 1500. • Florentine bankers linked to Lorenzo the Magnificent and Pope Innocent VIII) of Genoa were the ‘angel” financial partners who financed the expedition • Columbus was confident that he could reach the east coast of Asia where he could claim land and gold to finance a crusade • The sails of Columbus’s ships displayed Templar Crosses and those of the Crusades Much More! |
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