A pochi chilometri da Fossano, in alto su una collina da cui si gode di un meraviglioso panorama sull'arco alpino della Provincia Granda tra cui svetta il Monviso, รจ stato costruito uno spazio spettacoli dal nome giร evocativo: l'Anfiteatro dell'Anima.
Venti รจ il tema dell'edizione 2018 di Scrittori in cittร , il festival letterario cuneese giunto quest'anno alla ventesima edizione.
Come tutti gli anni numerosi sono gli ospiti che si avvicendano tra le varie location cittadine per parlare non sono di libri, ma anche di attualitร e proporre spunti di riflessione partendo da un tema comune.
E letteralmente di venti che soffiano ha parlato Nick Hunt che presentando il suo libro "Dove soffiano i venti selvaggi" racconta il suo viaggio insolito sulla rotta di quattro venti, Helm, Bora, Fรถhn e Mistral, che diventano i protagonisti del romanzo. Un viaggio che si trasforma in inseguimento affascinante, perchรจ i venti sono imprevedibili e occorre saperli aspettare con pazienza.
Scrittori in cittร 2018 "Venti" - Cuneo
Venti is the theme of the edition 2018 of Scrittori in cittร , the Cuneese literary festival, now in its twentieth edition.
Like the past years, there are many guests who come and go between the various city locations to talk not only about books, but also around current events offering food for thought starting from a common topic.
And literally of winds that blow spoke Nick Hunt introducing his book "Where the Wild Winds Are". He told about his unusual journey on the four-wind course, Helm, Bora, Fรถhn and Mistral, which become the protagonists of the novel. A journey that turns into a fascinating pursuit, because the winds are unpredictable and you need to know how to wait thempatiently.
Venti is the theme of the edition 2018 of Scrittori in cittร , the Cuneese literary festival, now in its twentieth edition.
Like the past years, there are many guests who come and go between the various city locations to talk not only about books, but also around current events offering food for thought starting from a common topic.
And literally of winds that blow spoke Nick Hunt introducing his book "Where the Wild Winds Are". He told about his unusual journey on the four-wind course, Helm, Bora, Fรถhn and Mistral, which become the protagonists of the novel. A journey that turns into a fascinating pursuit, because the winds are unpredictable and you need to know how to wait thempatiently.
Situato all'estremo sud-est della Provincia di Cuneo, nel territorio dell'Alta Langa, Monesiglio รจ un centro dalle origini antiche.
La Cappella di Santa Maria delle Vigne รจ una delle Cappelle gotiche che contraddistinguono il territorio di Mondovรฌ. A pochi passi dalla cittร della ceramica, tra le colline del Monregalese ci sono piccoli oratori campestri al cui interno conservano cicli pittorici risalenti al '400, in stile gotico monregalese.
Una di queste รจ la Cappella di Santa Maria delle Vigne, che con la sua architettura e i suoi affreschi, offre una testimonianza vibrante della devozione e della creativitร del passato. piccolo e nascosto gioiello situato in localitร Carassone, in posizione panoramica ai piedi della collina di Mondovรฌ Piazza.
La Cappella di San Bernardo delle Forche fa parte del circuito delle Cappelle Gotiche di Mondovรฌ, piccoli oratori campestri al cui interno conservano cicli pittorici risalenti al '400, in stile gotico monregalese.
Gli affreschi della Cappella di San Bernardo delle Forche di Mondovรฌ sono stati dipinti tra il 1473 ed il 1478 da Antonio ‘Dragone’ da Monteregale e si ispirano al tema provenzale della Lactatio Virginalis, ossia della maternitร di Maria, giร comparso in un documento dell'abate Arnaud di Chartres, amico di San Bernardo.
Nell'affresco centrale si osserva, in posizione centrale, Gesรน in croce affiancato da due angeli e ai suoi piedi un morto sdraiato su un letto con un diavolo, la cui figura รจ pressocchรจ cancellata, che ha l'intento di tirarlo probabilmente verso l'Inferno.
Alla sinistra di Gesรน c'รจ Maria che mostra al figlio il seno scoperto con l'intento di intercedere per il defunto ed il Cristo si porta la mano destra al costato offrendo il suo sangue e chiedendo a Dio di esaudire le richieste della Madonna.
Dio, raffigurato in alto a sinistra, attraverso un cartiglio risponde che nulla gli puรฒ negare.
Completano l'affresco centrale Santa Barbara e San Bernardo che rappresentano la morte violenta.
L'affresco della parete di sinistra ritrae Sant'Anna, con un lungo mantello rosso, con in braccio Maria che allatta il Bambino Gesรน, vestito d'oro. Di fianco a loro c'รจ Santa Caterina, legante e regale.
La parete sinistra riporta anche un dipinto piuttosto raro: la rappresentazione della Buona e della Cattiva preghiera. Un monaco ed un laico pregano inginocchiati davanti alla croce.
Le loro parole sono illustrate come raggi bianchi. Mentre quelli che partono dalla bocca del monaco toccano le piaghe di Cristo, quelli del laico non arrivano a Gesรน ma sono diretti verso i suoi possedimenti.
La parete destra, invece, รจ dipinta un'altra Madonna del Latte. Maria, elegantemente vestita, allatta Gesรน, seduta su un trono.
Il Bambino porta al collo un ciondolo di corallo simbolo della passione e della resurrezione. Accanto a loro sono posti San Bartolomeo, Santa Maria Maddalena e San Tommaso, mentre un grande San Cristoforo, protettore dei viandanti, tiene sulle spalle Gesรน bambino.
Sugli affreschi sono presenti anche diversi graffiti antichi, fatti probabilmente da analfabeti. Si tratta di croci, simboli, date e stemmi.
La Cappella di San Bernardo delle Forche, insieme alla Cappella di Santa Croce e alla Cappella di Santa Maria delle Vigne รจ visitabile durante l'iniziativa “Alla scoperta della Mondovรฌ Gotica”, organizzata dall’Associazione Monregaltour.
Frescoes in the Chapel of St. Bernard of Forks
The Chapel of St. Bernardo delle Forche is part of the circuit of the Gothic Chapels of Mondovi, small rural oratories that preserved painting cycles dating back to '400, in Gothic style.
The frescoes in the Chapel of St. Bernardo delle Forche in Mondovi were painted between 1473 and 1478 by Antonio 'Dragon' by Monteregale and are inspired by the Provencal Lactatio Virginalis, that is the maternity of Maria, already appeared in a document of Abbot Arnaud de Chartres, a friend of St. Bernard.
In the fresco behind the altar you can observe, in a central position, the crucified Christ flanked by two angels and at his feet a dead man lying on a bed with a devil, whose figure is practically canceled, that has probably the intent to pull him towards the hell.
To the left of Jesus there is Maria who shows to his son the breast with the intent to ask and intercession for the dead, while Christ puts his right hand on his ribs, offering his blood and asking God to fulfill the requests of his mother.
God, pictured up on the left, through a cartouche responds that he can't deny.
Complete the central fresco Santa Barbara and San Bernardo that representing the violent death.
The fresco on the left wall depicts St. Anne, with a long red cloak, in her arms Maria nursing the infant Jesus, gold dressed. Next to them there is Santa Caterina, binder and regal.
The left wall also shows a rather rare painting : the representation of the Good and the Bad prayer. A monk and a layman pray kneeling foothills the cross.
Their words are shown as white rays. While those that leave from the mouth of the monk touch the wounds of Christ, those of the laity don't come to Jesus but are directed towards his possessions.
On the right wall, at the end, is painted another "Madonna del Latte". Maria, elegantly dressed, is nursing Jesus, sitting on a throne.
The child has a coral pendant, symbol of the passion and the resurrection. Beside them are placed St. Bartholomew, St. Mary Magdalene and St. Thomas, while a huge St. Christopher, patron of the wayfarers, takes the baby Jesus on his shoulders.
On the frescoes there are also several ancient graffiti, probably made by illiterate. they are crosses, symbols, dates and crests.
The Chapel of St. Bernardo delle Forche , with the Chapel of Santa Croce and Chapel of Santa Maria delle Vigne , can be visited during the initiative "Alla scoperta della Mondovรฌ Gotica", organized by the 'Associazione Monregaltour .
The Chapel of St. Bernardo delle Forche is part of the circuit of the Gothic Chapels of Mondovi, small rural oratories that preserved painting cycles dating back to '400, in Gothic style.
The frescoes in the Chapel of St. Bernardo delle Forche in Mondovi were painted between 1473 and 1478 by Antonio 'Dragon' by Monteregale and are inspired by the Provencal Lactatio Virginalis, that is the maternity of Maria, already appeared in a document of Abbot Arnaud de Chartres, a friend of St. Bernard.
In the fresco behind the altar you can observe, in a central position, the crucified Christ flanked by two angels and at his feet a dead man lying on a bed with a devil, whose figure is practically canceled, that has probably the intent to pull him towards the hell.
To the left of Jesus there is Maria who shows to his son the breast with the intent to ask and intercession for the dead, while Christ puts his right hand on his ribs, offering his blood and asking God to fulfill the requests of his mother.
God, pictured up on the left, through a cartouche responds that he can't deny.
Complete the central fresco Santa Barbara and San Bernardo that representing the violent death.
The fresco on the left wall depicts St. Anne, with a long red cloak, in her arms Maria nursing the infant Jesus, gold dressed. Next to them there is Santa Caterina, binder and regal.
The left wall also shows a rather rare painting : the representation of the Good and the Bad prayer. A monk and a layman pray kneeling foothills the cross.
Their words are shown as white rays. While those that leave from the mouth of the monk touch the wounds of Christ, those of the laity don't come to Jesus but are directed towards his possessions.
On the right wall, at the end, is painted another "Madonna del Latte". Maria, elegantly dressed, is nursing Jesus, sitting on a throne.
The child has a coral pendant, symbol of the passion and the resurrection. Beside them are placed St. Bartholomew, St. Mary Magdalene and St. Thomas, while a huge St. Christopher, patron of the wayfarers, takes the baby Jesus on his shoulders.
On the frescoes there are also several ancient graffiti, probably made by illiterate. they are crosses, symbols, dates and crests.
The Chapel of St. Bernardo delle Forche , with the Chapel of Santa Croce and Chapel of Santa Maria delle Vigne , can be visited during the initiative "Alla scoperta della Mondovรฌ Gotica", organized by the 'Associazione Monregaltour .
Spesso le nostre cittร nascondono piccoli tesori architettonici che, nonostante ci stiano sotto gli occhi quotidianamente, il piรน delle volte ignoriamo.
E'questo il caso delle Cappelle "gotiche" di Mondovรฌ, di cui la Cappella di San Bernardo delle Forche fa parte. Sono piccoli oratori costruiti in campagna o distanti dal centro urbano, spesso adibiti a ricovero per pellegrini, in cui artisti del '400 dipinsero cicli pittorici con lo scopo di istruire i poveri e analfabeti alle Sacre Scritture. Lo stile utilizzato negli affreschi รจ quello tardo-gotico, tipico della zona monregalese.
La Cappella di San Bernardo delle Forche รจ situata su una collina di Borgo Ferrone, di fronte a Mondovรฌ Piazza, e deve il suo nome al fatto che la zona era quella in cui erano posizionati i patiboli.
Affrescata nella seconda metร del 1400, la cappella potrebbe risalire al '300 ed รจ dedicata a S. Bernardo di Chiaravalle, la cui figura รจ presente anche negli affreschi interni.
L'edificio รจ piuttosto semplice, ha una struttura rettangolare, ad un'unica aula, con tetto "a capanna" che ricopre anche il nartece esterno.
Sulla facciata sono presenti tre affreschi relativamente recenti che raffigurano San Bernardo, San Rocco e, al centro sulla porta d'ingresso, la Madonna col Bambino.
Il vero tesoro di questa cappella sta perรฒ al suo interno con il ciclo pittorico di Antonio ‘Dragone’ da Monteregale ispirato al tema della maternitร di Maria.
Chapel of St. Bernard of Forks - Mondovรฌ
Often our small towns hidden architectural treasures that although they are under our eyes every day, most of the time we ignore them.
An example are the "Gothic" Chapels in Mondovi, like the Chapel of St. Bernard of Forks . Theese chapels are small oratories built in the countryside or distant from the city center, often used as a shelter for pilgrims. In them artists of '400 painted pictorial cycles in order to educate the poor and illiterate to the Holy Scriptures. The style used in the frescoes is the late-Gothic, typical of the Mondovรฌ area.
The Chapel of St. Bernard of Forks is located on a hill in the hamlet Ferrone, in front of Mondovi Piazza, and owes its name to the fact that in the area were placed the gallows.
Frescoed in the second half of 1400, the chapel could dated back to the '300 and is dedicated to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, whose figure is also present in the interior frescoes.
The building is quite simple, it has a rectangular structure, a single hall, with a "hut"roof that also covers the narthex outside.
On the front there are three frescoes relatively recent depicting St. Bernard, St. Rocco and in the center on the front door, the Madonna and with the Child.
The real treasure of this chapel is inside with the series of paintings by Antonio 'Dragon' by Monteregale inspired by the theme of Mary's motherhood.
Per inaugurare il completamento dei lavori della nuova Via Roma e festeggiare, come di consuetudine la Madonna del Carmine, Cuneo, durante le sere delle prime due settimane di Luglio, ha assistito all'Illuminata, un meraviglioso spettacolo di luci e suoni lungo la via maestra del centro storico.
Come accade per molte feste patronali del Sud, Via Roma รจ stata illuminata con migliaia di lampioni e lampade a formare lampioni, archi e una lunga galleria con volta a botte culminante in una grande porta colorata prospiciente Piazza Galimberti.
E per dare ancora piรน risalto, ogni sera le migliaia di visitatori accorsi con curiositร hanno potuto assistere a giochi di luci, colori e suoni.
Una manifestazione unica, coinvolgente e di successo.
Illuminata 2015 - Cuneo
In order to inaugurate the end of the renovations of the new Via Roma and to celebrate, as usual, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Cuneo, during the evenings of the first two weeks of July, assisted to the Illuminata, a wonderful show of lights and sounds along the main road of the historic center.
Like many festivities of the South of Italy, Via Roma was lit with thousands of street lights and lamps to form street lights, bows and a long tunnel with a barrel vault culminating in a large colored door overlooking Piazza Galimberti.
And to give more prominence to the event, every evening thousands of visitors flocked curiously were able to attend two plays of light, colors and sounds.
A unique event, engaging and successful.
Like many festivities of the South of Italy, Via Roma was lit with thousands of street lights and lamps to form street lights, bows and a long tunnel with a barrel vault culminating in a large colored door overlooking Piazza Galimberti.
And to give more prominence to the event, every evening thousands of visitors flocked curiously were able to attend two plays of light, colors and sounds.
A unique event, engaging and successful.
Lo stambecco รจ, insieme al gipeto, l'animale piรน rappresentativo del Parco delle Alpi Marittime ed, in particolare, della Valle Gesso.
Dopo un serio rischio d'estinzione in tutto l'arco alpino, quest'ungulato agli inizi del Novecento รจ stato reintrodotto in Valle Gesso sul ordine del re Vittorio Emanuele III, grande appassionato cacciatore, con lo scopo di arricchire la sua Riserva Reale di caccia.
Grazie, poi, a migrazioni spontanee e successivi interventi ora gli stambecchi sono tornati a ripopolare le montagne delle Alpi Marittime.
Sebbene gli stambecchi prediligano vivere ad altezze elevate, nascosti su pareti rocciose al limitare della vegetazione, in primavera scendono verso il fondovalle per riprendersi dalla dura stagione invernale. Ed รจ proprio questo il periodo migliore per incontrarli in Valle Gesso, soprattutto se si percorre il sentiero che porta al Rifugio Ellena-Soria luogo particolarmente facile per l’avvistamento sempre emozionante di questi schivi animali, re delle Alpi.
The Ibex in Gesso Valley
The ibex is, along with the bearded vulture, the animal most representative of the Park of the Maritime Alps and, in particular of the Gesso Valley.
After a serious risk of extinction in the Alps, this ungulate in the early twentieth century was reintroduced in Gesso Valley on the order of King Vittorio Emanuele III, avid hunter, in order to enrich his royal hunting reserve .
So, thanks to spontaneous migrations and subsequent interventions, now the ibex are returned to repopulate the mountains of the Alpes Maritimes.
Although ibex like to live at high altitudes, hidden by rocks at the edge of the vegetation, in the spring they go down to the valley floor to recover from the hard winter season. And this is the best time to meet them in Gesso Valley, especially if you follow the path that leads to the mountain hut Ellena-Soria , place particularly easy for exciting views of these shy animals, considered the King of the Alps.
The ibex is, along with the bearded vulture, the animal most representative of the Park of the Maritime Alps and, in particular of the Gesso Valley.
After a serious risk of extinction in the Alps, this ungulate in the early twentieth century was reintroduced in Gesso Valley on the order of King Vittorio Emanuele III, avid hunter, in order to enrich his royal hunting reserve .
So, thanks to spontaneous migrations and subsequent interventions, now the ibex are returned to repopulate the mountains of the Alpes Maritimes.
Although ibex like to live at high altitudes, hidden by rocks at the edge of the vegetation, in the spring they go down to the valley floor to recover from the hard winter season. And this is the best time to meet them in Gesso Valley, especially if you follow the path that leads to the mountain hut Ellena-Soria , place particularly easy for exciting views of these shy animals, considered the King of the Alps.