Montevarchi, the birthplace of basketball? - Ep. 148
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Montevarchi, the birthplace of basketball? - Ep. 148
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Early September is a weird time of the year: summer isn't technically over but the weather is sometimes rubbish and the feeling of sliding towards winter is overwhelming. Luckily there...
show moreIf you listen to the full episode, I'll tell you everything about this festival, how it was born many centuries ago from the generosity of a bloodthirsty count and how this crazy game has been resurrected back in the late 1980s to make this festival more popular with youngsters. Later we will delve into the many oddities of these celebrations, how they are at the same time very real and absolutely fake and so on. Then I'll tell you how this little known town has got a lot of interesting stuff to see, from a couple little museums to a 1920s villa just outside town where a famous film was shot. In the next chapter we will go through some of the local delicacies that you absolutely cannot miss if you happen to be there and, finally, two excellent restaurants where you will be able to taste great food without having to remortgage your house. If you're in Tuscany this weekend, make sure you pop in to Montevarchi: that silly little game is at the same time very violent and quite addictive. You've been warned.
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LINKS TO SOURCES (ITALIAN ONLY)
https://www.lanazione.it/arezzo/cronaca/montevarchi-finanziamento-regionale-per-il-gioco-del-pozzo-e-la-rievocazione-storica-s9jay29w
https://www.visitarezzo.com/it/rievocazioni-storiche/il-gioco-del-pozzo-di-montevarchi-arezzo
https://www.visittuscany.com/it/eventi/il-gioco-del-pozzo/
https://valdarnopost.it/edizioni-locali/gioco-del-pozzo-la-storia-dietro-la-tradizione-che-unisce-i-montevarchini/
https://www.visitvaldarno.com/eventi-folklore-e-tradizioni/#pozzo
BACKGROUND MUSIC
Pipe Choir - Bom Bom Breakthrough (Instrumental)
The Passion HiFi - Buried
Pipe Choir - Rocking Back and Forth
Cityfires - Blood Problems (Instrumental)
Audionautix - Standard Jazz Bars
Zentra - Siege
Wayne John Bradley - Blues Rock Original Instrumental
All released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
https://soundcloud.com/pipe-choir-2/pipe-choir-bom-bom-breakthrough-creative-commons-instrumental
https://soundcloud.com/freehiphopbeatsforyou/free-the-passion-hifi-buried
https://soundcloud.com/pipe-choir-2/pipe-choirrocking-back-and-forth-creative-commons-instrumental
https://soundcloud.com/cityfires/blood-problems-instrumental
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntLBQvEKdcE
https://soundcloud.com/argofox/zentra-siege
https://soundcloud.com/ayneohnradley/blues-rock-original-instrumentalcreative-commons
http://www.pipechoir.com/
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