FROSINONE – Everything is ready for the 11th edition of the FAI Autumn Days. On Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 October, 700 selected tourist sites in 300 Italian cities will open to the public in an unprecedented way with a parterre of special initiatives. The Province of Frosinone will be represented by Sora, who will propose the itinerary Stories of faith, through its network of churches that connect the district. There will be guided tours, dance and musical performances, tastings of typical local products, seminars and virtual experiences
“I imagine a city that can be more and more a point of reference for the neighboring ones and for our entire Province.” Speak out Luca Di Stefano, Mayor of Soraa town of Frosinone on the border with Abruzzo National Park and crossed by the Liri Riverwhich will represent the Ciociaria in the’XI edition of the FAI Autumn Days. Also for 2022, in fact, the Italian Environment Fund will dedicate to cultural heritage national two days of special initiatives. Saturday 15 And Sunday 16 October will open to the public in an unprecedented way 700 tourist destinationsselect in 300 Italian cities. Guided tourswith fixed or free contribution, itineraries in the villages, nature trails and visits to parks, historic gardens and botanical gardenspromoted through i FAI Youth Groupswith the support of all Delegationsi FAI groups ei FAI groups bridge between cultures.
From North to southour Peninsula is literally dotted with artistic treasures And architectural jewels including palaces, villas, churches, museums, castles and archaeological sites, which centuries of historical events in the heart of the Old Continent have set in enchanting locations. Some of these are now known to international tourism and welcome, net of the physiological decline caused by the pandemic, thousands of visitors every year. Many others, on the other hand, although they cannot rival the Colosseum, the Roman basilicas or the Uffizi in Florence, deserve to be re-discovered, because they are penalized by many factors, ranging from less accessibility to poor valuation over time.
In the case of the Ciociariasome encouraging signs have also arrived thanks tocommitment of the capital in encouraging infrastructure investments byHigh speedthat from 2020 it also includes a stop in Frosinone. To benefit indirectly, in these days, it was precisely Sorawhich appeared in apromotional image of a well-known railway company.
However, the current historical moment remains difficult and the specter of the very serious military and energy crisis that threatens Europe does not make the picture more rosy. Maybe that’s why the FAI Delegation of Frosinonein betting on the Volscian city, he wanted to propose an itinerary that draws on Christian historical and cultural values and on the message of peace contained in them: Stories of faith in the churches of Sora.
During FAI Autumn Days the treasures kept in the dense network of city churches will be exhibited to the publicin many cases sumptuous and refined, identifiable together with other places of interest on a mapwhich can be accessed from smartphone scanning the QR code with specific application. They will be the high school students of the Province, Ciceroni apprenticesto give a voice to the stories of art, culture And local spiritualitytestified by reliquaries, papers, artwork And rare books. A choice that finds consonance in the intentions of the young administrator, now at the end of his first year in office. “We must be able to make young people passionate about our traditions and our history, – Di Stefano told us again – because without them there is no future”.
The program
Going into detail, FAI initiatives for Sora will consist of various sections. Path Stories of Faithwith free contribution and without reservation, which will include the Abbey of S. Domenicofounded according to tradition by Domenico from Foligno between 1011 and 1025; there Church and the annex Convent of S. Francesco, built by the Franciscans between the 13th and 14th centuries on the remains of a Roman domus from the 1st century BC. C .; there Church of S. Restituta, in the homonymous square in the city center, dedicated to the patron saint who was martyred in 275 d. C. The church underwent various destructions and reconstructions. It was set on fire and razed to the ground by Frederick II in 1229 (but by his will it was rebuilt after 1250). The current arrangement is subsequent to the disastrous earthquake of 1654; the Church of St. John Baptistfound in a characteristic corner of the district Cancegliewhere part of the population had moved after the Frederick assault. July 24, 1901 there was baptized the director and actor Vittorio De Sica, born on 7 July in the house opposite. It will be possible to see the act in the parish register of baptisms; there Church of S. Bartolomeo and that of Holy spiritboth long Corso Volsci: the first was built, according to tradition, on the site of the house that hosted S. Restituta, who came from Rome to evangelize the city. A wooden crucifix is kept there commissioned in 1564 by Cardinal Cesare Baronio to the sculptor Tiberio Calcagni, belonging to the school of Michelangelo; the second, of baroque style, was probably originally connected to the hospital belonging to it to the Order of the Holy Spirit in Sassia in Rome, whose existence in Sora is attested by a document dated 1325; there Church of S. Rocco, whose current appearance is the result of the transformation of the very simple original chapel, thanks to the very strong devotion of the Sorani towards the saint; there Church of S. Antonio Abatewhich rises, like that of the Madonna delle Grazie, on the slopes of the hill of S. Casto.
It will be necessary instead be FAI members (it will also be possible to register on site), together with contribution of 3 euros (5 in the case of the Civic Museum), and the booking on the FAI websiteby 12:00 on Friday 14, to visit 4 other places important of the city: the Convent of the Passionist Fatherswhich stands, with all its charm given by the monastic spirit, on the slope of the mountains that frame Sora; Marsella Palacethe Civic Museum of the Middle Valle del Liri and the Cathedral of S. Maria Assunta.
Finally, both days of Saturday and Sunday will be enriched by a series of extra activities. The associations Sorantica, City of the Sun And It can be donewill accompany you through the streets of the city in search of traces of the agro-pastoral world he was born in nineteenth-century brigandagewith The alleys of Chiavone, a local historical figure who gets lost in myth. They will add choreutic and musical performances, minstrels, markets with tastings of typical local products And seminars with a sensory approach. A absolute novelty will be the one that awaits you in the Simoncelli roomwithin the Palace of Culture: Sora Castle in 3Dan ‘virtual experience to visit the ancient as never before fortification of the Volsca period on Monte S. Castoone of the symbols of the city.
INFORMATION
FAI Autumn Days – Sora
Visiting hours: 09:00 – 13:00 / 15:00 – 17:30
Admission: free or by reservation through the FAI site
FAI Autumn Days 2022 in Sora – The program
Et unum facere et aliud non omittere! I fondly remember these words, which one of my dearest teachers of early youth loved to repeat to me. However, I am not always able to put into practice the precious precept of the Latin fathers, as I am always in search of a balance and a peace that has never been found. I struggle between various interests ranging from study to theater (seen and acted), from sports to writing, looking for my star. Physically halfway between the athlete and the bookworm, but increasingly tending towards the latter, my eternal concern is that what I do is done with dignity, according to an oriental expression that is very close to my heart: kung fu (“Very hard work practiced with skill and sacrifice”).
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