“Handicrafts are riches to be treasured because they nurture traditions and unleash creativity,” says Federica, President of the Association, with the emotion of a woman in love. The mission is generating relationships and sharing knowledge between the elderly and the young, promoting a village that is alive, even in winter.

A community library that crosses borders and creates participation was the initial intuition of the young protagonists, the “Libramenti” committed to creating art events and promoting beauty to restore villages their dignity and vitality. “Contenti,” an open-air museum, is a dream that is about to come true.

Tradition means delivering and transmitting memory, in time and space, so that identity is experienced and witnessed as a value that creates sharing, encounters and cross-over creativity. What happens when the bearers of tradition, the elderly, meet the creative genius of the young is tangible in the streets of the town and in the faces of the people during a Felici & Conflenti event. A programme of activities that stirs body and soul, renewing feelings of sociability and sharing, in a sunny, cheerful and happy atmosphere.

Since the 1970s, this has been a meeting place for the community, where people can catch up with friends and sample the many interesting traditional dishes, with a special focus on fish recipes.

A guardian of memory, the Roperti family expresses authentic dedication to hospitality and local cuisine. For example, at the homemade Sunday lunch, guests are pampered with delicious traditional dishes and a courteous welcome that remains etched in the memory.

In the heart of the village, Angela and Mariano welcome guests with the care and friendliness of hosts inviting a friend into their home. The view from the terrace that overlooks the breakfast room, looking out over the lush mountain slopes, leads the mind to peace and tranquillity.

A location that recalls the authentic meaning of “church,” in which the community itself builds the sacred construction, whose name in dialect, A Madonna u ‘Ritu, refers to the district that unwinds beyond it, with alleys and small squares, in the upper part of the village.

A prodigious “great beauty,” built at the behest of the Virgin at the foot of the great oak of Visora. A place of community identity, both for locals and emigrants, and a pilgrimage destination where divine revelations have been handed down for generations.