People don't only live in the past villages of Italy.
Some reveal true pearls about local culture and contemporary times.
This is the case of Bard, in the Aosta Valley; Rovereto, in Trentino-Alto Adige; Sant'Agata de' Goti, in Campania; Aliano, in Basilicata; and Sambuca di Sicilia, in Sicily.
Bard, nestled in the mountains of the Aosta Valley, is like a sentinel of time. Its majestic and imposing fortress has returned to life, becoming a cultural hub in the Alps. With permanent and temporary exhibitions, the Museo delle Alpi uses modern multimedia language to tell the essence of the Alpine region, where the past intertwines with the present in timeless harmony.
Still in northern Italy, the small town of Rovereto is a treasure trove of architectural remains from different eras, from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance and on to the Baroque.
But the passage of time in the village does not stop there: Rovereto is the home of one of the fathers of Futurism, Fortunato Depero, whose Depero House of Futurist Art is the only museum in the country dedicated to this artistic movement that emerged in the first decades of the 20th century.
Heading south to Sant'Agata de' Goti, every corner of the village exudes a bygone era: from the silence of the Cathedral of Santa Agata to the imposing Ducale Castle. The restoration of the old buildings has brought historical authenticity to the place, while slow tourism is increasingly gaining ground there.
In the heart of Basilicata, Aliano is a haven for lovers of literature and art. The town was immortalized in the work “Cristo si è fermato a Eboli” (“Christ stopped at Eboli”) by the writer Carlo Levi, to whom a park is dedicated. In fact, the events at the Carlo Levi Literary Park and the Landscape Festival are moments of encounter and reflection, where the past comes to life in the words and gestures of the inhabitants, and visitors find in these places an echo of the same resilience that Levi knew how to tell.
Sambuca di Sicilia has chosen a courageous and visionary path for its rebirth. Through a national project that offers houses for sale for 1 euro in exchange for local investment, the village has managed to attract people from all over the world, who have brought diverse languages and cultures to this small Sicilian corner, in a new way of reinventing itself and living.HANDLE)
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