Here it is, the final part of my fairy-tale town series. It is a special place, especially if you have kids but adults will be entertained as well. Thank you for all the joy, Sant’Angelo di Roccalvecce!
This is a town that clearly knows what it is doing. In 2017 they started with the first 12 murals. For example both Alice in Wonderland and the Little Match Girl were among the first and yet they still seem brand new, as well as Fairies of Avalon and Hansel and Gretel, which are both on display in this final post.
One of the original twelve was also the mural on the left in the photo below which I must repeat because I didn’t get it at the time of posting (in part 4). My caption was:
“I forget my stories. Is the child on the left with the snake and the orange cat already a part of Peter Pan?”
Have a look:

The orange cat is not a cat but a fox… And the rose? The snake? The stars? It’s The Little Prince!
Several new murals are added every year and they have crossed number 40 by now. And this is not the end.

When I passed this blank wall surrounded by all these murals in the end of September, I had a vision. And look, I found this yesterday on their FB site. It’s the same wall! And it’s getting done! I knew it!!

Now I see that there are several murals that I have missed or they weren’t done yet when I was there. The 7 Dalmatians are so cute! Clearly I will have to return. I missed Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves, and I think that Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz wasn’t done yet either when I was there. So many reasons to come back.
And here it is, the final part. Thank you for strolling with me in this wonderful fairy-tale land full of surprises and wonders.
Clearly we must return because I failed to touch Grumpy’s nose for luck in the Good Luck Corner! I was too distressed because I saw a familiar face. The Witch has captured Hansel and Gretel! By Isabella Modanese and Cecilia Tacconi. All together. I think I missed one because I didn’t peek around the corner. The witch ends up in the oven. One more because door. Uncle found the ride home: Pocahontas! By Russian artist Anna Conda. I almost forgot to include this one: Don Quixote, left, and Puss in Boots, right. Guess who? By Violetta Carpino. This one, of the fairies of Avalon, is one of the earliest from 2017 but my photo didn’t turn out well. See? The colours are still as fresh as new. The last one we saw: Mary Poppins. But waitaminute… what’s that below? Ah, well. There will be a next time. We thought it would take longer to find our car but we reached the Pinocchio and the parking lot in eight minutes. The entire visit took us 1 hour and 10 minutes.
Murals in this series – previous five parts and this one:
- Part 1: Pinocchio (2x), The Bottle Neck, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
- Part 2: Alice in Wonderland, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Around the World in 80 Days.
- Part 3: The Sword in Stone, The Jungle Book, Toy Soldiers, The Ugly Duckling, Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty, The Tree of the Pencils (?).
- Part 4: Little Red Riding Hood, Three Little Pigs, dwarfs, Peter Pan, The Little Prince, Midsummer Night’s Dream.
- Part 5: The Fox and the Grape, A Little Match Girl, Don Quixote (big and small), Thumbelina, Beauty and the Beast, Town Musicians of Bremen.
- This one, part 6: Hansel and Gretel, Pocahontas, Don Quixote (again), Puss in Boots, Fairies of Avalon, Mary Poppins.
For Photographing Public Art Challenge (PPAC) hosted by Cee at Cee’s Photo Challenges

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Totally enjoyed this vicarious visit to Sant’Angelo. Thanks for the tour 🙂
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And I thank you for teaching me with word vicarious! I wouldn’t be able to use it in a sentence.
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LOL! You’re welcome 🙂 I’m thinking there are a lot of words you could teach me. My Italian extends to Thank you, Eat, and Goodbye 🙂
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I’m Slovenian and my Italian extends just a little further than yours. My aim is to learn it by absorbing it. 😀
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Soak it up like the Italian sun? I like that idea 🙂
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I really enjoyed these and look forward to your return visit! (K)
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Thank you, K. I might prefer to wait for some visitors but I will be back.
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Thank you for the tours of this extraordinary village.
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Thank you, Judith. Without Facebook, where an article about it was among the posts recommended for me, I would not know it existed. It’s not all bad if AI knows you well. 🙂
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Those are delightful! Thank you for the arm-chair tour! 😀
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You’re most welcome, Deborah. I consider it lucky that I learned of this place to begin with. Facebook is to praise.
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You always find the best murals to photograph. 😀 😀
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Thank you, Cee. In this town it was really easy to find them. 😀 I’ll return when they add some more.
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Wonderful! I passed some guys in the act of painting a couple of murals yesterday, on a walk. Fascinating to watch.
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Thank you! I was never lucky to have that happen, Jo. I wonder if you’ll post the photo if you pass again and it’s finished. Did you take a photo of the action?
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Absolutely, Manja xx
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What a great place to live. Nice weather, nice scenery plus a whole bunch of street art as a bonus. Lucky you.
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Thank you, TAB. You are right about the first two, as for the street art, this town is an exception. Most of it is in bigger towns and cities and we have none of them around.
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An absolute treasure you have found here, Manja ~ Sant’Angelo is a perfect fantasy world to explore, seeing the artistry of the people and brightening the day. You’ve also captured the fun and excitement of the people and place ~ beautiful series. You clearly enjoyed your time, and wonderful for you to share with us all.
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Thank you, Randall! 🙂 I’m glad it comes across, my joy at discovering the secrets of this place. I could stay there much longer. There was so much more on display than I had expected. Lovely that I had your company.
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I love fairy tales ever since my grandmother used to read them to me when I was little. So this town is made for me. Thank you for the visit.
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Ah, yes, Claudia, in this case I’m extra happy that I could share it with you, all my discoveries of these beautiful pieces. I was read and read myself lots of fairy tales as well. But it was Pippi Longstocking who was my favourite. Thank you!
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Magical, really.
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Thank you, Bojana. It is, and such fun! Coincidentally, all the murals were painted by women artists (I believe). Not that I like to divide humanity in any way, but I felt this nurturing energy throughout.
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I love it even more now.
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Wonderful, I love street art and these are some of the best examples I’ve seen. Thanks so much for sharing 🙂
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You’re most welcome, Not Pam. There is not much of it in the little villages around me, but this one makes up for it.
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What a wonderful series of posts about Sant’Angelo this has been! I love all the murals and am so happy you’ve shared them with us in such detail 😀
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Thank you, Sarah. This challenge was made for this town and series. I’m glad that I’m a blogger or these photos would remain in my photo folders without any action. 🙂
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I absolutely love this wall art. Fairy tale art is so colorful. Thanks so much for sharing this.
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You’re most welcome, Marlene. I’m grateful for this option to share this town with you and the world. It was wonderful to be among this art.
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I enjoyed those so much, thank you Manja! You are so funny with trying to discover them all, and reluctant to miss others. You make me feel it with you. I love the fairies best and whomever painted Mary Poppins did such a beautiful job of it. I love that photo of amore in skates! ha!
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Thank you, Crystal. Imagine my disbelief when he told me he used to practice ice-skating. 😀 I’m glad you can feel with me. ❤ Again, it's the most I could hope for. That's why I like to share my feelings with wild abandon.
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I simply adore this town…Really magical!
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Thank you, Teresa. It is! I was trying to imagine what it does to children when they visit!
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I went back to all your posts of Sant’Angelo and I am really in awe. Is there really such a place? I want to go there right NOW, 😳
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Ahh, I appreciate your reaction. ❤ It makes it all that more worthwhile, this series. The stuff keeps getting added! By the time you get here, it will have doubled. 😉
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I just don’t know when that will be…I am sighing now just so you know! 😱
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Look what is happening to the pink wall, just for you: https://www.facebook.com/acasassociazione2017/posts/3253383938222988
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Nice 👏👏👏 thanks for sharing! More and more I am loving this place. I think I would like to add it in my bucket list.
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So whereabouts is it really located. I am trying to search for it in Google and there are other places in Italy with the same name.
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Its full name is Sant’Angelo di Roccalvecce, between Viterbo and Orvieto, more or less in the middle of nowhere. 😀 Ghost town Celleno is near. You need to go there too.
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We are planning to go to Barcelona in the next few years and this seems so far away from there. I feel sad now.
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Sooner or later you’ll come to Rome and it’s really close. And then we’ll meet. 🙂
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🤞hope so
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I’d be returning here over and over again. A fairyland indeed.😊
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Always welcome, Julie. 🙂 I will return too. Thank you!
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Manja, I can’t say that you saved the best for last because they have all been fabulous, but These adorable murals. Mary Poppins and the little girl are so sweet. I have loved every photo, Manja. What in the world are you going to do next?
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Thank you, Marsha! 🙂 This was the perfect series for your challenge. And you raise a good question. I haven’t seen a single new piece of art since that day, I believe, but I’ve got plenty in my archives. I’ll manage. 🙂
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I’m digging in my archives, but it always needs reorganizing every time there’s a new challenge theme I look through and add keywords to old pictures.
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Wow! Such fantastic murals. 😊❤️
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Thank you, Pepper! I’m glad you came to see. 🙂
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