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Books

• Stories and Secrets of Viterbo audio guide
• The Painted Palazzo -Il Palazzo Dipinto
• Etruria Storie e Segreti reviews
• Bookshops in Italy – Punti vendita
• Etruria – Travel, Central Italy
• Olio e ricordi in cucina
• Travels to Tuscany & Northern Lazio
• The Irish and English in Italy’s Risorgimento

Presentations

• Lectures in English and Italian
• Viterbo Archeotuscia – Papal Palace – April 27, 2018
• February 23, 2018 Palazzi Dipinti -Vetralla
• August 2017 on Azamara Quest – a working holiday
• Fascinazione Etrusca May 26,27 Capranica, Vetralla
• 2016:Top Discoveries in Art and Archeology
• English connections in Italy-Brockton Library, 2007
• New Light on Vetralla’s History-Vetralla si illumina di Storia
• “I nostri castelli” lecture at Archeotuscia, Viterbo
• Conferences -in Viterbo, Spring, 2015
• Palazzo Farnese, Caprarola
• Rome, Fondazione Besso, March 25, 2014
• La Tuscia Vista dagli Americani
• Cruise Enrichment Lectures
• Foreign Artists and Archeologists in Etruria
• a selection of past presentations
• Latest Interviews

Travel & Itineraries

• Audio guide for Viterbo
• Grand Tour guides to Rome
• Holy Year 1975 in St. Peter’s Basilica
• Study Abroad in Viterbo, central Italy
• Best Sites near Civitavecchia
• Rome’s best panoramic views
• Video clips of life in Etruria
• Artisans, Artists Beautiful Crafts
• The Fountains of Viterbo
• Small group tours in Italy I recommend
• Insider Tips for Vatican and St. Peters
• Bologna
• Wedding of the Trees
• Spanish Tuscany
• Lenten Lunch on Lake Bolsena
• Layer Cake of History
• Tips for Travel in Italy
• Undiscovered Viterbo
• Hidden Rome
• When in Rome

Antiques

• Original sketchbooks of Ludovico Caracciolo: Roman countryside, castles
• Unique Antique light fixtures, appliques
• Perestroika vintage posters, graphic art
• Libri d’antiquariato,collezionismo
• Porta Portese, Rome’s Flea Market
• Viterbo Antiques Fair, Papal Palace
• Antique Italian Furniture : il Divano
• How the Antiques Market has changed
• From junk pile to treasure trove
• Rome shopping – Bespoke Jewelry
• Precious fresco cycle discovered at Antiques Fair
• Antiques in Rome
• Antiques -The Renaissance Style
• Cortona Antiques Fair
• Learning about Italian Antiques -Gothic style
• Guide to Rome’s Flea Market – Porta Portese
• Fontanella Borghese Market
• Buying Antiques in Rome
• Hunting for Antiques in Viterbo

Partners

• Etrurian Home elegant B & B in Sutri, 50 kms north of Rome
• Castello di Giomici, near Perugia, Umbria
• Casina degli Specchi, Soriano nel Cimino
• Pilgrims hotel Via Francigena,Vetralla
• Highly Recommended tours, artists, websites

History

• Changing face of the USSR-1988
• Ortensia Farnese Portraits Discovered
• Roman history made easy – Papal Coat of arms
• Ireland in 1787: as seen by a Venetian ambassador
• An Irish Enclave in Northern Lazio
• First Papal Conclave in Viterbo
• Rome for students
• Cruising to Italy with Mark Twain
• English Prisoners in Vetralla
• Garibaldi’s Blue Jeans
• Irish soldiers in Italy, 1860
• Vetralla & Montefiascone-two English towns in central Italy