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Acri

Alleanza dei Borghi di Calabria in Digitale

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Calabria Vigorosa Guide

Editorial director: Giuseppe De Franco Editorial board: Chiara Falcone, Ettore De Franco

Municipality of Acri

Mayor: Pino Capalbo

Regione Calabria

President of the administration: Jole Santelli

Thanks

Mario Bonacci, councilor for culture, Francesca Abbruzzese, councilor for productive activities, Giuseppe Cristofaro, president of the Padula Foundation, Giuseppe Giudice, former councilor for culture, Piero Cirino, journalist, Paolo Caravetta, president of the Rotary Club of Acri, Cristina Cofone, entrepreneur , Nicola Romano, entrepreneur, Ferdinando Saullo, entrepreneur, Paola Gambino and Silvio Vigliaturo, Massimo Garofalo, MACA director, Massimo Donato, Italregali Director, Giacinto Le Pera, Siluna Fest, Proloco di Acri.

This guide has been closed on 2020 August, 27

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A multicultural pearl a mix of history and nature

THIS guide is a useful tool to get to know a territory that is a portion of a beautiful land, a corner of Italy and Europe that for its naturalistic aspects and its cultural peculiarities is proposed as an ideal destination for attentive and demanding travelers, available to open up to the "feelings of the places". Acri is a significant pearl of Calabria, a place where different cultures have mixed and contaminated over the centuries. Arrive with this guide in the town of Sila, but ask the locals to lead you around, get information on places to eat, let them tell you the beauty of its rich and not always known history. Acri is the city of Vincenzo Padula, who with his studies on the popular world and his works is one of the most illustrious initiators of anthropological studies and the Southern Question. The homonymous Foundation preserves and publishes his unpublished works. It is the city of Sant’Angelo, proclaimed a saint on October 15, 2017, to which the majestic Basilica with the Museum of the saint is dedicated. You can visit the Sanseverino-Falcone Palace, built by the Sanseverino Princes, then purchased by the Falcone family and donated by them to the Municipality that oversaw the renovation. Today the Palazzo, seat of the Municipal Council, houses the MACA, a contemporary art museum that contains the works in glass fusion and the paintings donated by the Maestro Silvio Vigliaturo, the Flora Museum, the Risorgimento Museum, the Civic Library. Inside you will be able to admire an exhibition of archaeological finds dating back to the Neolithic period, the result of research in Colle Logna. You can visit the ancient noble palaces, also purchased and renovated by the Municipality and delivered to the city: Palazzo Feraudo and Palazzo Sprovieri. Entering the alleys of the ancient historic center you will encounter the church of Santa Chiara, San Nicola di Belvedere, the birthplace of Sant’Angelo, the monument to Giovanni Battista Falcone, a young acrese who died at 22 in the Sapri expedition. Going up towards the ancient district of Padula, in the square in front of the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, you will find the Civitate palace on the wall of which you can see wrought iron objects (the caggiarole) on which the heads of three brigands who had kidnapped and caused the death of the three children of the Civitate family. On the top of the Padia district the civic tower with the ancient clock dominates. Acri is called "Porta della Sila" because the city introduces the visitor into the wild and enchanting beauty of the Sila. The Mucone valley, rich in a great variety of Mediterranean flora, the Sila plateau, the wonderful Sila Park, up to Lake Cecita, the delicacies of local gastronomy with the processing products of the many dairy farms, black pigs and of the numerous organic farming companies constitute an attractive mix of culture, history and naturalistic beauties that make the territory of Acri a place to visit and get to know. Pino Capalbo Mayor

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The municipality is included in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve of the Sila

The MAB Programme develops the basis within the natural and social sciences for the rational and sustainable use and conservation of the resources of the biosphere and for the improvement of the overall relationship between people and their environment. It predicts the consequences of today’s actions on tomorrow’s world and thereby increases people’s ability to eﬃciently manage natural resources for the well-being of both human populations and the environment. By focusing on sites internationally recognized within the World Network of Biosphere Reserves, the MAB Programme strives to: • identify and assess the changes in the biosphere resulting from human and natural activities and the eﬀects of these changes on humans and the environment, in particular in the context of climate change; • study and compare the dynamic interrelationships between natural/near-natural ecosystems and socio-economic processes, in particular in the context of accelerated loss of biological and cultural diversity with unexpected consequences that impact the ability of ecosystems to continue to provide services critical for human well-being; • ensure basic human welfare and a liveable environment in the context of rapid urbanization and energy consumption as drivers of environmental change; • promote the exchange and transfer of knowledge on environmental problems and solutions, and to foster environmental education for sustainable development.

Date of designation: 2014 Administrative authorities: Authority of the Sila National Park Surface: 357,294 ha

Position latitude: 39º47'2 "N - 38º58'0" N Longitude: 17º0'15 "E - 16º15'0" Central point: 39 ° 20'26 "N - 16 ° 26'30" E

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How to consult the guide 9

Restaurants 10

Accomodations 11

Travel agencies 11

Useful news 12

Usefull numbers 13

Peoples Cultures Environment 14

The historical center 16

Religious buildings 18

Sant’Angelo defender of the weak 19

The peasant civilization 20

The MACA 21

Erotic folklore 23

The walk of the bell towers 24

Food and wine 26

Siluna Fest 27

Padula National Award 28

The genius loved by the goddesses 29

Bibliography: History of water: material worlds and symbolic universes / edited by Vito Teti (Donzelli, 2003); The sanctuary of Beato Angelo in Acri / Giuseppe Fiamma / Archeoclub Italia, 1989); Memory and protest: Acri towards rebirth: 1944-1989 / Angelo Rocco (Rubbettino, 2009); Historical Memories of Acri / Raffaele Capalbo (The torch, 1924); Acri, the origins: historical notes / Giuseppe Abbruzzo (TAF, 1987); Domenico Scafoglio pag. 675 Cultural heritage of Calabria - Proceedings of the VII Calabrian historical congress (Gangemi Editore, 1985); The Osci in ancient Campania / Sosio Capasso (Studi Atelliani Institute, 1997). Iconographic references: The cover photo was kindly provided by Ferdinando Saullo of Computer Click. Stock Photo of Calabria Vigorosa; Wikipedia Commons archive (Public domain or CC BY-SA 4.0); Adobe Stock Photo Archive (with multiple license). Video: The video on page 27 has been kindly granted by Siluna Fest.

Calabria Vigorosa may have used photos available on the Internet assuming, unless otherwise indicated, their complete availability for publication. If we receive a complete and valid takedown notice, we will remove the content as required by law.

8 eGuide HOW TO CONSULT THE GUIDE The guide is designed to be consulted on the mobile phone or tablet. It is a Pdf file that always shows one page at a time. After receiving the file, we suggest downloading it to your mobile phone, opening it and activating the "Add to home screen" function. This way it can be opened even without an Internet connection. Just the charged battery.

The file is also provided in ePub format. It is also visible on the smartphone, but it is a format more suited to a larger screen (tablet or PC).

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Practical information and addresses

This section shows the places to spend a few hours in peace. Places to eat and where to sleep, useful phones, transport, cell phone coverage. All the city and everything you need for the visit. You will find also the name of professional guides in case you want to be accompanied by nice and competent people.

Culture and environment

In this section we host the description of the most important places of the village. There are also short essays that introduce to history, geography, art, traditions, the specifics of the city and the territory. In short, we provide an overview and an essential chronology in terms of art and local culture.

Walking

This section organizes the visit generally with walking itineraries. In the online version an interactive map will be provided with an indication of the locations and routes.

Conventional signs

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Restaurants

American Bar () Via Viola, 65 +39 ---

Bennardino (Pizza - Paninoteca - Rosticceria) Via Maria Montessori +39 320 832 2466 Blacksmith (Pub) Via Aldo Moro, 108 +39 0984 941569 Da Mirko () Contrada Guglielmo, 84 +39 0984 945318 Feraco Francesco Amedeo () Piazza Giacomo Matteotti, 41 +39 0984 955850 Flavour (Pizza) Via della Resistenza, snc +39 333 990 8556 Fratelli Coschignano () Via John Lennon +39 0984 209904 Guepas (Pizza) Via Beato Giovanni XXIII +39 327 981 2663 Il Carpaccio (Tradizionale - Pesce) Ctr. Cocozzello, 197 +39 0984 949205 L'Amicone (Sala ricevimenti) Contrada Duglia, 290 +39 0984 950397 La Bella Napoli (Pizza) Piazza Giacomo Matteotti, 54 +39 0984 955850 La Mescita () Via Giovanni Amendola, 1, 87041 Acri CS +39 347 783 1209 Old Station (Trattoria) Via Raﬀaello Sanzio, 1 +39 0984 953459 Oliva Pizzamore (Pizza) Via Don Francesco Maria Greco, 5 Panoramik () Via Alcide de Gasperi, 315 +39 0984 941809 Pizza Smile (Pizza) Via Calamandrei, 17 +39 329 987 9013 Rest Venere () Via Aldo Moro, 220 Ristopasto CONAD () Via Salvatore Scervini +39 0984 954140 Vadolì (Pizza) Via Salvatore Scervini, 21 +39 347 933 1657 Valentino (Pizza) Via Vincenzo Padula, 9 +39 0984 955772 Venere (Pesce, tipica, pizza) Via Aldo Moro, 221 +39 0984 953516

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Accomodations

Supersonik (☆☆☆) Viale della Repubblica, 65 +39 0984 954055 Panoramik (Residence) Via Alcide de Gasperi, 375 +39 0984 954885 La Veranda (B&B) SS660 Contrada Cocozzello, 96 +39 0984 949879 Sandro Pertini (B&B) Corso Sandro Pertini, 55 +39 340 866 1609 Relais Del Fiume (Agriturismo) Via Duglia, snc +39 351 932 1990 La Rosa dei Venti (B&B) Via Don Giovanni Minzoni, 2 +39 339 873 1436 La Vecchia Noce (☆☆☆) Contrada Montagnola, 342 +39 0984 946319 La Locanda Del Poeta (Agriturismo) Contrada Croce di Greca, 27 +39 360 855 634

Travel agencies

� S@m Viaggi Via N. Copernico, 107 � +39 329 875 9462 �

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Transportation

Regular bus. The service is managed by IAS Autolinee and connects Acri with Cosenza with 13 pairs of daily trips. For information, call +39 0983 565635 (24h) or send a WhatsApp to +39 342 793 0484.

Cellular network coverage

The works for the Fiber are in final planning. They will start in mid 2021 and operations are scheduled for early 2023. The works for the Wireless are in executive planning. They will start in the first months of 2021. Operations are scheduled for mid 2022.

Security

Acri is a mountainous area so prudence is a must for those who intend to go into the woods. It is advisable to inform the traffic police (+39 0984 954 880) of the place where you intend to go.

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Useful numbers

Town Hall - Traffic Police � +39 0984 921 411

� Post Office Via Vincenzo Padula, 78 � +39 0984 955536

Emergency medical Service Contrada San Martino - � +39 0984 959081

� Public hospital Via Ippocrate, 82- � +39 0984 9131

� Algieri Pharmacy Via Nazionale, 240 - � +39 0984 952558

� Alma Salus Pharmacy Via Serricella, 57 - � +39 0984 959907

� Mangano Angelo Pharmacy Via V. Padula - � +39 0984 953041

� Marchianò Pharmacy Piazza G. Matteotti, 26 � +39 0984 953845

� Pappacena Pharmacy Contrada Serra Longa, 169-170 � +39 0984 946888

� Siciliano Pharmacy Via Regina Elena, 5 � +39 0984 953371

� Authorized tour guides � � +39 339 484 2470

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PEOPLES CULTURES

ENVIRONMENT

The origins IT is one of the few Calabrian cities not to have been founded by Greeks or Romans, by Bruzi or Lucanians. The Osci were most likely the first inhabitants of what we now know as Acri, as the historian Giuseppe Abbruzzo (Acri, the origins - published by Archeoclub d’Italia, 1987) claims. From Chaos to the first human settlements The first "evidence" Calabria is a relatively young land. It of the originated in the Tertiary when the Alps existence of with an unbreakable natural wall the Osci was separated the seas of northern Europe giving rise to the Mediterranean Sea. A found in part of the Alps broke off and drifted to Campania, form the current Mezzogiorno, including exactly on Sicily. It was not just a geological the island of phenomenon, but the uplift separated the peoples of Europe resulting in different Capri when it development patterns north and south of was linked the barrier. One of these models is by an represented by the Oscan people. isthmus to the mainland. We are talking about the Quaternary (Holocene period, the one we are still in) of 11,700 years ago. Homo sapiens had already made its

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irresistible entry on planet Earth. The Osci had brain abilities very similar to those of modern man. They were also quite evolved in language. In fact, they spoke one of the many Indo-European languages and knew how to use stones, bows and arrows. It is not known how they arrived in Sila without leaving traces of their journey from Campania and Lucania. What is undeniable are the findings (axes, chisels, knives, scrapers, spears, Osci, happy people harpoons, colored ceramics, rudimentary tools for the economy, They were artists and agriculture, pastoralism) actors. The creation of four masks is attributed to which - writes Abbruzzo - them: Maccus, Pappus, "would trace the first Bucco and Dossenus. inhabitants to a period They represented everyday between 6000 and 2300 life, especially that of the BC ». The first humble profession of the documents, quite farmer. Evidence of this fragmentary, vague and comes from the Romans handed down from who put these plays on generation to generation their "billboard". orally, we owe to the Greeks who focused their attention from Campania to northern Calabria starting from the 7th century BC.

Recent history

IN the Middle Ages it had considerable importance. It was besieged in vain in the war between the Angevins and the Aragonese and then fell for treason into the hands of the Aragonese. They were of such ferocity that, in addition to setting fire to many buildings, they came to saw the defender of the city, Nicola Clancioffo, exposing the parts of the body in the public square. In 1497 the city was destroyed by the French and in 1799 it participated in the revolutionary uprisings. In 1806, during the reaction of the Sanfedisti, it suffered serious consequences. Acri in 1820 took part in the Sapri expedition with Battista Falcone who lost his life and to whom the city dedicated a monument by the sculptor Scerbo in 1888. Acri has been identified with ancient Pandosia and also with ancient Acheruntia. It is very likely that both assumptions are wrong. Pandosia was probably located further south, while Acheruntia is more likely to be today's Cerenzia.

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The historical center

THERE are numerous well-preserved 18th century buildings that give the city a very particular urban and environmental aspect. The church of Santa Maria Maggiore (in the photo below on the right), built on the remains of another religious building, is of Romanesque foundation, but many of its parts were transformed in the 1700s. Inside, painted on the ceiling, it preserves a beautiful painting of the Assumption dating back to the 18th century. Do not miss a wooden cruciﬁx from the 1300s placed on a side altar. In the upper part to visit the beautiful church of San Francesco di Paola dating back to the sixteenth century, but restored in 1700. Inside you can admire a wooden bust of the eighteenth century of San Francesco di Paola, a pulpit and ﬁnely carved wooden confessionals and a beautiful canvas of the Neapolitan 16 eGuide

school. This part is a succession of art treasures such as those kept in the church of the Annunziata which contains nineteenth-century frescoes by Raﬀaele Aloisio and a beautiful carved wooden door shines at the bottom of the right aisle. In the church of San Nicola you can admire a 1600 painting on the ceiling that depicts the Addolorata and Saints Nicholas and Michael. Also marvelous is the church of San Domenico embellished with a stone portal made up of pieces of various origins and which preserves, in the chapel of the Rosary, an altar in stucco with a

prolichrome mosaic and an eighteenth-century frontal. In the church of Santa Caterina the visitor can delight in admiring a wooden choir of local craftsmanship of the XVIII century and some paintings of the same period, among which one of the Madonna with Child and saints by the painter Cristoforo Santanna of 1767 stands out. Some of these precious paintings are unfortunately been stolen and never found. Finally, in the Capuchin church, there is an interesting Deposition, a wooden statue of the Assumption and an 18th century alabaster group. We will talk more fully in a separate section about the convent of Sant’Angelo, annexed to the church. In this area worthy of mention is Palazzo Feraudo where the Museum of Rural Life is set up, which we will discuss separately and Palazzo Sanseverino which houses the MACA, Museum of Contemporary Art to which we have dedicated a section. The Dodaro Palace, which dates back to 1788 and which has undergone considerable transformations over the years, is also of considerable interest. Palazzo Julia dates back to the early sixteenth century. Palazzo De Simone-Julia is a particular example of architecture. Of one of the most beautiful buildings, the Civitate, unfortunately only the entrance door with the family crest remains.

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The Sanctuary of Sant’Angelo

The interior of the Basilica of Sant’Angelo d’Acri

L’EDIFICIO, al di là dei signiﬁcati simbolici, è di notevole pregio architettonico. I lavori furono iniziati nel 1893 e la chiesa fu consacrata nel 1898. Un vero e propio record. Il merito è del deﬁnitore generale dei Cappuccini di allora, padre Giacinto Osso. La facciata è sobria e, nel contempo imponente. È stata realizzata in pietra rosa di Mendicino che ne esalta la bellezza. L’interno è un vero capolavoro. Bellissimo il colpo d’occhio della cantoria e dell’organo che poggiano sul pronao facendone quasi un corpo a parte. Così come l’arco d’ingresso e l’aula. La volta ha ricche decorazioni e i pilastri che la sostengono formano un arco di trionfo meraviglioso. La cappella di Sant’Angelo ha delle decorazioni bellissime che circondano l’urna che contiene le spoglie del Santo. 18/10/2019 Acri santuario - Google Maps

Da solo Acriil santuario vale la visita di Acri. Basilica di Sant'Angelo

Sant’ Angelo D’Acri 4,5 (51) AssociazionePiazza o organizzazione Beato · Angelo d’Acri Tel. +39 0984 953368 Via Fleming Alessandro, 20 Indicazioni https://www.google.it/maps/search/Acri+santuario/@39.4870721,16.385329,19z?hl=it&authuser=0 1/5 18 eGuide Sant’Angelo, defender of the weak

Fra Angelo d’Acri preferred to know life than to know glory

HE BECAME a priest in 1700 and about a year later he had a preacher's license. Thus he began to travel around the South, preaching and performing miracles. His fame soon spread, but it took 25 years for the Church of Rome to declare him an "apostolic missionary". On the other hand, Fra Angelo did not seek recognition and, in a Christian way, he preferred to know life than to know glory. He did this "job" for 38 years, until his death in He became Blessed in 1739 at exactly 70 years. 1825, after 86 years of He was considered one of death and Saint in 2017 the greatest preachers of after 278 years of death. the time. He was tireless. The miracle that canonized him was that of the healing He preached incessantly of a young acrese who was throughout southern Italy. left for dead after a terrible From Reggio Calabria to car accident. The young Cosenza, to Catanzaro, to man's mother asked for and obtained a relic which Salerno. In the most she placed on her son's remote mountain villages. bed. The next day the boy Fra Angelo, however, was inexplicably recovered. not only a "preacher". He was a rights defender. He was a follower of St. Francis of Assisi (Friars Minor, Capuchins) and fought all forms of bullying and exploitation by working to combat social injustices. And to think that three times he had doubts as to whether or not to embrace the priestly life by entering and leaving the seminary. In the end he made the choice of his life with conviction.

19 eGuide The Peasant Civilization

THE exhibition rooms of the tools of the Peasant Civilization are very well cared for and are arranged in a very rational way. This facilitates the visit and makes the experience interesting. The Museum is housed in the Palazzo Feraudo (via San Francesco di Paola) on the third floor. The other two are occupied, one (the first), by the municipal library, the other by the Padula Foundation. The objects on display (they are many and well kept), testify to the work, the fatigue, the hard life of the peasants, but also the wealth that they have left to future generations. Traditions, gastronomy, a way of managing what you have to give everyone what they need to survive. The farmers have bequeathed to us the pride, the solidarity between women and men of this small planet. They left us a world that we must know how to preserve. The Acri Museum is perfect for this purpose. Each tool tells a story. From second-hand clothes, to baskets, barrels, water bottles, locks, baskets, shopping bags, flasks. Not to mention the lanterns and containers for milk and the tax for ricotta. It is a visit not to be missed from which the visitor will come out with a very different awareness of the world that will lead him to reflect on the destiny of humanity which today appears uncertain and fragile.

Via San Francesco di Paola - Phone +39 0984 921447

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ON THE slopes of the Sila Greca, on the road that leads from Cosenza to Camigliatello, at the gates of the Sila, stands the eighteenth-century Palazzo Sanseverino-Falcone, which dominates the city of Acri and the Crati Valley, and between its imposing walls 2006, the MACA (Acri Contemporary Art Museum). Eleven of the thirty rooms of the museum are «… in these glasses of dedicated to the yours there is always the permanent collection of intention to linger on a works by the artist and playful narrative, which glass master Silvio can even reach the Vigliaturo, a native of Acri. threshold of the dream, The over two hundred without ever crossing it completely …» paintings, drawings and (Paolo Levi) sculptures that compose it accompany the visitor through a biographical journey marked by fascinating and engaging works, in which it is possible to appreciate the evolution and the technical and creative growth of the artist, up to the evocative installations of majestic and colorful glass sculptures that have made the artist famous around «… the shape, the the world. The large epidermal surface, rooms of the Noble Floor which is cold in regularly host temporary substance but warm in exhibitions dedicated to color, and above all the ironic disenchantment the great art of the of their author, who twentieth century and the titles his works Angeli, contemporary scene. or Diavoli and Admission to MACA is Maternità, referring to free. Inside the Baj, Mirò and of course Sanseverino-Falcone Picasso ... » Palace it is also possible (Vittorio Sgarbi) to visit the Museum of spontaneous ﬂora.

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SILVIO Vigliaturo (Acri, 1949) moved at the age of thirteen to Chieri, in the province of Turin, where, as a shop boy, he approached glassmaking and, later, thanks to the meeting with the master Luigi Bertagna, he began his education in art and, in particular, in painting. Vigliaturo's entire artistic and creative process stems from the sign. Painting and sculpture are treated, in their embryonic stages, in the same way by the artist: aesthetic results of a drawing that traces the spaces that will subsequently be inhabited by the vibrant oil colors or the bright transparencies of the glass. Known and appreciated all over the world, Silvio Vigliaturo's works strike, first of all, for the aesthetic immediacy of the fluidity of the forms and the purity of the colors, and remain etched in the soul of Silvio Vigliaturo the viewer for the ease with which they are able to convey the artist's message. Vigliaturo is a storyteller who uses shapes and colors instead of words, giving life to a world that is the fairy-tale and dreamy translation of the reality in which we live, populated by characters that are universally recognizable archetypes. The curiosity The protagonist of numerous solo and group exhibitions in Vigliaturo's works have important public and also landed in the private exhibition spaces fashion "tour". Her in Europe, Asia and the designs, in fact, can be United States, Silvio found printed on Vigliaturo is recognized beautiful women's worldwide as one of the bags, distributed by an most important important company in exponents of Montalto Uffugo. contemporary glass sculpture.

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ONCE THERE WAS a beautiful young girl, called Agnes: the face a rose, the mouth a manna. Going and returning from the fields, she heard sighing from every man who walked behind her: "Oh Gnesa, oh Gnesa, what an ass you have!" In Gnesa, hearing that song every day, he wanted to see what made people sigh. It passed through Pombio; there was none; the tub was full; she lifts her skirt, goes down into the water, and her ass was seen in her mirror. Since then that tub Selfless advice acquired a special virtue; We want to be the water that is drawn impartial. For the from it is fresher, it is avoidance of doubt, clearer, it is healthier. therefore, we Gnesa left you the graces recommend drinking and the beauty of her Acri water from any beautiful body. This fountain that is legend was taken up by available. Always good Vincenzo Padula who does. That Teti or recalls how in Acri the Scafoglio is right. mistress used to address the servant who went to get water in this way: "Go for the water and take care to fill the jar for Gnesa's ass". According to Vito Teti, the "ass of Gnesa" «arises from ignorance of the language and from erroneous etymologies». According to Teti it is nothing more than the translation from the Greek of «the pure basin», «the clean basin». To confirm this, Teti recalls that Padula wrote that his ancestors «were not unworthy of descent from the Greeks». Teti writes that «the jar, the water and the woman allude to purity, prolificacy, rebirth». The “reading” given by Domenico Scafoglio is different, according to which in the «denudation of Gnesa, with its miraculous effects, a trace of pagan rituals of rural denuding seems to survive, which were to transmit fertility to the earth and drive out bad influences».

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� Walking

The walk of the bell towers

CHURCHES often represent the essence of a people, their true identity and, even more often, they tell their story. In them are kept splendid artistic treasures and hidden rites and fears. The bell towers of Acri are an integral part of the churches and each of them is different and magnificent. Beyond their meanings, what they represent, the message they deliver, they are of extraordinary beauty. Here we propose just a few. The drawing above shows the bell tower of San Nicola al Belvedere, in the photo on the left the bell tower of the church of San Francesco di Paola, in the one immediately below on the left the bell tower of the church of San Nicola di Sales Ante Castillum. In the photo on the right, in the one opposite the bell tower of the church of San Domenico and in the one under the bell tower of the church of the Santissima Annunziata. On the following page you will find the map with the locations and directions.

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It is possible to make the map interactive by clicking on the appropriate globe symbol. If you want to use the application, an Internet connection with geolocation enabled is required. The interactive map will allow you to get directions both by car and on foot. It is simple and intuitive. In any case, we provide instructions for use. Clicking on the globe opens a web page. Clicking on the turquoise markers opens a small window. Click on the wording "Get directions" which appears in the lower left window, also in turquoise. The page automatically moves to the field where the chosen place appears. At this point click on the symbol (gray circle) to the right of the first field. The system enters your exact location. Now just choose how to get there ("Guide" or "Walking") and click on the "Go" button. The path that will take you to your bell tower will appear.

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Food & Wine

The production of cured meats and cheeses in Acri is very important, but above all it is of excellent quality.

THE CHEESES

La Sila is an ideal place for grazing cows and calves that are left in the wild as they are destined to produce cheeses. Ricotta, mozzarella, caciocavallo of various types here are a total guarantee of genuineness. The working cycle is guaranteed by the total respect of hygiene rules and by the dedication of those who work there. Making cheese is hard work. We get up at 4.30 in the morning to milk the cows and the day goes on, managing the animals that are free to roam wherever they like, but which must be closely watched. After the milking operations there is the bottling of the milk which is sold in company outlets or ends up in supermarkets, while another part is used to produce various types of cheeses.

COLD CUTS

Don't miss to buy cold cuts from black pigs. Here in Acri there are some farms that produce high quality cured meats. The pigs are raised in the area and the cured meats are always produced in Acri. It starts with the spreadable ones ('nduja) to arrive at white and red soppressate, sausage, capocollo, pancetta, bacon, lard. All with exclusive ﬂavors. 26 eGuide

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Siluna Fest, the meaning of life

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Pistoletto's Third Paradise video.

It is a young festival, born in 2018, but the theme is ancient. It is that of inner well-being, respect for other people and respect for the environment and for art. This painting includes Michelangelo Pistoletto's installation of the "Third Paradise" which was curated by Giacinto Le Pera. It covers 75 meters long and 35 meters wide, inside which 58 larch pine trees have been planted, arranged as the symbol of the Third Paradise, drawn on the mirror by Pistoletto himself in the photo below on the right. As you can see, it is the revised symbol of mathematical infinity (∞). In the opinion of art critic Achille Bonito Oliva, the Third Paradise comes after that of unbridled technology which will continue to help mankind, but which will be more humanized. The sign of infinity, according to Bonito Oliva, indicates an «umbilical centrality that outlines the desire for a system of moral order and a balanced material development». For the organizers of the festival, all this translates into the recovery of spaces, reviving inanimate places, respecting the environment. In this way, living away from unbridled technology, recovering the beauty of being together with other people, life takes on a different meaning. Returning to this way of life revives everyone's life, otherwise people carry on their lives. A life that is, however, meaningless. The appointment is in early August of each year. Don't miss it. It's beautiful.

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The archeology conference of the 2019 edition

THE Padula Prize, established in 2003 by the Padula Foundation, has now become an important literary event on a national level. The Prize is made up of different sections: fiction, non-fiction, journalism, international fiction and the “Vincenzo Talarico” section. The students who form the People's Jury and choose

VINCENZO Padula (1819- 1893) was an extraordinary priest. He did not just preach, but he practiced his teachings by defending people in need and fighting for an ideal. He was a journalist, a man of letters and a patriot. He fought against the landowners by claiming the right of the peasants to a just recognition of their work, wrote articles in the newspapers of the time, history books and poems. He openly sided for the unification of Italy and this cost him an ambush by some assassins hired to kill him. In the riot his brother Giacomo lost his life and he, wanted by the police, was forced to flee. Since then he lived a life of hardship which ended only with the expedition of the Thousand and the unification of Italy when he was able to return to his studies and teaching in Cosenza, Naples and the University of Parma. the winner of the Narrative section, participate in the “best review“ competition. The "Padula" takes place every year towards the end of November and lasts 5 days between awards, conferences and debates. In past editions, personalities of the caliber of Ferruccio De Bortoli, Carlo Verdone, Gustavo Zagrelbesky, Valentino Parlato, Andrea Di Consoli have been awarded.

28 eGuide The genius loved by the goddesses

Elsa Martinelli and Vincenzo Talarico in Via Veneto in Rome in the 1960s

VINCENZO Talarico to whom the Padula Foundation has dedicated the international section of the literary prize, was an acrese transplanted to Rome, a city that the president of the Giuseppe Cristofaro Foundation defines as his "second homeland". “Enzino” was an important journalist, film critic and even actor. He loved playing the role of lawyer in the many films that were produced in abundance in courts and magistrates in the 1950s and 1960s. Talarico has assiduously frequented very important personalities of cinema, culture and entertainment. He was a friend of Anna Magnani, Marisa Merlini, Vittorio De Sica, Mario Soldati, Leonida Repaci, Corrado Alvaro, Tommaso Monicelli, Roberto Rossellini. He played the part of the lawyer in many films with Totò and Peppino, with Vittorio De Sica. Walter Veltroni defines him as "one of the souls" of the "recent history of Rome - he writes - in which the air of this city, its atmosphere, was the result of an era that produced a particular moment for cultural fervor, a season that it was in one and for all, the fulfillment of a dream called “dolce vita” ». “Enzino” was a very lively intellectual and a very witty critic. For this reason it was liked by actors, writers and, above all, actresses writers such as Tana Weber, Linuccia Saba, Anna Garofalo, Livia De Stefani, Elsa Morante, Elsa Martinelli. "Enzino" has been defined in many ways, but what perhaps best represents him is the former regional councilor for culture, Sandro Principe, who paints him "a protean genius". Oh yes, “Enzino” was a real genius.

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