LeDueCalabrie Italia Blog | Geschichte Kultur Menschen Kalabriens

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I’m Katharina, and I started this blog to preserve a piece of Calabria’s history and culture and share it with other culture enthusiasts.I write about lesser-known parts of European history, as well as traditions and customs in Calabria that I’ve experienced, and about local people I’ve met here.

But LDC is more than that. It’s a digital space for inspiration and connection, for everyone interested in culture, history, and authentic travel in Calabria.

My blog is a work in progress. You won’t find finished content here, but rather thoughts, research, encounters, and evolving stories.

You are in the right place if you enjoy traveling off the beaten path and want to experience Calabria in an authentic way.

Perhaps you are in Calabria yourself and know special activities, local stories, or traditions you’d like to share?

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Carnival impressions from Calabria

In Calabria, Lent begins on Ash Wednesday — la Quaresima . Nighttime visits from house to house, folk songs, and a large bonfire in the piazza are essential parts of the tradition. Shrove Tuesday in Luzzi The Carnival celebrations reach their climax and end, because “King Carnival,” who has ruled here for the past few days, is dramatically burned under the watchful eyes of the masked villagers. But why? What did he do? Well, he ate too much pasta! According to legend, King Ca

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Feb 182 min read

The ‘Grupariata’ from Luzzi and the Myth of the Little Dove

A special, bread-like focaccia , around which a sad legend unfolds, and which is celebrated every year in Luzzi with a big festival. The finished grupariata , fresh out of the oven. Mmmm! Many of you probably know focaccia from Tuscany or schiacciata siciliana from Sicily. Less well-known, however, is grupariata from Calabria — more precisely from Luzzi, a village at the foot of the Sila mountains. Luzzi, nestled between the green slopes of the Sila and the wide Crati Vall

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Nov 4, 20254 min read

From Sicily to Argentina:Mary´s story!

Mary with her mother Concetta, around 1947, shortly before leaving for Argentina. “Li ciuri su beddi” – Mary greets me in Sicilian dialect! It’s a sunny autumn day in Buenos Aires, and Mary is in her garden waiting for my call from Germany. I want to interview her about her family’s history, who emigrated from Sicily to Argentina. “The flowers are beautiful,” she explains in Spanish, and you can tell the ties with Sicily remain strong. We have known each other for ten years,

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Oct 19, 20258 min read