Punctual, exciting, never outdated, they come back “Autumn Days” and cross the finish line of their eleventh edition.
Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 October 2022 the great national event in the square will return from North to South Italy, which crowns the tireless work of the Fai Giovani Groups and, at the same time, creates a bond between all the Delegations and Fai Groups scattered throughout the Peninsula.
The event is located in the heart of these Fai d’Autunno Days “Bivongi: an itinerary between water, industrial archeology and spirituality”promoted by the Fai Young Locride and Piana Group, led by Daria Sansotta, and with the participation of the Fai Locride and Piana Delegation, led by Titty Curinga.
In fact, on Sunday 16 October, those who love Fai days will be able to descend on an exciting visit to the land of silkworms, from which the name Bivongi derives, letting themselves be embraced by the intense green of Monte Consolino and by the wide rocky ridge on which the he ancient village rises in the heart of the Stilaro.
Bivongi as a naturalistic heritage and a place of intertwining between numerous cults, but also a territory in which to admire clear examples of industrial archeology, which have granted it the reputation of the land of iron. The itinerary includes five important stages: the hydroelectric plant, the first in the south, inaugurated in 1914, and the “Bagni di Guida” thermal site, whose waters, defined as “holy”, are known for their beneficial therapeutic effects, guaranteeing, according to many, of the longevity of the Bivongesi; the “Do Furnu” Mill, an extraordinary testimony of the industrial past of the Stilaro Valley, built in the 12th century by Cistercian monks and destined for the crushing of galena, a mineral from which lead was extracted.
Visitors will be able to also admire the Church of Maria SS Mamma Nostra, inside which there are eighteenth-century artistic treasures, the work of very important Neapolitan workers. Finally, the itinerary includes a stop at the Greek Orthodox Monastery of San Giovanni Theristis, a place where spirituality and history have crossed over the centuries. The religious complex, abandoned after the schism of 1054, was a place of formation for the hermit monk John and was the object of the visit of the patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, in March 2001.
For the occasion, moreover, the Museum of Contemporary Art will open its doors to visitors AM International, today a museum-laboratory, place of conservation and use of works of art, born from the foresight of the founder, Angelina Melia, and from the contribution of numerous artists, active in expanding the heritage of the collection of works of art there here I’m.
Numerous shows and exhibitions await visitors, who will have the opportunity to admire new collections by segments and thematic areas.
The Fai Autumn Days, in Bivongi, will take place Sunday 16 October, from 10:00 to 17:00, in full compliance with health safety regulations. As a preview of this interesting Sunday, Saturday 15 October there will be a suggestive ring excursion on the route of the former Decauville railway from 1860 which was used to transport timber from Ferdinandea to the Ionian coast.
On the Site of Community Importance “Bosco di Stilo” inside the Parco delle Serre, you will proceed along a path that follows what was once an old mountain railway; immersed in a unique naturalistic setting among holm oak, chestnut, beech and silver fir woods, you will then reach the iron and steel center of Ferdinandea, born as an extension to the Mongiana factories, where you can visit the rooms of the residential area.
Fai d’Autunno Days in Bivongi for an itinerary between water, industrial archeology and spirituality