“Paradise is not made for slackers. Let’s get to work!” – S. Ignazio da Santhià Limping in to Santhià over a week ago, I noticed a large circular bronze plaque embedded in the pedestrian section of the main street. It commemorates “S. Ignazio da […]
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St Agatha Church, Santhià
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What are they looking at?
Both the saint and the showman are looking at something I couldn’t see… http://flic.kr/p/pEut9u
Pilgrims in Santhià
Last Thursday, I met Hermano and Flora while they were taking a short noon hour break in Santhià. We chatted a little, and they treated me to a drink in te local café. Out of the rain yesterday, three more pilgrims arrived at the […]
A grey day in Santhià
For the first time since crossing the Great St Bernard Pass from Switzerland into Italy, I’m looking at rain. The forecast for Santhià is calling for 74 mm of rain today (down from 94 when I checked my weather app yesterday) with temperatures remaining […]
On the necessity of History
To study something of great age until one grows familiar with it and almost to live in its time, is not merely to satisfy a curiosity or to establish aimless truths: it is rather to fulfil a function whose appetite has always rendered History […]
Santhiàtese celebrations
This is Enrico. (Sorry if I spelled your name wrong!) He works at the Café della Piazza six days a week. He has been kind enough to translate for me, answer my stupid questions, and serve me cappuccinos for the past six days. (The […]
