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V. M. Traverso
V. M. Traverso
V.M. Traverso
is a freelance writer based in Italy focused on history, art, travel and religion. Her work has appeared on Atlas Obscura, BBC, National Geographic and Smithsonian Magazine.
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The nun-mapped trail connecting the shrines of St. Benedict
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The tiny Italian Alpine lake that celebrates St. Julius on January 31
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Sicily’s nun-invented pumpkin cookies: Muccunetti
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The unique tradition of Sicily’s “Song of the Cart Driver”
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The Catholic roots of Umbria’s olive-picking tradition
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Giotto’s Santa Maria Novella crucifix changed art history
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How medieval Easter hymns were preserved on 11th-century scrolls
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The bone-shaped cookies baked for All Saints Day
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Historians identify a new painting by Artemisia Gentileschi
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The Roman cookies St. Francis loved and wanted before dying
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Discovering Milan’s secret “Winter Chapel”
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Altarpiece saved by Italian priests during WWII returns home
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Decoding Fra’Angelico’s wondrous “Silver Cabinet”
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Portugal’s church built in a rock formation
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Restored painting of St. Augustine presented to Pope Leo XIV
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The Italian town where plants are blessed for the Assumption
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Stolen Renaissance work returns to Italy after 50 years
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Sicily’s ‘flying’ almond cookies invented by monks
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Italy’s charming seaside tributes to Our Lady of Mount Carmel
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A new exhibition on St. Paul opens in Athens
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