San Francesco 800
Seventeen years, an oral approval, a lost first text and two versions of the rule: how a fraternity of penitents in Assisi became the Franciscan order.
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Foliage in Italy: the definitive guide
A season that moves through Italy for two months: from the first alpine larches above Cogne to the last Japanese maples on the pre-alpine lakes, where to find fall foliage and why it never arrives everywhere at once.
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November in Italy: the definitive guide
White truffle weekends in Alba, new oil in the mills of Umbria and Puglia and the first Christmas markets in Trento and Bolzano: what Italy in November actually looks like.
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Lake Como in autumn
Foliage on the Triangolo Lariano, villas down to their last weeks and lake traffic thinning toward the off season, from late September through the first weeks of November.
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Seventeen years, an oral approval, a lost first text and two versions of the rule: how a fraternity of penitents in Assisi became the Franciscan order.
Autumn 2026 follows Italy through the season of foglie morte, the fallen leaves: woods turning copper, vineyards after the harvest, lake towns once the summer crowds have gone. Every article published for the season, across destinations, tables and stays, is gathered here in one place.
All in Autumn 2026
A season that moves through Italy for two months: from the first alpine larches above Cogne to the last Japanese maples on the pre-alpine lakes, where to find fall foliage and why it never arrives everywhere at once.
