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.
La la Beรฒ de Blins, festa legata alla cacciata dei saraceni dalla valle, รจ rallegrata dalle danze occitane dei Les Sarazines, danzatori che animano il corteo e che saltano avanti e indietro sulle "barriere" facendo tintinnare i campanelli appesi alle loro cinture.
Indossano vestiti bianchi decorati con coloratissimi nastri intrecciati e coccarde ed in testa portano un cappello da uomo ricoperto da un velo bianco ricamato e da lunghi nastri colorati che scendono a coprire le spalle e parte del viso.
Il personaggio piรน bizzarro di tutta la Beรฒ รจ senza dubbio Lou Turc. Rappresenta lo straniero, un individuo barbaro con un copricapo fatto di specchi che, nonostante sia incatenato al Gendarme, cerca di sfuggire ad ogni occasione pronunciando parole incomprensibili e versi animaleschi soprattutto quando passa vicino a chiese o a simboli religiosi.
Troverร finalmente la sua pace quando sarร battezzato e comincerร anche lui a parlare occitano.
Beรฒ de Blins: Les Sarazines e Lou Turc
The Beo de Blins , celebration related to the expulsion of the Saracens from the Valley, is cheered from Occitan dances of Les Sarazines, dancers that liven up the procession, jumping back and forth on the wood barriers, clinck the jingle bells hang on their belts.
They wear white clothes decorated with colorful twisted ribbons and rosettes and hats covered with a white embroidered vรฉlo and long colored ribbons that descend to cover their shoulders and partially the face.
The most bizarre character of whole Beรฒ is undoubtedly Lou Turc. Represents the stranger, an individual barbarian with a headdress made of mirrors that, despite being chained to the Gendarme, tries to escape at every opportunity uttering incomprehensible words and animal cries especially when he passes close to churches or religious symbols.
Finally find his peace when he is baptized and begin to speak Occitan.
The Beo de Blins , celebration related to the expulsion of the Saracens from the Valley, is cheered from Occitan dances of Les Sarazines, dancers that liven up the procession, jumping back and forth on the wood barriers, clinck the jingle bells hang on their belts.
They wear white clothes decorated with colorful twisted ribbons and rosettes and hats covered with a white embroidered vรฉlo and long colored ribbons that descend to cover their shoulders and partially the face.
The most bizarre character of whole Beรฒ is undoubtedly Lou Turc. Represents the stranger, an individual barbarian with a headdress made of mirrors that, despite being chained to the Gendarme, tries to escape at every opportunity uttering incomprehensible words and animal cries especially when he passes close to churches or religious symbols.
Finally find his peace when he is baptized and begin to speak Occitan.
In contrapposizione a Lou Viei e La Vieio, la Beรฒ de Blins mette i personaggi de Lou Cadet e l’Espouzo.
Essi raffigurano una giovane coppia di sposi e partecipano al corte in eleganti abiti nuziali.
Probabilmente rappresentano il futuro e la nuova vita.
Lou Medic, invece, รจ l'unico personaggio non mascherato del gruppo in quanto deve affermare la propria serietร professionale.
Ha perรฒ le guance truccate di rosso per indicare il suo ottimo stato di salute.
Indossa un camice bianco, ha occhiali, baffoni e cappello e porta con sรจ una borsa con gli strumenti del mestiere, utili per soccorrere La Vieio durante i suoi frequenti malori.
Beรฒ : Lou Cadet, l’Espouzo e Lou Medic
In contrast with Lou Viei and La Vieio , the Beรฒ de Blins puts the characters of Lou Cadet and L'Espouzo .
They represent a young married couple and participate in the court in elegant bridal gowns.
Probably they sybolize the future and the new life.
Lou Medic is the only character not masked in the group as it must assert their professionalism.
However, his cheeks are rigged in red to indicate its excellent state of health.
He wears a white coat, has glasses, mustache and a black hat and carries a bag with the tools of the trade, useful to rescue La Vieio during her frequent illnesses.
Probably they sybolize the future and the new life.
Lou Medic is the only character not masked in the group as it must assert their professionalism.
However, his cheeks are rigged in red to indicate its excellent state of health.
He wears a white coat, has glasses, mustache and a black hat and carries a bag with the tools of the trade, useful to rescue La Vieio during her frequent illnesses.