Inventory of the intangible cultural heritage of the Gran Sasso and the Monti della Laga

This inventory is an instrument for the knowledge, awareness and  protection of intangible assets at local, national and international level. On this page you will be able to discover, in an overview, the variety of the immaterial cultural heritage of the Gran Sasso and the Monti della Laga area in a first selection of significant assets for the communities.

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Open up! It is Saint Anthony!
The collection of alms of S.Anthony the Abbot in Penna Sant’Andrea
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The sheep kingdom
Sheep-farming in Fano Adriano
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The imagined colour
Pottery decoration in Castelli
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Pass the card or keep it?
The game of Stù in Montorio al Vomano
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Great grapes
Grape jam in Montorio al Vomano
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“Golden” meat
Preparing Porchetta in Colledara
1-Pizza dolce
The sweet pizza
The preparation of the typical cake from Montorio
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The Passion Cross Song
Good Friday in Basciano
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The rhythm of the hammer
Sandstone processing in Fràttoli
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The oxen and the Cross
The fair and feast of St M. of the Assumption in Ronzano

Each asset is illustrated by bringing different narrative styles together starting from the stories of direct witnesses and from the ethnographic context, providing related images and sounds recorded in the field or coming from public and private archives.