In the suggestive setting of the Church of San Francescoan extraordinary event took place that united culture, history and tradition within the tour “Dante for the villages, fabulous journey in Italy there is”promoted by Dante Alighieri Company with the support of the Ministry of Tourismthe patronage of Jubilee 2025 and of the Italian Geographical Society.
A journey between literature and geography
After the institutional greetings of the Mayor of Gerace, Rudi Lizziand del President of the Dante Alighieri company of Reggio Calabria, Giuseppe Bovathe evening came alive with a fascinating geography lesson by the Professor Francesco De Pascale. The theme of the journey, of the relationships and exchanges that define the places guided the public on a path between the “not a place” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and the journey of Little princeto then return to Gerace’s historical and cultural reality.
The divine comedy comes to life
The culminating moment of the event was the theatrical show of Maestro Massimiliano Finazzer Florywhich masterfully interpreted some steps of the Divine comedy. Dante and his journey, Ulysses and his research, the figure of St. Francis And the polychrome altar of the Church have created an intertwining of words and suggestions, enriched by a direction that enhanced the light and the movement of the hands as narrative elements.
The performance, which made Dante surprisingly contemporary to seven hundred years since his death, involved the public with an intense and vibrant acting. Maestro Finazzer Flory, who will soon bring the same show to Senate of the Republicchose Gerace Like one of the twenty stages of his tour in Italy.
Tasting of local flavors
At the end of the evening, art and culture joined food and wine at a time dedicated to the enhancement of typical products. In the cloister of the Church of San FrancescoThe participants were able to taste a selection of local specialties, thus also celebrating the culinary traditions of the territory.
The event, conducted byCouncilor for Culture of the Municipality of Gerace, Marisa Larosarepresented an important opportunity to reiterate the value of cultural and artistic heritage, inserting Gerace into a circuit of appointments dedicated to the rediscovery of Dante Alighieri and his literary inheritance.