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Gillian Knows Best · Aug 15, 2026

Buon Ferragosto 2026

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Gillian Longworth McGuire · Gillian Knows Best

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It is August 15. You know what that means. Everyone in Italy is at the beach. I am at the beach.

Even if you are not on an Italian beach today I hope that you can have a moment of Ferragosto idyl. Or at least a slice of ice cold watermelon.

cocomeràio s. m. [der. di cocomero]. – 1. (f. -a) Venditore di cocomeri. 2. Campo coltivato a cocomeri (anche cocomeraia s. f.).

1. Memorie di Roma c 1980 2. Jean Baptiste Thomas, Watermelon seller in Piazza Navona 3. Viale Trastevere anni 50 l cocomeraro Carlo Bavagnoli 4. Watermelon seller’s sign with a figure of a woman-MUCIV-Museo delle Civiltà

Below the paywall are my suggestions for some eurosummer cinema, reading, + a cocktail. Paid subscribers to Gillian Knows Best have access to my entire archive with 75+ private annotated maps, my curated lists and downloadable PDFs for Rome and Venice (and other Italian destinations, including Florence, Capri and 4 different Sicily guides.)

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