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Celebrating 43 Years in Italy

Rome and central Italy have few secrets for Elegant Etruria’s founder, Dr. Mary Jane Cryan: she has lived there for four decades, working in the fields of education, journalism and travel.

For 30+years her weekly columns on antiques, lifestyle and travel appeared in Italy’s English language press.

Click here to see Bibliography -30 years of Journalism

Some best-selling guide books she has authored and contributed to:

Eyewitness Guide to Rome
Buying a Home in Italy
Living and Working in Italy
Designer Bargains in Italy
Fodor’s Upclose guide

These are some of the guidebooks written and contributed to by Mary Jane Cryan

Dr. Cryan is a researcher, lecturer (Italian Culture professor, Università della Tuscia semester abroad program for foreign students) and writer specializing in Italian history and travel .

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To order signed copies of her latest book “Travels to Tuscany and Northern Lazio” click here.

Her previous books about the Viterbo area “Affreschi-Exploring Etruria” and “Vetralla - The English Connection” have gained her many prestigious awards including:

Rose di Viterbo award from the City of Viterbo, March 2005
City of Vetralla citation “.for the promotion of our city throughout the world”-May 2002
Ettore Petrolini Prize, City of Ronciglione - 2002
The Tarquinia - Cardarelli Prize for the promotion of the Viterbo area – 2001
City of Capranica Prize for Historical Research - 2000

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Exploring around Civitavecchia

Etruscan Temple

The Royal Cardinal’s Route

Layer cake of history

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Fulvio's Recipes

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