Corazzo. The “Week of Calabrian culture” starts tomorrow: the program

Seven days in a row, since Thursday 4 to Thursday 11 August, in which Corazzowith the majestic ruins of the Cistercian abbey, with nearly 50 events is a candidate to become the cultural capital of the region.

In “Calabrian culture week “in fact, intellectuals, writers, historians, artists, politicians, men of the Church will meet to discuss more current issues.

In particular this one twelfth edition will be characterized by some underlining: first of all the 820 years from the death of Joachim of Fiore that it was in Corazzo that he lived a decisive period for his prophetic thought, as he said Dante Alighieri in its Divine Comedy.

As in previous editions, the Week of Calabrian culture will be enriched with nine new exhibitions, walks, visions, presentations of books and, as is now customary, will end with the nineteenth edition of Cassiodorus Award.

THE PROGRAM

THURSDAY 4

CORAZZO – Ruins of the Cistercian abbey

18.00 Kites above Corazzo: «If the rope is long, the kite will fly higher». Free to fly project of the comprehensive institute “Don Milani” of Lamezia Terme.

6.30 pm Guided tour of the Art and Spirituality exhibition by the sculptor Antonio La Gamba.

19.00 – Inauguration ceremony of the twelfth edition of the Calabrian Culture Week. Greetings from: Demetrio Guzzardi, rector of Universitas Vivariensis and the mayors of: Carlopoli Emanuela Talarico, Panettieri Salvatore Parrotta, Bianchi Pasquale Taverna and Soveria Mannelli Michele Chiodo. Speech by Giusi Princi regional councilor for culture.

• The Culture of Remembrance: A thought for those who left us in the last year: Luigi Maria Lombardi Satriani edited by Mario Greco; Franco Tassone (Qualecultura publisher) edited by Florindo Rubbettino.

TO FOLLOW – Mediterranean Trinity: tasting of bread, cheese and wine.

22.30 “And we went out to see the stars again”, prof. Riccardo Barberi director of the Physics Department at Unical tells us about Il cielo sopra Corazzo.

FRIDAY 5 AUGUST

CORAZZO – Ruins of the Cistercian abbey – 9.30-10.30 am Good morning Corazzo: literary walk by Lara Chiellino.

WHITES – Piazza Matteotti – 11 am-1pm – Mayor Pasquale Taverna offers us coffee and introduces us to his village. Guided tour of the Parchment Museum by the scientific director prof. Mario Francisco Benvenuto, Unical teacher.

CHESTNUT – Cultural Center – 6.00 pm Inauguration of the exhibitions: «Corazzo in the documents of the Arcuri family archive and of the periodical Reportage. With a thought to the memory of Salvatore Piccoli »by Annamaria Persico; «Calabrian itineraries in the photographic archive of Emilia Zinzi» by the cultural association “Emilia Zinzi”.

WHITES – Municipal library – 7.30 pm Mattia Decembrini: technical production and artistic production of parchments. Introduced by Rino Pascuzzo.

FOLLOWING – Gustavo Valente Prize (seventh edition) awarded to the “Luigi Elvio Accattatis” Parchment Museum – Bianchi (CS). The award is handed over to the son of Gustavo Valente, Giuseppe.

• Mediterranean Trinity: bread, cheese and wine.

9.30 pm Video projection: «The Cistercian abbey of Sambucina» by Flaviano Garritano.

SATURDAY 6 AUGUST

CORAZZO – Ruins of the Cistercian abbey – 9.30-10.30 am Good morning Corazzo: literary walk by Lara Chiellino.

CARLOPOLI – Via M. Bianchi (Fotoclic) – 11 am-1pm Guided tour of the Acqua Leo company and Carmine Mancuso’s farm and dairy, with a small zoo.

CORAZZO – Ruins of the Cistercian abbey – 6.30 pm The spirituality of Corazzo: conversation on religious life: the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, with Father Pasquale Castrilli.

SOVERIA MANNELLI – Workshop of culture and creativity

7.30 pm Inauguration of the exhibitions: «Calabria. Stories of men and lands », photographic images by Mario Greco; “When a priest takes brushes … to make people think” by Don Pasquale Brizzi; «The popess. The tarot card and the prophecies of Gioacchino da Fiore »edited by Demetrio Guzzardi and Albamaria Frontino.

FOLLOWING

• Presentation of the book by Father Pasquale Castrilli, «Telling the Gospel or the mission land? Missionary magazines in the age of the internet ».

• Mediterranean Trinity: bread, cheese and wine.

9.30 pm Video projection: “Caves of Calabrian-Greek monks and Latin settlements” by Silvana Franco.

SUNDAY 7 AUGUST

CORAZZO – Cistercian abbey ruins – 9.30-10.30 am Good morning Corazzo: literary walk by Lara Chiellino.

CARLOPOLI – Via M. Bianchi (Photoclic) – 11.00 am Departure for Villaggio Mancuso.

BAKERS – Piazza San Carlo – 7.30 pm Presentation of the volume of Santo Gioffrè, «Faida» (Castelvecchi), in conversation with the author Federico Bonacci.

TO FOLLOW – Mediterranean Trinity: bread, cheese and wine.

9.30 pm Museum of bread – Inauguration of the exhibition of the artists of the Limen workshop «Bakers“ Cun Panis ”» with works by Maria Vigliarolo, Antonio La Gamba, Antonio Cardona, Pietro Topia and Alberto Polistena.

MONDAY 8 AUGUST 2022

CORAZZO – Ruins of the Cistercian abbey – 9.30-10.30 am Good morning Corazzo: literary walk by Lara Chiellino.

BAKERS – Town Hall – 11 am-1pm Mayor Salvatore Parrotta offers us coffee and introduces us to his village. Guided tour of the bread museum and the house of the brigand “Giosafat Talarico”.

CORAZZO – Ruins of the Cistercian abbey – 6.30 pm The spirituality of Corazzo: conversation on religious life: the Capuchins with Father Gianluca Crudo.

BAKERS – Piazza San Carlo – 7.30 pm Presentation of the series “Studies and research on Don Carlo De Cardona and the Catholic Movement in Calabria”, with the participation of: Demetrio Guzzardi, Flavio Talarico, Giuseppe Spagnuolo (president of BCC Centro Calabria), Sebastiano Barbanti (president of BCC Calabria) Further), Gianluca Gallo (regional councilor for agriculture).

FOLLOWING

• Franco Locanto Prize for Politics as a Service (seventh edition), by the Calabrian Study Center “Catholic Social Politics” awarded the award to: Francesco Capocasale, Franco Locanto’s wife, Gianna Misasi and daughter Maria Locanto.

• Mediterranean Trinity: bread, cheese and wine.

9.30 pm Video projection: «The Calabrian Cistercian settlements… from the hang glider» by Giulio Archinà.

TUESDAY 9 AUGUST

CORAZZO – Ruins of the Cistercian abbey – 9.30-10.30 am Good morning Corazzo: literary walk by Lara Chiellino.

CARLOPOLI – Municipal library – 10.30 We build kites. Laboratory by the teachers of the Institute com. “Don Milani” Lamezia Terme.

SOVERIA MANNELLI – Workshop of culture – 11 am-1pm The mayor Michele Chiodo offers us coffee and introduces us to his village. Establishment Rubbettino guided tour of the bibliographic exhibition «Church and monasticism in Calabria» and the Lanificio Leo, the business museum of the oldest Calabrian textile factory.

CORAZZO – Ruins of the Cistercian abbey – 6.30 pm The spirituality of Corazzo: conversation on religious life: the Little brothers and sisters of the Immaculate Conception of Bagnara Calabra.

SOVERIA MANNELLI – Workshop of culture – 7.30 pm Presentation of the book by Father Pasquale Triulcio, «They will shine like the stars forever».

TO FOLLOW – Mediterranean Trinity: bread, cheese and wine.

SOVERIA MANNELLI – Church of San Giovanni Battista – 9.30 pm Video projection: “The life and miracles of San Francesco di Paola in the seventeenth-century illustrations by Alessandro Baratta di Scigliano”, with Demetrio Guzzardi publisher Progetto 2000 and father Giovanni Cozzolino superior of the convent of the friars minima of Pizzo Calabro. Introduced by Don Roberto Tomaino, parish priest of Soveria Mannelli.

WEDNESDAY 10 AUGUST

CORAZZO – Ruins of the Cistercian abbey – 9.30-10.30 am Good morning Corazzo: literary walk by Lara Chiellino.

CARLOPOLI – Municipal library – 10.30 We build kites. Workshop by the teachers of the comprehensive “Don Milani” Lamezia Terme Institute.

CARLOPOLI – Via M. Bianchi (Fotoclic) – 11 am-1pm The mayor Emanuela Talarico offers us coffee and introduces us to her village. Guided tour of the Museum of Ancient Crafts and the Pietro Mancuso da Romba’s cellar.

CHESTNUT – Piazza Gioacchino da Fiore – 6.30 pm Inauguration of the work dedicated to Gioacchino da Fiore, created by the artist Antonio La Gamba.

CARLOPOLI – Piazza Brutto – Amphitheater – 7.30 pm Presentation of the volume «Don Dante Bruno. Always love in the first place ». Participants: Demetrio Guzzardi editor and curator of the book, Andrea Gualtieri journalist of “Repubblica”, mgr. Francesco Savino vice president for the South of the Italian bishops.

TO FOLLOW – Mediterranean Trinity: bread, cheese and wine.

CHESTNUT – Piazza Gioacchino da Fiore – 9.30 pm Presentation of the volume «Gente di Corazzo. Photographic images »by Mario Greco, with the introductory essay« Notes for a history of Calabrian social photography »by Demetrio Guzzardi. Participants: Rosanna Vigliarolo and Paolo Arcuri.

THURSDAY 11 AUGUST

CORAZZO – Ruins of the Cistercian abbey – 9.30-10.30 am Good morning Corazzo: literary walk by Lara Chiellino.

SOVERIA MANNELLI – Reventino Culture and Creativity Workshop – 11.00 am Guided tour of the exhibition “When a priest takes his brushes … to make people think” by Don Pasquale Brizzi.

CORAZZO – Ruins of the Cistercian abbey

4.30 pm Kites above Corazzo: «If the rope is long, the kite will fly higher». Free to fly project of the comprehensive “Don Milani” Institute of Lamezia Terme.

6.30 pm Conversation on Scout spirituality with Fabrizio Marano, Chief Scout of Italy of Agesci.

CORAZZO – Cloister of the abbey – 7.30 pm Cassiodorus Prize (19th edition)

Recognitions to personalities who work and reside in Calabria who have distinguished themselves in research and cultural, economic and social development. Introduces Stefano Vecchione, leads Demetrio Guzzardi.

THE WINNERS OF THE 2022 EDITION

Don Battista Cimino (missionary priest) – Concetta Silvia Patrizia Marzano (cultural worker) – Antonio La Gamba (artist) – Rino Giovinco (journalist) – Rubbettino publishing house (publishing company) – Adelya Piccoli Mancuso (agri-food company) – Flavio Talarico (economist ) – Antonio Leo (entrepreneur) – Red Devils of Tiriolo (voluntary association) – Cultural Association “Emilia Zinzi”.

THE EXHIBITIONS OF THE 12TH WEEK

CORAZZO Ruins of the Cistercian abbey

• Art and spirituality, sculptures by Antonio La Gamba.

BIANCHI Municipal library

• Technical production and artistic production of the parchments, by Mattia Decembrini.

CHESTNUT Cultural center

• Corazzo in the documents of the archives of the Arcuri family and of the periodical Reportage. With a thought to the memory of Salvatore Piccoli, edited by Annamaria Persico.

• Calabrian itineraries in the photographic archive of Emilia Zinzi by the cultural association “Emilia Zinzi”.

SOVERIA MANNELLI – Workshop of culture

• Calabria. Stories of men and lands, photographic images by Mario Greco.

• When a priest takes the brushes… to make people think of Don Pasquale Brizzi.

• The popess. The tarot card and the prophecies of Gioacchino da Fiore by Demetrio Guzzardi and Albamaria Frontino.

SOVERIA MANNELLI – Rubbettino factory

• Bibliographic exhibition of the volumes published by the Rubbettino publishing house on the Church and monasticism in Calabria.

BAKERS Museum of bread

• “Cun Panis” bakers by the artists of the Limen workshop, works by Maria Vigliarolo, Antonio La Gamba, Antonio Cardona, Pietro Topia and Alberto Polistena.

Corazzo. The “Week of Calabrian culture” starts tomorrow: the program