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News in Abruzzo Year 2000

20 October/ottobre 2000 MESSAGGERO - L'Aquila - Queen Elizabeth and the Aquilans / I rapporti tra Elisabetta e gli aquilani, by Amedeo Esposito Since the early 1900's English ambassadors to Italy, after being appointed, came to L'Aquila to take possession of their Anglican church, opened in 1873 in the Oratorio of San Filippo Neri, via Cavour, purchased by the British sovereigns. In 1961 Elizabeth interrupted the practice. Until then it was customary for the Aquilan mayor to offer tombolo lace, made by the nuns of the Beata Antonia, to the ambassadors' wives. That is why none of the precious laces stayed in the monastery. 20 October/ottobre 2000 MESSAGGERO - Capestrano - Delegation from Hungary to celebrate St John / Delegazione di ungheresi per celebrare S. Giovanni For the anniversary of the Saint's death (23 october 1456 in Ilok) Capestrano will host a delegation from Hungary, where the saints is so deeply worshipped also because on the 500th anniversary of his death the anti-communist revolution broke out, and that is also a national festival in Hungary nowadays. 20 October/ottobre 2000 MESSAGGERO - Villetta Barrea - Giulia is home from Molise / Torna a casa dal Molise la mula Giulia 10-year-old Giulia, a female mule native of Villetta Barrea wandered over 100 km from her new owner in Agnone, Molise, back to the native place, until she reaches the stable where she was born. But her destiny is to go back to her new owner. 20 October/ottobre 2000 IL CENTRO - - Sulmona - An exhibition for Cipollone / Una mostra per far conoscere Cipollone Musician Mattia Cipollone, (Lanciano 1837 - Assisi 1905) entered the church with the name of Fra Cristoforo da Lanciano and was chapel master in Santa Maria degli Angeli, Assisi, for 22 years. The exhibition reconstructs his career through documents, awards, letters. At 19 hours a concert in San Panfilo, Sulmona. 20 October/ottobre 2000 IL CENTRO - - Villetta Barrea - Native American medicine men for the Millennium Parks / Gli sciamani indiani per il Millennium Parks, by Cristina Notarantonio Three days of dance and rituals from Monday to Wednesday in the magic triangle in the Park on the occasion of an international meeting of enviromentalists. For the Third millennium parks have chosen Noah's Ark as their symbol.

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