it was previously generally believed to be the work of Signorelli’s school.The official presentation was held last Dec 28 in the Pinacoteca di Palazzo Vitelli alla Cannoniera funded by eCampus University through theArt Bonus mechanism involved a multidisciplinary team of restorers marking a milestone in the panorama of the conservation and enhancement of Italy’s artistic heritage The work thus returns to the Pinacoteca hall where there is already a conspicuous number of works by Signorelli and the workshop starting with the fundamental Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian which is one of the masterpieces of the artist from Cortona imposing in its size (two by three meters) at the time of Napoleonic requisitions was destined for the Louvre director of the museum and Napoleon’s trusted man the impossibility of transporting it prevented its expatriation instead followed a troubled fate: found in 1945 among the masterpieces destined for Hitler’s museum in Linz it represents a significant fragment of the story the Saint Cecilia Altarpiece remained relegated to a generic attribution to the school of Signorelli obscured by trauma and heavy repainting that had altered its details art historian Mario Salmi had mistakenly attributed it to the mediocre painter Pietro Baldinacci Thanks to the intuition of researcher Giuseppe Sterparelli and the work of restorer Paolo Pettinari assisted by Marco Santi for the wooden support and Francesca Rosi of the CNR for the scientific investigations it was possible to rediscover the hand of Luca Signorelli supervised by the Soprintendenza Archeologia took a year to complete and made use of innovative non-invasive techniques to study the pictorial materials The process involved two main phases of cleaning: the first brought to light the original chromatic values of the work restoring the liveliness typical of the Renaissance master; the second conducted in close collaboration with Giovanni Luca Delogu made it possible to enhance the aesthetic and formal details that characterize Signorelli’s style Among the most significant discoveries were the recovery of the nudity of the Child Jesus originally covered by a loincloth redesign transformed in the 17th century into a dress in the fashion of the time The intervention revealed a complex and harmonious work a mirror of Signorelli’s artistic maturity during his time in Città di Castello under the protection of the Vitelli family the painter developed that "bizarre and capricious invention" celebrated by Giorgio Vasari Kept in the Pinacoteca tifernate since 1912 the altarpiece is now a feather in the museum’s cap and a draw for scholars and art lovers from around the world titled “A Rediscovered Signorelli,” was enhanced by projections on the Pinacoteca’s facade and a performance by the Abbatini Chorale The museum can be visited Tuesday through Sunday 10 a.m “There are many ways to celebrate an artist and usually restorations in addition to exhibitions are the best tools,” says Tom Henry “This intervention makes it possible to enhance not only the Santa Cecilia Altarpiece but also to give proper attention back to Luca Signorelli’s late work which proves crucial to really understanding his path and history And Signorelli’s work in Città di Castello plays a role of primary importance also for the formation of the young Raphael.” “We have the honor of returning to our contemporaries a work of very fine workmanship,” emphasized Luca Secondi in which Signorelli’s style and mastery are appreciable both in the whole and in details of rare beauty Cecilia altarpiece lost its original appearance Today we can see it as it appeared to our fellow citizens in the 16th century-a privilege that does not happen often and for which we thank eCampus University Città di Castello is a city that over time owes much to patronage thanks to which we host works by Signorelli and Raphael It is important that this fruitful relationship between public and private for the enhancement of cultural heritage continues in the future many people worked almost daily to restore the Santa Cecilia Altarpiece: we thank Tom Henry who saw Signorelli’s imprint hidden behind the signs of time which followed the restoration on an ongoing basis The restoration site set up in the Pinacoteca made it possible to follow the difficult and delicate unveiling process in real time through the complex critical acts that made it possible to restore the altarpiece to its original splendor and to share the journey with visitors founder of eCampus University and patron of the operation through Art Bonus does not conceal his enthusiasm: “our University as a natural venue for the promotion of knowledge which is also worthwhile from the point of view of attracting tourists to the area In this sense we have ideally followed the example of one of our illustrious fellow citizens who made possible the restoration of Luca Signorelli’s frescoes in Morra CITY OF CASTELLO: Marasercu 6 (37'st Ricci n/a), Spiritosi 6 (17'st Burzicchi n/a), Djabar 6, Jallow 6, Riberti 6 (39'st Bruschini n/a), Jusufi 6, Muca 6, Balocchi 6, Piselli 6, Cristiano 6, Lungu 6 (26'st Innocenti n/a). 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Referee: Mancini from Foligno 7 (Milasi and Alunno) Goalscorers: 23'pt and 40'pt Russo, 26'pt and 2'st Miccio, 36'pt and 14'st Barbarossa Latest UpdatesCountries Why Join?IL MagazineFree Daily E-LetterVideoOur ExpertsTestimonialsFAQsTopics Valerie Fortney-Schneider returned to her roots in the southern Italy region of Basilicata With the heady fragrance of fresh truffle wafting from the kitchen my mouth waters as I await the plate of handmade tagliolini pasta that will soon be coming my way It’s easy to think that this is the perfect Italian hill town I’m in Umbria, the region that lies between Rome and Florence at Italy’s geographic center The problem with Umbria isn’t that gems are hard to find The region has a seemingly endless supply of utterly charming towns and picture-postcard landscapes Umbria, like neighboring Tuscany is covered in rolling hills quilted with cultivated fields Umbria has been dubbed “the New Tuscany.” But I think it is the “old” Tuscany; Umbria clings to its agricultural roots and old-time traditions to its quiet rhythms and its cultural heritage Umbria offers everything that Tuscany does A glass of wine at a bar with snacks can be enjoyed for €4 to €7 ($4.60 to $8) A plate of homemade pasta topped with prized white truffles set me back €10 ($11.50) as did a perfectly grilled super-tender steak of local beef Pizza and beer for two is a worthy €20 ($23) outing you could have a pretty charming life in Umbria with a budget of €1,350 (around $1,580) a month Real estate in this region also won’t break the bank; you can have your own Umbrian idyll for as little as $57,400 This well-kept town is one of those appealing places that is big enough to have everything you need but small enough to maintain a sense of community And the honey-colored brick buildings cascading down the hillside seem to gleam in the sun The streets are often stair-stepped and sloped (Some of Todi’s steepness is overcome with a slick funicular that whisks you up to town.) I love Todi’s overall atmosphere; it’s got a warm aura to it and it gets my vote as the friendliest town People seem to beam; their smiles and sing-songy buongiornos make me think they are genuinely happy there Todi hosts annual events like a tango festival and the week-long Todi Festival and a lovely park with tree-lined paths where I watched frolicking kids Outside town is a swank spa resort and sophisticated wineries I think it would be hard to be a vegetarian in Todi though; I was lured by enticing smells of grilling meat in all quarters of town and battalions of chickens slow-roasting over open fires are some of the mouth-watering delicacies to be savored here As if Todi’s perfectly kept old town wasn’t enough its setting among some spectacular woods and surprising river canyons gives it a natural appeal It’s also in a near-perfect “triangle,” only 50 minutes from Spoleto Todi has some surprising real estate bargains Nice rental apartments start at just €350 a month A nicely restored apartment in the heart of the historic center steps to all the cafés and the gorgeous main piazza It’s the town I would pick if I were to move to Umbria spilling over just enough to exude hill-town ambience without being steep enough to hurt your legs The cathedral and other churches were decorated by hometown hero Pietro Vannucci the Renaissance master known as Il Perugino (a bit inaptly nicknamed His most famous work is in the Sistine Chapel but he certainly endowed his own town with many masterpieces it’s impossible to distinguish the difference the hills are softer and the valleys shallower Silvery olive trees glisten in the sun; stripes of vines streak the fields and the sunlight gives off an ethereal golden hue including a blues festival and a tasty saffron fair so you’ll find creamy risottos and pasta sauces with the fragrant scrumptious wild boar sauce that’s made here A lovely loft in a restored building in the heart of town that is bright and cozy with terra cotta floors An ample-sized two-story townhome in the city center with two bedrooms A house with a pool is renting for just €500 ($585) while an apartment in a palazzo complete with frescoes is listed at €650 a month ($702) This city of about 40,000 people sits along the Tiber River The old town is cradled in ancient protective walls and dotted with Renaissance palazzi and civic buildings are loaded with art by heavy hitters like Raphael The town center is lively and lived-in; it’s also level lots of folks were pedaling around on bikes along with plenty of pasted-up notices for upcoming festivals and exhibitions so be sure to try some strangozzi pasta with white and black truffles Some restaurants have a full page of dishes bearing the prized tubers Move to Italy and Enjoy La Dolce Vita (the Sweet Life) Fun and Interesting Facts About Italy Where is Italy on a Map of the World? ShareSaveCommentLifestyleTravelCastles And Contemporary Art In The Umbrian CountrysideByErica Firpo Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights I am a Rome-based culture and travel journalist.Follow AuthorMar 24 10:42am EDTShareSaveCommentThis article is more than 2 years old.Castello di Reschio Sometimes a wrong turn brings you to the right place After a few hours of driving north on the E35 and E45 in the Upper Tiber Valley took a sharp left under an overpass and found ourselves in a fantasy landscape of green fields and hills where a large blue sign indicated the end of Umbria We were exactly where we wanted to be - the Valle di Niccone The Niccone Valley is an 11-mile long stretch of olive groves It’s a fairy tale landscape where medieval towers stand as weathered sentinels over a sun-drenched landscape where castles grow in orchards and where Umbria overlaps with Tuscany The valley of unbridled natured is bookend by hamlets Lisciano Niccone and Niccone Castello di Reschio looms over lush vineyards and olive groves when the stone structure was built on the site of former Roman settlement Resculum (Latin for ‘fortification)’ Reschio is a definitely a fairy tale whose story spans a millennium of land grants bishops and nobility until a serendipitous change of hands in the late 20th century fell in love with the valley and purchased a small parcel on the Reschio estate He raised his family here and by the turn of the century he became owner to Rescho’s entire 3700 acres Reschio’s landscape was populated with castle a tobacco-drying warehouse and a vast forest decided to transform the estate into a luxury hospitality communityt initially renovating the farmhouses into luxurious villas decided to make the fairy tale come true and restored the castle into a 36-room luxury hotel I’ve watched enough Game of Thrones to understand that medieval castle life was a microcosm an all-encompassing mini-city where everything need to function was located within the castle’s walls Reschio recreates this in its fortified luxury walls- the rooms are individual private apartments styled with vintage and custom-made pieces designed by Benedikt and manufactured locally an indoor flower garden in a deconsecrated chapel and a subterranean spa in the rustic stone walls Just outside the castle are vegetable gardens an equestrian center (that doubles as an open-air cinema) one of the most beautiful swimming pools all of Italy and a renovated farmhouse that is a cooking campus and restaurant almost morsel provided (and what the horses eat as well) is sourced on site Soon the linens will be loomed on site from home-grown hemp There is absolutely no reason to leave Reschio but the castle is in the perfect location for exploring the towns of Niccone valley and the Upper Tiber Valley like Citta di Castello Artist Alberto Burri was born in Citta di Castello in 1915 Burri was transferred to Texas as a prisoner of war in 1943 His post-war return to Italy marked the beginning of his life as an artist who used a variety of everyday materials to create introspective Burri’s work touched in all areas and Fondazione Albizzini has the largest collection The palazzo is a chronological visual journey through the history of Burri art-making where you get a sense of the life and vision of the poly-materialist artist eventually using more unorthodox materials including aluminium dust plastic and unconventional techniques like stitching Burri’s pieces are tactile - canvases are melted begging to be touched and can be (as models) at the Ex-Seccatoio an enormous former tobacco-drying facility on the edge of town house The Ex Seccatoio is home to more than 100 of Burri’s celotex paintings - larger multimedia works on a polyurethane insulation press board The 120,000-square-foot exhibition space is made up of 11 connected hangars with cathedral-like ceilings 52 feet in height and each a ground space half the length of a soccer pitch Each angar is dedicated to a cycle of paintings like the series Il Viaggio 12 large panels that look like color puzzles or Burri’s black on black alphabet series There is not angle nor perspective that doesn’t look amazing minimalist curation leaves enjoyment and interpretation to the imagination And that was Burri’s idea from the moment he consecrated the former drying warehouse into his personal studio in the late 1960s and 70s effectively creating one of his largest works of art I rewarded Pepe with a satisfying amount of dog biscuits," he adds a 79-year-old founder of Bottega Tifernate (a globally renowned art reproduction company) especially since the oversize black truffle had two additional truffles attached summer Scorzone truffles sell for around 500 euros per kilogram. Considering that the previous record for the largest truffle in the world reported by Guinness World Records in 2014 was a hypogeal fungus found by Sabatino Tartufi weighing 1,890 grams (later reduced to 1,786 grams due to moisture loss during transport to New York) we are certainly dealing with an extraordinary occurrence "News like this benefits the industry and brings positive signs for the upcoming truffle hunting season at the end of September and barring drastic changes in temperature we should have an abundant autumn following two years of shortage of supply and skyrocketing prices," comments Giuliano Martinelli entrepreneur and regional president of the food sector at Cna Umbria "The truffle hunt" in the upper Tevere valley is increasingly popular attracting over 1,000 enthusiasts and an average of 4,000 dogs "The entire industry aims to become the beacon of the economy and the promotion of the territory with flagship events such as the National White Truffle Fair in Città di Castello," says Letizia Guerri councilor for Tourism and Commerce of Città di Castello Do you want to discover the latest news and recipes of the most renowned chefs and restaurants in the world La nostra società utilizza inoltre cookie funzionali per registrare informazioni sulle scelte dell’utente e per consentire una personalizzazione del Sito; ad esempio Questi cookie possono essere installati dalla nostra società o da Terze parti In caso di disabilitazione di questi cookie la qualità e l’esperienza di navigazione potrebbe non essere soddisfacente Questi cookie sono installati da social media per consentire la condivisione dei contenuti del presente Sito Essi sono in grado di monitorare la navigazione compiuta anche in altri siti e creano un profilo dell’utente sulla base dei suoi interessi Ciò potrebbe avere un impatto sul contenuto e messaggi visualizzati sugli altri siti visitati non sarà possibile utilizzare o visualizzare questi strumenti di condivisione per l’installazione e l’uso di tali cookie occorre il consenso dell’utente Per maggiori informazioni consulta la pagna cookies policy the Città di Castello (Perugia) Gallery of the Arts will host Di Segno in Segno produced under the patronage of the City of Città di Castello Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio Città di Castello Rotary Club Città di Castello and the technical partnership of Petruzzi Editore.On this occasion a complete body of graphic works by Italian drawing master Omar Galliani which associate lithography on stone with manual interventions in tempera or pastel or applications in Carrara marble “If Galliani’s best-known works find in drawing the most authentic matrix of his production as well as his favorite technique,” writes Lorenzo Fiorucci “in lithography he does not lose the genuineness of his research albeit with sometimes surprisingly different outcomes In the lithographs one can in fact appreciate what are the technical qualities of a graphic sign that in its unraveling among the smooth surface of the stone becomes first an inverted mirror of an image and then a metaphor of a study pursued in a perspective increasingly oriented to a reinterpretation of the very idea of figure also through historical samplings and quotations chromatic datum of sophisticated oneiric construction emerges preponderantly almost in an evocative mixture of symbolist instances immersed in surreal cosmic suggestions The fascination of Galliani’s research lies precisely in this ability to stitch together visions which transports the observer inside a variegated world classical quotations and contemporary references.” “Every time you scratch a slab you notice the background of light advancing or receding and the reflection snags and sounds with a few deaf and linear notes Line of shadow or light where acids devour and blunt your night marks Night of soluble or ethereal nitrates in long or short poses Night of hands light or heavy in removing or adding In the fixed or mobile the unique and the multiple surface in the dynasty of signs interrupted by the Arabic numeral Code of violated passions on a tender copper plate,” wrote Omar Galliani in 1991 For info: www.galleriadellearti.net Hours: Daily 10:30 am to 1 pm and 5 pm to 7:30 pm Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Pope Francis on Saturday received in audience Cardinal Marcello Semeraro Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints the Holy Father confirmed the conclusions of the Ordinary Session of the Cardinals and Bishops and decided to extend to the universal Church the cult of Blessed Margaret of Città del Castello inscribing her in the book of Saints (equipollent canonisation) the Pope also authorised the Congregation to promulgate the degrees regarding: The martyrdom of the Servants of God Vicente Nicasio Renuncio Toribio and eleven companions of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer The heroic virtues of the Servant of God Pietro Marcellino Corradini founder of the Congregation of the Collegine Sisters of the Holy Family; born on 2 June 1658 in Sezze The heroic virtues of the Servant of God Emanuele Stablum professed religious of the Congregation of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception; born on 10 June 1895 in Terzolas The heroic virtues of the Servant of God María de los Desamparados Portilla Crespo layperson and mother; born on 26 May 1925 in Valencia The heroic virtues of the Servant of God Anfrosina Berardi layperson; born on 6 December 1920 in San Marco di Preturo Thank you for reading our article. 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An Octane Media, LLC Publication. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. It's not your fault — it's your browser's, but there are many more modern browsers you can use to browse Crux: ListenPope Francis issued a decree declaring the sainthood of Blessed Margaret of Città di Castello, a much-loved Italian Dominican laywoman. The decree is what the Vatican terms an “equipollent” or equivalent canonization; when there is evidence of strong devotion among the faithful to a holy man or woman, the pope can waive a lengthy formal canonical investigation and can authorize the person’s veneration as a saint. The Vatican announcement April 24 said the pope declared her a saint after the cardinals and bishops who are members of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes recommended doing so. Born to noble parents around 1287, St. Margaret was blind and had a severe spinal curvature. Her parents, determined to keep her out of public view, kept her in seclusion in a walled room of a parish. Taking her to a shrine known for miraculous cures in the Umbrian town of Città di Castello, St. Margaret’s parents abandoned her there when she was not healed. Helped by the townspeople, she was given shelter in various homes and eventually welcomed by Dominican nuns. Despite the hardship and rejection she endured, St. Margaret was known for her joyful disposition and was later accepted as a lay Dominican. Since her death in 1320, hundreds of miracles have been attributed to her intercession. Meeting with Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes April 24, Pope Francis also advanced the sainthood cause of Enrique Ernesto Shaw, signing a decree recognizing the heroic virtues of the businessman from the pope’s native Argentina. Born in 1921, Shaw founded the Christian Association of Business Executives and was arrested during a wave of anti-Catholic sentiment under the administration of Argentine President Juan Peron. After he was released, he continued advocating the application of Catholic social teaching in the workplace. He died in Buenos Aires in 1962 of cancer. The pope also signed decrees advancing the sainthood causes of: — Redemptorist Father Vicente Nicasio Renuncio Toribio, five other Redemptorist priests and six Redemptorist brothers who were killed “in hatred of the faith” between 1936 and 1939, during Spain’s Civil War. — Italian Cardinal Pietro Marcellino Corradini, founder of the Collegine Sisters of the Holy Family. He was born in 1658 and died in 1743. — Emanuele Stablum, an Italian physician and member of the Congregation of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception. He was born in 1895 and died in 1950. — María de los Desamparados Portilla Crespo, a wife and mother of 11 children, who was born in Valencia, Spain, in 1925 and died in Madrid in 1996. — Anfrosina Berardi, an Italian girl who was born in 1920 and died in 1933. Today’s top stories delivered straight into your inbox Catholic Charities of Philadelphia Returns to Roots Catholic Charismatic Renewal Hosts Day of Prayer With Holy Spirit May 10 Honest Conversations Reflect on Vision for the Future of Philadelphia’s Church Papal Foundation Stays Close to Pope Francis Local disability advocates are hailing the recent canonization of a 14th-century lay Dominican as a “great blessing.” On April 24, Pope Francis declared Margaret of Castello a saint through a process called “equipollent (equivalent) canonization,” which recognizes longstanding devotion to the individual enduring virtues and a legacy of miraculous intercession Francois de Laval are among those who have been elevated through the procedure Born blind and with a severe curvature of the spine Margaret was initially secluded until age 6 by her parents in their central Italian castle and later walled into a room her father built adjacent to the parish church necessities and holy Communion were passed to her through a window 16-year-old Margaret was taken by her family to a shrine in Città di Castello but when the pilgrimage failed to result in her cure she was eventually admitted to the Third Order of St she opened and taught at a small religious education school for the town’s children the townsfolk requested that she be laid to rest in the nearby church; some 120 years later her remains were transferred to the Basilica of St (Related: Persons with disabilities lead us to do “our very best,” says archbishop) the bishops of Città di Castello and Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo asked the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship to confirm Margaret as patroness of the blind and marginalized That effort was seconded by supporters in the United States who launched a crusade for her canonization Margaret of Castello is a model “for the whole church not just those who are blind or live with a physical disfigurement,” said Immaculate Heart of Mary Sister Kathleen Schipani director of the archdiocesan Office for Persons with Disabilities and the Deaf Apostolate The laywoman’s holiness “helps all of us to recognize people with disability for their works of charity and their ability to embrace their faith,” said Sister Kathleen Fellow Immaculate Heart of Mary Sister Lisa Lettiere agreed Margaret “a tiny powerhouse” who led an “awe-inspiring” life “Although Margaret faced tremendous challenges, including the rejection of her parents and numerous physical disabilities, she did not allow these trials to defeat her nor define her,” said Sister Lisa, principal of the St. Lucy Day School for Children with Visual Impairments one of three archdiocesan schools of special education Margaret instead “placed all of her trust in God who in turn was able to perform great works through her,” said Sister Lisa called the saint’s canonization “a tremendous gift to communities of people with disabilities.” “It provides them recourse to a powerful witness of the Gospel who shares a common bond with them,” said Deacon Hinson “Those of us who have ‘alternate abilities’ can be lifted up by the example of St Margaret’s charity and lifelong dedication to God.” Centuries later, St. Margaret’s legacy has found a counterpart in Augustinian Father William Atkinson a Delaware County native who became the first quadriplegic man ordained to the priesthood Father Atkinson (who died in 2006) was named a “Servant of God” following a September 2015 cause opened by now-retired Archbishop Charles Chaput Margaret and Father Atkinson affirm that individuals with disabilities can act as “splendid agents of the Gospel message of love,” said Sister Kathleen And although medieval Italy and modern society are worlds apart Margaret’s devotion to her relationship with the Lord “teaches us that God can do great things for us and through us when we keep our hearts fully open to him,” said Sister Lisa CatholicPhilly.com works to strengthen the connections between people families and communities every day by delivering the news people need to know about the Catholic Church you and hundreds of other people become part of our mission to inform form in the Catholic faith and inspire the thousands of readers who visit every month Please join in the church's vital mission of communications by offering a gift in whatever amount that you can ― a single gift of $40 Your gift will strengthen the fabric of our entire Catholic community and sustain CatholicPhilly.com as your trusted news source PREVIOUS: Mother’s Day retreat gives women with infertility sense of ‘belonging’ NEXT: Homelessness ministry ‘the very visible face of God,’ says archbishop USCCB: Statement of USCCB on Vatican’s Document Addressing Pastoral Blessings Pope Francis’ May 2023 Prayer Intention | Watch Video Dan Tarrant Brings God to the World Through Catholic Filmmaking the patron saint of the blind and the bringer of light to the darkness This has always been a great festival among my people who know what darkness is truly like in the winter. But now there may be a better saint to protect the blind and disabled Pope Francis canonized Margaret of Castello as a holy saint She has long been a source of inspiration and protection in the blindness community and also for those with multiple disabilities Margaret della Metola was born in that Italian city in 1287 into a wealthy and powerful military family her parents were hoping for a boy to inherit the wealth and estates but the child was a girl. Not only that she was born with a hunched back and dwarfed; even as an adult she was only about 4 feet tall. As she grew older it was discovered that she was also totally blind. Her mortified parents announced that she was sick and would not live long and shut her away from the sight of others But her intelligence was not only normal but superior. When she was only 6 years old she had learned the layout of the castle and environs where they resided. On her way to chapel — she was allowed to take the sacraments — she was seen both by her appearance and survival. Her parents quickly locked her in a cell adjacent to the church and she spent the next 10 years there.  they took her to a shrine in a town called Citta di Castello praying that her sight would be restored and her limbs made normal The only trade open to a blind and deformed girl was to become a beggar. The local beggars took her in and taught her their dubious craft.  She drifted from household to household among the disadvantaged and deformed. She tried to join a convent and become a nun but she found the members hypocritical and lax and challenged them to live by the rules they preached where she made the visitation of the sick and imprisoned her ministry as both were conditions she was personally familiar with a sort of daycare center where parents could leave their children while they worked where she taught the psalms and the Catholic faith. She died on April 13 Margaret was about to be buried in the Community Cloister when members of the  community she had ministered to blocked the procession insisting that she be buried in the church sanctuary for she had shown by her life and works that she was a true saint.  One couple had brought to her a child who had a curvature of the spine and was unable to speak who cried out that she had been cured by Margaret's touch The child straightened her limbs and began to walk. Several other such miracles were recorded veneration and appeal. Margaret’s survival itself is a miracle. Had she been born only a few hundred years earlier she would have been left beside a Roman road and left to die as unfit to enjoy life.   To all who struggle with blindness and disability she is a beacon of hope and survival.  There could be no better recipient of prayers for strength to cope and help with despair than St Margaret is a refuge for those the light hasn’t reached yet they comfort and inspire and whisper words of triumph for those who want to listen The scholarship of Dennis Polselli of the Catholic Guild for the Blind was central to this column Cynthia Stead is a columnist for the Cape Cod Times and can be contacted at cestead@gmail.com staff from the Elementary Guidance and 21C/STEAM Departments organized a Science and Mathematics (STEAM) and AR/VR workshops for students of Holy Child Catholic School Margherita of Città di Castello Catholic School This workshop was organized in partnership with Humber College to provide students with the opportunity to explore post-secondary and career options in the latest technologies in robotics students also explored different areas of 3D design from motion capture to simulation engines to designing in Virtual Reality Staff from the Elementary Guidance and 21C/STEAM Departments hope that these opportunities will further encourage students to pursue careers in STEAM an important pathway for growing Canada’s economy Blessed Margherita of Cittá di Castello Catholic School108 Spenvalley DriveDownsview, ON M3L 1Z5Phone: 416-393-5409Fax: 416-393-5430 Margherita of Città di Castello!\",\"content\":\"We are excited to see you Get ready for another year of learning and growing together Learn More About Our School Technical single-track trails have met their match Copyright © 2025 Dirt Rider. An Octane Media, LLC Publication Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited On 30 September 1789 a strong seismic event struck the Valtiberina There were two States that had to face the emergency the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and the State of the Church It was a very particular historical moment and this greatly influenced the sources that have come down to us an INGV expert who deals with historical research on earthquakes for seismological purposes told us what happened in that troubled period what kind of seismic zone is the Valtiberina?  Valtiberina is part of the Northern Apennines which includes numerous seismic zones Beyond the Valtiberina there are the areas of Faenza - Forlì where even strong earthquakes have occurred The Valtiberina in particular is important above all because in this area there is a system of faults which takes the name of Alto Tiberina fault.  Had other particularly strong earthquakes occurred in the past?  around thirty events have occurred with effects above the damage threshold of which we have documented evidence.  five had a magnitude around 6 which is equivalent to effects of degree ninth on the Mercalli-Cancani-Sieberg Scale (MCS) The oldest of these earthquakes occurred in the Alta Valtiberina area in December 1352 and is estimated to have had a magnitude of 6.4 with its epicenter in the upper part of the Marches where the greatest effects were recorded in the mountains between Umbria and the Marches and some small castles were almost completely destroyed.  Other important events occurred in 1458 when Città di Castello was struck On 30 September 1789 there was a short and strong earthquake which according to others it occurred between 11:15 and 11:45 This difference is due to the fact that the area at that time was divided into two states that used different methods of measuring time.  These states were the Grand Duchy of Tuscany which had long since adopted the "French" time system the current one for which the earthquake had occurred in the late morning where the old system known as "Italian" was used (which fixes time 0 at sunset) for which the seismic event occurred in the afternoon.  From the consultation of the sources it emerged that there may have been a tremor a few hours earlier felt more strongly in Città di Castello and slightly in Sansepolcro Replicas were few and occurred until October 11th The event caused very serious and widespread damage in Sansepolcro and Città di Castello and in many small countryside towns in the Valtiberina especially in those on the valley floor where the peasants lost their homes.  The strength and depth of the earthquake were also assessed through the extent of the area where it caused damage and the extent of the areas where it was felt The most destructive effects took place in a strip of land about fifteen kilometers long and about three kilometers wide while we have less information regarding the warning area: we know that it was slightly felt in Tuscany: Florence while instead we know nothing about Umbria and the Marches many people lost their lives and the elegant villas were seriously damaged We know quite well the damage that occurred in Città di Castello and Sansepolcro as we have received the documents of the interventions carried out by the two administrations concerned to respond to the emergency as the area was located on the border between the two states where the damaged area was limited to Sansepolcro and the surrounding countryside the emergency problem was dealt with rather quickly also thanks to the previous experience of the earthquakes of 1781 It was a modern administration headed by a sovereign decision maker and avant-garde who in 1781 had developed a precise method of intervention Then the Grand Duke had provided for the reconstruction of the poor's homes from his own pocket suspended the two main taxes for everyone for three years and granted loans to those who were not in poverty but had no liquidity to face the reconstruction of their homes some modernization operations and a rationalization of the villages had been carried out and some were also moved Also in 1789 the same system was followed.  had a much more complex and ancient administration The Pope King had to deal with the local authorities An important intervention was carried out in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake: a few days later the Pope sent one of his emissaries to the site the general treasurer Monsignor Fabrizio Ruffo who arrived in Città di Castello on 9 October under torrential rain in which he recounted the state of the city He was accompanied by three architects who were commissioned to survey the damage and the first problem he had to face was to find the economic resources to remove the rubble feed the population and start thinking about reconstruction.  Despite this decision-making intervention he also set up a plan of possible financial interventions similar to those implemented in Tuscany but due to his "strong" character he came into conflict with the cardinals who in Rome had responsibility for reconstruction and ended up being dismissed At that point the post-earthquake operations got stuck in the slow decision-making processes and a tax was imposed on the whole state known as the 'Città di Castello earthquake tax' to collect the one hundred thousand scudi that would be distributed to the injured distribution entrusted to the Municipality of Città di Castello but there was a problem: the expert reports drawn up had been sent to Rome therefore in the capital they were aware of the damage suffered while in the municipality concerned they did not quite know how to act Thus it was that the reports reporting the economic assessment of the damage were sent back to the places affected by the earthquake and the distribution of resources went on for years The particular historical period in which the earthquake occurred greatly influenced the production of reports and accounts that were written about the event What kind of historical sources have been produced The earthquake occurred two and a half months after July 14 A real political earthquake had therefore occurred shortly before and had shaken the consciences of Europe most of those who studied seismic events at the time were culturally engaged people and their interests spanned multiple spheres In the eighteenth century after an earthquake there was always someone who went to the site to check if phenomena had occurred that allowed us to confirm the 'electrician' theory according to which something triggered an earthquake outside the earth if the air and the earth have a homogeneous electric charge which happens instead if the electric charges are different We owe a whole series of publications following even relatively small earthquakes that occurred in the second half of the eighteenth century to the desire to verify these theories.  For the earthquake of 1789 this type of production has not yet been found while there is a fair number of journalistic testimonies real "special issues" written close to the earthquake and a series of newspaper articles which tell of the arrival of Monsignor Ruffo in Città di Castello news that caused a sensation because it often happened that such a high-ranking character went to the place to personally see what had happened After an initial moment of interest in the dramatic event the journalists turned their attention elsewhere as did the people of culture: they were focused on what was happening in France are there current studies on this event that can be consulted by citizens Last year we produced a new work on this event to implement a public and searchable database until now managed by the INGV office in Ancona where I currently work in order to provide the public everything that is present in our archive This database contains the strongest earthquakes in the Umbrian-Marche Apennines which include in addition to the earthquakes that occurred in the Marches Amerigo contains a series of maps including the map of the victims of the cosismic effects (such as the liquefaction of the soil landslides and fractures of the ground) as well as the texts of all the historical sources of which we have An invaluable wealth of information available to everyone!  Amerigo links: http://www.an.ingv.it/AMeriGo/index.php The contents published on these pages by theNational Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology are distributed under license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.  This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page We use cookies to 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Learn more. the church of San Francesco in Città di Castello (Perugia) will once again welcome the Marriage of the Virgin thanks to the latest technology applied to art it will be possible to return to see the work which was removed from the church in 1798 by Napoleon’s General Lechi.Raphael’s masterpiece is now housed at the Pinacoteca di Brera so a perfect clone will be on display in Città di Castello a replica created by sophisticated state-of-the-art 3D capture and printing processes capable of faithfully representing the artist’s textural brushstrokes cracks and all the imperfections present on the original panel This art-historical recontextualization of the painting in the chapel for which it was made concludes 2020 the year of the five-hundredth anniversary of Raphael’s death and is the result ofdigital image processingin "gigapixel+3d," acquired last Nov 2 at the Milan Pinacoteca by Haltadefinizione a tech company of the Franco Cosimo Panini Editore group dedicated to art and cultural heritage The “gigapixel+3d” image technique developed by Haltadefinizione makes it possible to obtain high-resolution digital exemplars of the paintings by combining and processing a large number of individual photographic shots of portions of the same subject (4250 frames in the case of the Wedding) which are then recomposed thanks to specially designed algorithms consisting of billions of pixels and capable of showing even the smallest and most imperceptible details of a painting The digitization of the masterpiece required fifteen days of computer processing; the procedure used and developed together with the technological partner Memooria also makes it possible to detect the materiality of the work to make a sort of digital cast of it that returns a three-dimensional imprint with precision in the tens of microns it is then possible to implement an innovative printing process through which the pictorial surface is faithfully duplicated in physical and chromatic terms With the relocation of the high-definition clone of the Marriage Francis in Città di Castello will have an entirely similar perspective to that which a visitor to the church could grasp in the 16th century The same gilded wooden frame within which the original of the Marriage was placed has been restored to accommodate the replica a further clone of the Marriage of the Virgin will be donated by Franco Cosimo Panini Editore and Haltadefinizione to the Pinacoteca di Brera so that it can be used for didactic and educational purposes as well as offering a useful tool for the instrumental monitoring of the work’s state of preservation allowing the identification of variations in form and color.It is especially for the local community that Franco Cosimo Panini Editore and Haltadefinizione in agreement with the municipal administration and the FEC - Fondo Edifici di Culto the entire facade of the church of San Francesco will come alive with the projection of ultra-definition images of the painting to celebrate the return of the work An event that anticipates the major exhibition Young Raphael and his gaze scheduled to be held in Città di Castello in March 2021 The rooms of Palazzo Vitelli alla Cannoniera a still-intact Renaissance mansion that houses the master’s only surviving work in the city the Banner of the Holy Trinity (1499/1502) will offer the public a chance to retrace the period Raphael spent here between 1500 and 1504 “The acquisition of the Marriage of the Virgin Raphael’s masterpiece preserved at the Pinacoteca di Brera,” said Lucia Panini managing director Franco Cosimo Panini Editore "is part of the L’arte impossibile project with which we have set ourselves the ambitious goal of creating perfect replicas of the great masterpieces of painting by creating both the very faithful physical copy and the very high resolution digital reproduction Two dimensions that complement each other infinitely expand the mission of those who have been making facsimile works for decades To divulge and spread the knowledge of works of art and at the same time preserve their state of preservation were the same intentions that had guided my father in the early 1990s to publish an unpublished facsimile edition of the Bible of Borso d’Este Haltadefinizione ’s technologies allow a further step making possible what until a few years ago could only be dreamed of: reproducing the work of art in multiple copies and being able to return it to the place for which it was commissioned." "Haltadefinizione has developed technologies for digital acquisition and reproduction that offer the possibility of exploring and experimenting with new ways of approaching art appreciation and dissemination with infinite potential," emphasized Luca Ponzio in addition to the original work to be admired in all its beauty at the Pinacoteca di Brera relocated to its place of origin in Città di Castello to return to the community an important piece of the territory’s history and a second copy available in Brera for educational touching the three-dimensionality of Raphael’s brushstrokes Extraordinary opportunities that only a replica can offer.” “I am grateful to Lucia Panini of Franco Cosimo Panini Editore and Luca Ponzio of Haltadefinizione for this donation to our community,” concludes Luciano Bacchetta "As part of the celebrations for the fifth centenary of Raphael’s death the placement of this beautiful reproduction of Raphael’s Marriage of the Virgin on the Albizzini altar of the church of San Francesco in Città di Castello represents an important opportunity to celebrate this masterpiece that left our city more than two hundred years ago The panel’s top-notch reproductive technology restores at its best this painting that represents a pride of our city and a turning point in the entire Italian Renaissance." Haltadefinizione image of Raphael’s The Marriage of the Virgin (detail) An employee works at a ceramics factory where the workers start their shifts before dawn to optimize sunlight and save energy Italy (Reuters) —Italy cannot afford weeks of political inertia after an election this month adding that sky-high energy prices are already forcing more and more firms to curtail production Gathered on the shores of Lake Como for the annual Ambrosetti Forum this weekend business owners lashed out at politicians for ousting Prime Minister Mario Draghi in the midst of an energy crisis in Europe "Before the new government's ministers get their bearings it'll be Christmas but we face problems that need tackling in days chairman of the balsamic vinegar maker of the same name Record gas prices have more than doubled the cost of condensing the grapes that go into the 35 million bottles of balsamic vinegar De Nigris produces every year "We risk producing something that we won't be able to sell in six months' time because we can't pass on the price increases," he said A center-right bloc is on course for a clear victory in the Sept 25 election but government formation is a notoriously slow process in Italy Industry lobby Confindustria last week warned Italy faced "an economic earthquake" due to higher energy prices and called for support from the caretaker administration led by Draghi a former chief of the European Central Bank Italy has already earmarked over 50 billion euros this year to try to soften the impact of higher energy costs for firms and households and more help is expected this week chairman of the Polo del Gusto food group that owns French tea brand Damman Freres and chocolate label Domori feared Italy will miss out on some of the promised EU funds for its post-Covid recovery "Draghi could have continued till the end of his mandate...whoever comes next will make us lose billions of euros," he said Italy is in line for some 200 billion euros but the funds are conditional on it implementing a series of reforms Reliance on Russian gas and a large manufacturing sector made up predominantly of small businesses render the Italian economy particularly vulnerable to the energy crisis Since the Ukraine conflict started in February many companies in energy-intensive sectors such as steel ceramics and paper have been forced to curtail production because production costs were too high "When the next (economy) minister sets out to solve our problems —  and we can only hope he's the best of ministers — it may be too late," said Romano Pezzotti who runs metals recycling business Fersovere near the northern city of Bergamo "After making the big mistake of toppling the government during the worst crisis of the past century .. politicians will need to again turn to somebody capable of solving the country's problems," he added The energy crisis casts the longest shadow "We all know what needs to be done," said Matteo Tiraboschi executive chairman of premium brakes maker Brembo a larger business listed on the Milan stock market "The energy bill in Italy has virtually doubled." Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: You do not have access to www.researchgate.net The site owner may have set restrictions that prevent you from accessing the site The construction works have begun for the railway line between Perugia Ponte San Giovanni and Terni marking a significant step forward in the infrastructure development of the region With an investment of approximately 85 million euros funded through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) the project aims to revamp the railway infrastructure along this route The scheduled completion date for the works is December 2024 Read 1 month for free → Read this article → { "premium_state" : "popin-anon-limit" }); /* ]]> */ Emma Dailey is an editor at RailTech.com and RailTech.be is facing its second major shutdown in less than a year The cost of retrofitting and upgrading trains for the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) has doubled in just four years according to a new in-depth EU study.… Finland has given the green light to the planning of Rail Nordica a project to build a European standard gauge railway to connect to Sweden A major power outage disrupted all train services across Spain on Monday 28 April since midday a “general incident” affecting the power… Log in through one of the following social media partners to comment Receive the latest news from the railway sector directly into your mailbox on the occasion of the one hundred and seventeenth anniversary of the birth of Alberto Burri (Città di Castello the Ex Seccatoi del Tabacco of the Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini Collezione Burri reopened after two long years of intense and studied rearrangement In the presence of President Bruno Corà and the Foundation’s executive committee the fully musealized and renovated exhibition venue was presented to the press and authorities and reserved for the citizens of Città di Castello was sold out: more than 450 people contacted the Palazzo Albizzini ticket office to book a visit Already historically important for their history their connection to the city and for the works housed in the eleven warehouses now the exhibition venue of the former Tobacco Dryhouses sees itself renewed with a musealization work desired and carried out by the Burri Foundation under the guidance of architect Tiziano Sarteanesi general coordinator of the project and works and his technical team formed by architect Cristian Beccafichi industrial expert Marco Biccheri and surveyor Giovanbattista Francioni.To achieve this result the Burri Foundation invested 10 million euros over seven years of work It began with the upgrading of the floor below and exterior renovations About two and a half million euros were invested in the new area and about the same amount for the restyling of the upper floor with major climate The Ex Seccatoi del Tabacco are increasingly linked to Città di Castello thanks in part to the Burri Foundation’s decision to involve almost exclusively local firms in the important works: Cesa di Falcini for electrical and special systems the Ilce for the assemblies and staging Piero and Emanuela Apolli with the collaboration of Atlante Servizi Culturali took care of the lighting project by supplying all the lighting fixtures The Spoleto-based company TecnoReco took care of the maintenance of the works on non-invasive techniques “An environment that was born not to be a museum today finally falls within a modern and recognized musealization,” said the president of the Burri Foundation “A venue like this gives pride to the Foundation and allows us to be able to dialogue with all the greatest museums in the world There are really very few artist museums in the world in one city: and Città di Castello can boast a museum itinerary that begins at Palazzo Albizzini that fears no comparison with anyone “is a special and very exciting day: every time we walk through the halls of the Ex Seccatoi del Tabacco it is a new emotion dictated above all by the titanic ability of the artist to which we never get used Observing Burri’s works inside this exhibition venue always leaves one in awe and wonder This is a heritage that the whole world envies us.” the Burri Foundation has elaborated a vast project of reclamation restoration and implementation of the exhibition spaces of the Ex Seccatoi buildings,” explained Tiziano Sarteanesi “By means of two specific phases of elaboration of a single project idea the eleven Seccatoi underwent a deep reclamation work first aimed at their basement floor and then at the mezzanine floor A system of diffuse drainage and fall away channels was adopted to establish the level of the water table formed under the floor and make it constant with respect to each weather event A new floor with an aerated crawl space was then constructed.” Static work was also carried out in the foundations and on the impost of the pillars increasing the overall stability of the complex Burri himself had designed whitewashed plasterboard perimeter walls: on them he developed the exhibition route known to us all,” Sarteanesi further explained Metamorfotex (1991) and Nero e Oro (1992 - 1993) The new project of musealization of the Seccatoi kept the same walls decided by Burri and the same arrangement and succession of works Special attention was paid to the air conditioning and lighting systems through the use of LED technology that restore the right colors of the works while preserving the original equipment Burri wanted The entire Ex Seccatoi museum has been wired with wi-fi and fiber optic network adapted to the latest technologies for all kinds of communication “Significant coincidences,” say Città di Castello Mayor Luca Secondi and Cultural Policy Councilor Michela Botteghi “make today’s important today’s day of reopening to the public of the former dryhouses after two years of rearrangement the day of the master’s birth and the reappointment of Professor Bruno Corà as president of the Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini Collezione Burri together with the partially renewed board with the designation of public and non-public members It is a prestigious reappointment that of Professor Corà who has led until now with great competence passion and sense of belonging to the community of tifernate an organism unique in Europe which can boast a number of contemporary artworks of immense artistic and cultural value that does honor to the city has a strong expectation of this new board of the Foundation an expectation linked primarily to the non-procrastinable realization of Piazza Burri and a shared commitment to spreading the art of the great master both internationally and locally in our community making the artist from tifernate a strong and shared presence in the city’s memory as a cultural heritage that belongs to us.” they are still looking to the future with important projects ready for implementation: “Photovoltaics are already ready,” Sarteanesi announced in the two external sheds there is the project of the realization of a bunker that will safely accommodate for the works a restoration laboratory and another where we would like to implant the didactics but that will also involve other realities such as the Sapienza University of Rome with the Foundation’s purchase of a small building adjacent to the perimeter of the structure’s large garden there is a plan to set up a major refreshment point.” it will be possible to visit not only the exhibition venue of Palazzo Albizzini but also that of the Former Tobacco Dryhouses with the following hours: Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m Reservations are recommended by contacting the Palazzo Albizzini Ticket Office at 0759554649 As students head back to school in September there's a lot of anxiety surrounding safety thanks to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic Toronto Public Health recently put together some data showing which schools in the city are most at risk for COVID-19 infection and the list is pretty long 80 public elementary schools and 36 Catholic elementary schools are in the top 20 per cent of local schools where potential virus transmission is highest The bulk of these schools are in the city's northwest corner Both Toronto school boards have announced their back-to-school reopening plans. A Toronto District School Board spokesperson told CBC that they are spending over $30 million on reducing class sizes with a focus on these high-risk areas we are capping kindergarten classes at 15 students while Grade 1 to 8 classes will be capped at 20 the federal government announced significant new funding and staff are currently assessing how our plans can be further enhanced," he said chief of communications and government relations for the Toronto Catholic District School Board similarly told CBC of the safety precautions they are taking "Three-sided Plexiglas desk shields for students and teachers in classes of over 15 students will be considered with a focused prioritization of installation in schools in high incidence areas of highest [need]." The federal government recently announced a $2 billion fund that will help provinces reopen schools safely Ontario is set to receive approximately $763 million of that money Here is the full list of schools most at risk: The Vistamarestudio gallery in Milan is hosting an exhibition of works selected from the most significant cycles of the graphic production of the great Alberto Burri (Città di Castello Presented last December by Vistamare in Pescara with graphic works belonging to as many as seven cycles of his creation where a series of multiples among the key cycles of the Umbrian artist’s works will be on display: Cretti (1971) Multiplex (1981) and Mixoblack (1988).The exhibition aims to highlight a lesser-known side of Burri’s oeuvre to which the artist dedicated himself with particular commitment and assiduity and to which he approached as a kind of laboratory bent on achieving unprecedented results on the level of techniques and image Working on graphic cycles allowed him to collaborate with master engravers and chalcographers such as Rossi who provided him with qualitative levels of extreme technical and artistic value This experimentation led him to extraordinary results that allowed him to receive in 1973 the Feltrinelli Prize for Graphics awarded by theAccademia Nazionale dei Lincei for his activity in graphic art the Burri Foundation opened a new section dedicated to his graphic work in its Ex Seccatoi venue in Città di Castello the gallery wants to pay tribute to the production of these works “In the case of Burri,” says Bruno Corà president of the Palazzo Albizzini Foundation-Burri Collection “talking about graphics does not mean talking about a minor production compared to paintings but only about a different and parallel artistic mode such in short that it can be counted with absolute prominence in the production of the great painter alongside all his other revolutionary innovative pronouncements.” Alberto Burri was born in Città di Castello(Perugia) in 1915 After graduating in 1940 with a degree in medicine he was taken prisoner by the Allies in Tunisia He returned to Italy in 1946 after starting to paint Hence his choice to leave medicine for painting the Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini Collezione Burri in Città di Castello was established at his behest in the artist’s expressed desire to donate a substantial number of works to his hometown He participated numerous times in the Venice Biennale and Documenta in Kassel His works are exhibited in some of the world’s most important museums including the Georges Pompidou Center in Paris the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rome and the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Trento and Rovereto Among the many awards he received were the AICA prize at the 1960 Venice Biennale the Grand Prix of the São Paulo Biennale in 1965 and the Feltrinelli prize for graphics in 1973 For all information you can visit Vistamarestudio’s official website Foligno has a very high level of seismic activity Based on data from the past 55 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900 there are about 11,000 quakes on average per year in or near Foligno Foligno has had at least 13 quakes above magnitude 7 since 1900 which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently probably on average approximately every 5 to 10 years The quake had a very shallow depth of 11.2 km (7 mi) and was too small to be felt by people Foligno has had 18 small quakes up to magnitude 1.7 The quake had a very shallow depth of 8.9 km (5.5 mi) and was too small to be felt by people.