Santa Ninfa, Valle del Belice's Land of the Karst Cave
Text and direction: Giovanni Montanti Information about how to purchase this video In a delightful corner of Sicily in which history and nature chase each other, a few kilometres from an evocative system of meanders and karst tunnels, in the 17th century a rich nobleman from Palermo established a town. This documentary tells its story, demonstrating how, thanks to providential restoration operations that have brought back the Late-Baroque and Neo-Renaissance forms of the churches and buildings to their original splendour, the damage provoked by the 1968 quake are today only partly visible. A journey in search of Santa Ninfa, rebuilt intelligently harmonising ancient and new architectures, of its resources, of its memories, of its glorious institutions, of its religion. A journey to the heart of a community, the emigration phenomenon of which, has rendered it more unified, making known its desire to rediscover its roots, its historical identity, and to spread that message of brotherhood that, since its foundation, has united all the people of this town, born more than 4 centuries ago in on of Sicily's most enchanting corners.
Text and Direction Giovanni Montanti Information about how to purchase this video Made by "Unione dei Comuni Belice" Coordination: AGORÀ Eventi & Comunicazione di Stefania Giacchino
Travel amidst the flowering of culture and taste. Travel with both history and modernity present. Journey experiencing the traditions of the people of Valle del Belice, whose landscape is fleetingly revealed through ancestral odours and ancient but contemporary flavours. Travel in a reality which remains true to itself even while it renews itself daily.
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Viaggio nel fiore del sapore: Santa Ninfa, Partanna, Poggioreale, Salaparuta, Santa Ninfa