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Casali del Manco The soft mountain
Calabria Vigorosa Guide Editorial Director: Giuseppe De Franco Editorial board: Chiara Falcone, Ettore De Franco, Lorenzo Principe, Mirko Di Maria. Municipal administration of Casali del manco Mayor: Nuccio Martire Regional administration of Calabria President: Mario Oliverio Collaborators: Pasquale Lopetrone (Gioachimiti Study Center) who wrote the texts on page 7 and Peppino Curcio who wrote the texts on pages 32 and 33 Acknowledgments Marianna, Giuseppe Giudiceandrea, Bruno Gemelli, Sonia Ferrari, Barbara Carelli, Francesco Bevilacqua, Giulia Leonetti, Peppino Curcio, Pasquale Lopetrone, Giacinto Marra, Antonio Curcio, Francesco De Vuono, Dino De Santo, Michele Rizzuti, Alessandro Marcelli. This guide has been translated with the help of Google Translate © 2019 Calabria Vigorosa e Guide Via Cav. P. Longo 123 87028 Praia a Mare (CS) Italia www.calabriavigorosa.it Closed on 05/09/2019 The preparation of this guide was carried out with great care and great care and accuracy. However we do not assume any responsibility for time changes, telephone numbers, addresses or other occurrences, nor for damages or inconveniences suffered by anyone as a result of information contained in this guide.
The municipality is included in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve of the Sila The MAB Programme develops the basis within the natural and social sciences for the rational and sustainable use and conservation of the resources of the biosphere and for the improvement of the overall relationship between people and their environment. It predicts the consequences of today’s actions on tomorrow’s world and thereby increases people’s ability to efficiently manage natural resources for the well-being of both human populations and the environment. By focusing on sites internationally recognized within the World Network of Biosphere Reserves, the MAB Programme strives to: • identify and assess the changes in the biosphere resulting from human and natural activities and the effects of these changes on humans and the environment, in particular in the context of climate change; • study and compare the dynamic interrelationships between natural/near-natural ecosystems and socio-economic processes, in particular in the context of accelerated loss of biological and cultural diversity with unexpected consequences that impact the ability of ecosystems to continue to provide services critical for human well-being; • ensure basic human welfare and a liveable environment in the context of rapid urbanization and energy consumption as drivers of environmental change; • promote the exchange and transfer of knowledge on environmental problems and solutions, and to foster environmental education for sustainable development. Date of designation: 2014 Administrative authorities: Authority of the Sila National Park Surface: 357,294 ha Position latitude: 39º47'2 "N - 38º58'0" N Longitude: 17º0'15 "E - 16º15'0" Central quarter: 39 ° 20'26 "N - 16 ° 26'30" E
Unmistakable stupendous places THE digital guide "Casali del Manco, the soft mountain" prepared by my dear friend Gianfranco De Franco - Director of the Calabria Vigorosa Tourist Consortium of Praia a Mare - based on his specific expertise and the acquired experience of life and home things, it is truly a complete, exhaustive Tourist Guide which, of course, will be of great use to those who wish to admire, visit and learn about our wonderful, unmistakable Presila and Sila. On 168 square kilometers the watchful and exploring eye of Gianfranco descends and from a context of mountains, valleys, plains, lakes, rivers, roads, villages and churches, an exhaustive, historical, flows poetic description that satisfies, in full, the aesthetic sense and the inquiring need of the tourist, the visitor, the wayfarer, the scholar and admirer of things and people of Sila and Presila of yesterday and today. Were inserted expertly data, news, photos, stories and routes and were highlighted History, Traditions, Culture, Food and Wine and much more. Promoting the territory is our main objective. Having contributed to making our excellences known, in a totally free form, can only lead us to be satisfied first and second to thank the Calabria Region that through the Calabria Vigorosa Consortium has allowed us to realize this splendid and articulated tourist guide. Good stay Nuccio Martire Mayor
It all started here by PASQUALE LOPETRONE Gioachimiti Study Center IN the Casali del Manco and on their mountain territories the young Gioacchino di Celico, later Gioacchino da Fiore, lived his childhood, his adolescence and part of his very first youth, until he was introduced by his father to the Royal court of Palermo to operate with the notaries of the king. He also returned as an adult to these places, the first time he returned from his journey in the Peleponnese with the notaries Peregrino and Santoro, to cure himself of a contracted illness, and a second time to meet the Father who gave him up for dead, after he had made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. He paid particular attention to these territories even in the last years of his life, when, as Abate of Fiore, he began to buy lands, mills, oaks, vineyards, etc., near the Cardone, Fiumicello and Ispica streams, to establish two new important Florentine foundations, the first in Vico Turzano (today Borgo Partenope), around the church of San Nicola dei Bottuli, and the second in Canale di Pietrafitta, around the church of San Martino di Iove. The religious progress imagined by Gioacchino was addressed to the whole society of Christians, which invited to live as Christians practicing by example, wherever they were and in particular in his institutes active in the oratories and in the Florensian religious houses, which were the fulcrums of the model a congregative proposed by him, where everyone could live as a single body and a single soul, helping each other, and charitably, invoking God's mercy towards the future. Gioacchino da Fiore developed his religious project along the ancient road that led from Fiumefreddo to
Cosenza and from there it went up towards the springs of the river Crati and crossed over into the valley of the Arvo river, reaching Fiore, and from here it descended into the valley of the river Neto up to its mouth. To concretize his project, the Abbot Gioacchino da Fiore purchased and received donations from various inhabitants of the Casali del Manco, which take the form of places from his childhood. The same ones that the Abbot traveled as a Religious, preaching the construction of the kingdom of God on Earth, as a prelude to conquer eternal life, respecting the judgments of the God. Going through the earthly and spiritual paths of Joachim can help you immerse yourself in the light of his theology of history derived from the Gospels, the only lighthouse that leads to the Heavenly Jerusalem, a place where every Christian aspires to live for eternity. The places of the Abbot See more Jerusalem Palermo Peloponnese
Sommario COME CONSULTARE LA GUIDA 09 PRATICAL INFORMATION Restaurants 10 Accomodations 11 Transportations 13 Coverage cellular network 14 Safety 14 Useful numbers 15 PEOPLES, CULTURES, ENVIRONMENT Territory and populations 16 The magic of traveling back in time 18 LIFE, CULTURE, SOCIETY Rita Pisano 19 Gullo Library 21 A brigand's life 22 The churches of Casali del Manco 23 WALKING The path of the Abbot 29 Pasquale Celestino path 31 The Fallistro Giants 32 The path of Pratopiano 33 NATURE AND SPORT Where Nature has dominion 35 Ski 36 EVENTS Transumanze 38 FOOD AND WINE 39
eGuide HOW TO CONSULT THE GUIDE The guide is designed to be consulted on a mobile phone or tablet. It is a file in PDF format that always shows one page at a time. After receiving the file we suggest you download it to your phone, open it and activate the "Add to home screen" function. In this way it can be opened even without an Internet connection. Just the charged battery. It is possible that there are links to videos, photos or web pages inside the file. In this case, to view them you need an active Internet connection with a connection speed that supports streaming playback. Pagina web Video Foto ▶ The file is also provided in ePub format. It is also visible on the smartphone, but it is a format more suited to a larger screen (tablet or PC). The printing of this brochure is forbidden under the law Practical information and addresses This section shows the places to spend a few hours in peace. Places to eat and where to sleep, useful phones, transport, cell phone coverage. All the city and everything you need for the visit. You will find also the name of professional guides in case you want to be accompanied by nice and competent people. Culture and environment In this section we host the description of the most important places of the village. There are also short essays that introduce to history, geography, art, traditions, the specifics of the city and the territory. In short, we provide an overview and an essential chronology in terms of art and local culture. Walking This section organizes the visit generally with walking itineraries. In the online version an interactive map will be provided with an indication of the locations and routes. 9
eGuide Restaurants Extraordinary. It is the right adjective for a cuisine that tastes genuine and homemade, including wines. It will be an unforgettable experience. $ La Baita - Silavventura Via Nazionale - Lorica - +39 0984 537243 - Typical $ Al Cavaliere - Via Nazionale 1, Contrada Cavaliere, Lorica - +39 0984 537222 - Typical - International ( Bar Sport - SP219, 7, Pedace-Perito - 0984 436947 Pizza $ Caracas - Via Nazionale, Cavaliere di Lorica - +39 0984 658554 - Typical ( Da John - Corso Umberto, 106, Casole Bruzio - +39 349 163 5098 - Pizza ( Il Nostro Ristorante Braceria - Via Catena, 118, Trenta - +39 347 397 6632 - Traditional ( Il segreto di Pulcinella - Via Jungo, 53 Spezzano Piccolo - +39 0984 435335 - Pizza $ Il tempio dei Sapori - Via Baracche Cappuccini, 44 Perito - +39 0984 436117 - Traditional $ L'Arca di Noè - Via Catena, 31, Trenta - +39 0984 439508 - Traditional ( L'Oste Matto - Via Pierpaolo Pasolini, 7 Casole Bruzio - +39 0984 432336 - Pizza ( Lo Scoiattolo - località Comuniello - Lorica - +39 327 699 6977 - Traditional 10
eGuide ( La Locomotiva - C.da San Nicola Silano, Serra Pedace - +39 0984 579803 - Traditional ( La Lorichella - Contrada Lorichella, Lorica - +39 0984 537123 - Traditional ( La Taverna dei Casali - Via del Mulino, Casole Bruzio - +39 346 146 9049 - Tradizionale $ Il Ruscello - Via Nazionale Contrada Cavalieri, 1 Lorica - +39 0984 537 001 - Traditional $ Tegas Pub - Via Nazionale, 72, 87055 Lorica - +39 320 795 0145 - Pub $ Terra Mia - Corso Umberto, 43 Casole Bruzio - Pizza $ Villa Bitonti - Via Roma, 5 87050 Spezzano Piccolo - +39 328 067 5946 - Traditional Accomodations You sleep great. It is not just for comfort, the comfortable and well-heated environment. There is also a good deal of savoir faire Petite Etoile - Acquacoperta - Spezzano Piccolo ✩✩✩ - +39 0984 435 182 Virginia Hotel - Via Pasolini - Casole Bruzio ✩✩✩ - +39 0984 432 336 11
eGuide Ruscello Hotel - SS 108 bis - Cavaliere Lorica ✩✩ - +39 0984 537 001 Al Cavaliere - Via Nazionale, 1 - Cavaliere Lorica ✩✩ - +39 0984 537 222 Le stanze di Karola e Luigia - Via Duomo, 16 - Spezzano Piccolo - +39 338 332 5299 Antica Dimora - Via Pandette, 27 - Serra Pedace - +39 338 332 5299 La Lorichella - Contrada Lorichella - Lorica - +39 0984 537 123 Caracas - Via Nazionale - Cavaliere - Lorica - +39 0984 658 554 Casa del Maestro Enam - Lorichella - Lorica - +39 388 805 8986 Villa Caterina - Cavaliere di Lorica - +39 334 836 5527 Affaccio - Corso Garibaldini, 51 - Pedace - Perito - +39 333 745 6969 Lorica Suite Lago - SP 245 Lorica - +39 338 621 3337 Perla della Sila - Via Cesare Curcio - Lorica - +39 331 594 7259 12
eGuide Useful information Transportations Trains. Casali del Manco is connected with Cosenza and Rogliano. The station is in Pedace. There are 17 racing pairs. From Cosenza the journey time is about 15 minutes. Line buses. The service is performed by the bus company Ferrovie della Calabria. Connects Casole Bruzio, Trenta, Pedace, Serra Pedace and Spezzano Piccolo with Cosenza. There are 14 pairs of rides with a maximum journey time of 45 minutes (Cosenza-Spezzano Piccolo). For more information call the number of the Ferrovie della Calabria (+39 0984 896 111). Furthermore, Casole Bruzio is connected with Cosenza by the Amaco service which leaves and reaches Piazza Mancini (Line 51). The travel pairs are 11 and the journey time is about 30 minutes. Public transport Interactive map network Legend Intercity bus line Urban bus line Cosenza- 380 Ferrovie 51 Amaco Rogliano- della Calabria Cosenza Cosenza railway line Ferrovie della Calabria 13
eGuide Cellular network coverage Cellular network coverage is scheduled for 2020 as follows: • Casole Bruzio area 94.4% • Area Pedace 85.3% • Area Serra Pedace 89.6% • Small Spezzano Area 88.0% • Area Trenta 89.1% The data refer to the NGA coverage (New generation access) which allows its operator to access its network determining an excellent connection speed. (Source: Ministry of Economic Development) Safety The Sila plateau is large and before entering the woods it is advisable to be sure to know the area. We consider it prudent to be accompanied by an experienced guide or, at least, to report his position under the command of the Casali del Manco traffic police. 14
eGuide Useful numbers * Town Hall - Local Police località Trenta +39 0984 - 432003/438116 Post Office - Corso Umberto, 84, Casole B. +39 0984 432001 , Emergency medical Service - Corso Umberto, 11-19, Trenta +39 0984 432952 Hospital - Via A.Gramsci, 356, San Giovanni in F. +39 0984 9790 Serpe Pharmacy - Via Pandette, 7 Serra Pedace +39 0984 436092 San Pietro e Paolo Pharmacy - Via Gagarin - Pedace +39 0984 436101 Nicotera Basile Pharmacy - Via Gullo - Spezzano P. +39 0984 435052 Micieli Pharmacy - Corso Umberto I, 76 - Trenta +39 0984 432938 Marra Pharmacy - Via Cona, 10 - Casole Bruzio +39 0984 432515 Professional tour guides +39 328 578 6071 - Noemi Guzzo 15
eGuide PEOPLE CULTURES ENVIRONMENT Territory and population THE Sila is a strange mountain. Probably the only one in the world. You reach the top after having covered a panoramic highway that from Paola, on the Tyrrhenian Sea, leads to Crotone, on the Ionian Sea, the visitor realizes that the mountain is not at all sharp, inhospitable, difficult to visit. On the contrary, it has soft contours, large expanses of green, forests where large immortal trees live. They have been there since the beginning of time and are determined to stay there until the end of time. Empathy with trees is immediate. They are good giants who watch over their land and welcome visitors with great enthusiasm, often wearing clothes with beautiful colors that change with the changing of the seasons and others that always have the same color indifferent to heat, cold, snow, the scorching sun. Visiting the Sila at any time of the year is an experience of the soul that immerses itself in a magical place. He immerses himself in a living organism that interfaces incredibly with the visitor. He guides him, cuddles him, offers him food, drinks, offers him shelter and gives him peace of mind. Casali del Manco is one of the 26 municipalities that are part of the Park Nazionale della Sila is one of the 71 that 16
eGuide belong to the Mab (the biosphere reserve) Unesco of the Sila. It is in the heart of the Park, in the heart of the most incredible and magical plateau in the world. The landscape (in the photo the colors of autumn) changes gently, often without the visitor realizing it. And so while you are crossing a beech forest, you may see a small forest of white firs before your eyes that could turn into oak or larch pine after a while, which could hide at their feet the delicious "rositi", a mushroom much sought after by Local "fungiari". A wisely protected nature that offers a beautiful landscape. A Nature that makes itself loved because it loves itself the visitor. The map of the municipal area of Casali del Manco 17
eGuide The magic of traveling back in time ▶ THE tourist-man is today studied in all the sauces. There is even a new profession, that of the tourism psychologist, who studies the behavior of those who want to travel, get informed, understand, have fun, taste new flavors in order to inform tour operators, restaurateurs, hoteliers on how to package their services, own tour packages. But there are those who escape all this. It is the tourist who seeks the lost worlds and wants to relive them. In Sila, in Casali del Manco there is one of the (now few) lost worlds of the Earth. It is the train of the Ferrovie della Calabria which reaches the Silvana Mansio station (the highest in Europe) starting from Camigliatello Silano. A brief example of the route you will be able to see it by clicking on the projector symbol at the top left. The train is a magical place, as is Silvana Mansio in winter and summer. The journey through the snow is, frankly, much more suggestive, but even the one that passes through one of the most beautiful, greenest and largest mountains in Europe is no joke. And then, if you have good muscles, you can also try to "reverse" the direction of the train manually. ▶ For the ticket purchase call the number +39 0984 0961 896 111 18
eGuide Life, Culture, Society Rita Pisano, “jeune fille de Calabre” Rita Pisano by Picasso. The design is kept in Turin in the private collection of art critic Carlo Muscetta. In the top left photo, Rita in a 1949 image LA "jeune fille de Calabre", Rita Pisano, in the drawing that Pablo Picasso (his is the definition) made in Rome during a dinner at the Piperno restaurant in Monte Cenci on October 30th 1949, seems the face of hope and rebirth. Especially if the face is compared to one of his most famous paintings, Guernica. The eyes of Rita, Picasso draws them like those of a girl aware of her responsibilities, but also resolved to take it upon herself. In Guernica, Picasso uses black, white and gray paint as an expression of pain and chaos, the shape and posture of bodies express protest, but not resignation. In the portrait of Rita the signs, the eyes, the posture express decision and lightness, the desire to fight, to live to the full a life that is worth it. As in Guernica there is only one thing: no form of resignation. In a few strokes the great genius "understands" perfectly how Rita was made. 19
eGuide The girl from Calabria who at the age of 23 takes charge of the tribulations of the Calabrian peasants, of the poor people of her region. For this reason the great artist draws its features as a symbol of rebirth. Rita Pisano was not given the honor due to her. The Calabrians should have reflected in it. They should Guernica have considered it an example. A symbol, as it had appeared to Picasso. Rita Pisano was mayor of Pedace uninterruptedly from 1966 to 1984, the year in which, at the age of 58, he died. Romano Pitaro, in the book “L’Ape furibonda" tells that Giuseppe De Santis, the director of "Riso Amaro", after having met her in Paris where he intervened at the Congress for Peace, «wanted her in the film and perhaps in the part of mondina would be she was more spontaneous than Silvana Mangano, but she refused as a "professional revolutionary". The love for party work "over the phantasmagoric flatteries of the film world" prevailed. When he returned to Cosenza - Pitaro writes - his companions used to tease her, telling of one of his entry to the world congress for the Peace with bare feet to be passed from peasant. She was joking, but although she had never been a peasant (she had worked in a shoemaker shop in Cosenza before joining the party), her curriculum of enfant prodige of southern politics already included the participation in the strike of the Malito chestnut gatherers who it was worth the first arrest. From a third of the harvest that was due to women, after the strike the new contract foresaw the division in half ». As mayor he was respected by his fellow citizens and his opponents. He never lowered his head, even in the face of the explosion by his beloved Italian communist party. The "guilt" they could not forgive was the diversity of his ideas compared to those of the Roman communist leaders. That of Rita Pisano is a story of a woman who did not give up her battles in favor of those who needed and who did not give up being a mother and wife. A story that deserves to be told to new generations. 20
eGuide Life, Culture, Society Gullo Library THE library alone is worth a visit of Macchia. It's a piece of Italian history. It houses books and documents by Fausto Gullo, Communist Minister of Agriculture with Badoglio. Gullo in the first Cabinet meeting interrupted the prime minister, something completely unheard of and outside the strict The Library is open every institutional protocol, while he was Tuesday and Thursday, explaining to the government his but you can also visit it proposal to establish a single on other days by chamber. He asked that the telephoning +39 0984 Constituent Assembly be established 435261 or +39 338 313 before the establishment of the 5861. It is located in Chamber and the constitutional Piazza del popolo in architecture of post-fascist Italy. It Macchia di Spezzano was April 24, 1944. The minutes of Piccolo this meeting were not drafted, but the library keeps the handwritten notes of the then minister. The library also preserves ancient books that tell the other story of Calabria. A story that not many know and that has greatly influenced the destiny of Italy. It is advisable to book the visit and ask for a guide that is offered free of charge by the Association that manages the cultural activity. In about an hour the visitor will discover an unknown world, another dimension, suspended between reality and fantasy. 21
eGuide Life, Culture, Society A brigand's life Papal troops intercept the brigands in a painting by Horace Vernet. Below, the home of Pietro Monaco in Serra Pedace AT Casali del Manco a brigand lived, Pietro Monaco, who was certainly a wicked criminal. He killed, he kidnapped, he blackmailed. Yet it was not always so. As a young man he participated with honor and courage in the battles of Garibaldi which he joined when the general crossed Calabria, fascinated by his promises of social justice. It was on his return home, to Serra Pedace, that he realized that those promises could not be kept. He was involved in a bad story of revenge, of betrayal offenses. He killed a fellow villager and took to the bush. First he joined with the brigand Palma, then he formed his own band of brigands. They made raids, robberies, they were feared. The situation worsened when his wife Maria killed his lover Teresa. Pietro was an irrepressible fury. He devoted himself to the to kidnappings. What caused the most excitement was consumed in Acre. He kidnapped 9 people including priests, nobles and a Sapri hero. A massive manhunt broke out. He was killed in an ambush, perhaps thanks to a "tip-off", on Christmas Eve of 1863. His wife Maria Oliverio also went into hiding. He became the first Calabrian brigantessa. He died in prison in Turin. 22
eGuide Life, Culture, Society The churches of Casali del Manco SURPRISINGLY Casali del Manco has a very high number of Catholic churches. We have decided to describe only a few of them by choosing from those that best represent the identity of a people. As is known, churches often guard the most intimate nature of the populations. Their impulses, their fears, their hopes are in the paintings, in the statues and even in the furnishings and in the hangings of a church. They also preserve artistic treasures of masters of painting, of sculptors, of great artisans almost always unknown to the official culture only because they have had the good fortune of not being born and lived where the Popes or kings lived. In the works jealously guarded by the churches of Casali del Manco there are many lives lived, so many lives generously spent, so many works donated without any profit and so many works made freely without conditionings by artists children of a people proud of themselves and proud of living their life to the fullest in an environment that is at the same time harsh and welcoming, but capable of expressing an intense humanity. Santi Pietro e Paolo IT is located in piazza Municipio in Pedace. It was built in the 16th century and was never completed. The interior has 3 naves and is rich in stuccos with a beautiful baroque chapel. In the church there are 2 splendid paintings attributed to the painter rendese Cristoforo Santanna. Also a wooden pulpit and a carving organ are very beautiful. In the photo, in the foreground, the imposing bell tower built next to the church. 23
eGuide Chiesa dell’Addolorata IT is located in the Perito di Pedace district on the provincial road 219 at number 24. It has been recently renovated. Inside you can admire a wooden statue of the Madonna of the Addolorata that the faithful call "the Pecorella". The building dates back to the 16th century and was built by the Capuchin friars. San Francesco alla Verna IT is a small high mountain church. It is located in Lorica di Pedace and is surrounded by trees and a dense forest. It embellishes a simple and intense painting of the Madonna placed behind the altar. Santa Maria Assunta THE church is located in Perito di Pedace. It has 3 aisles. The main altar is made of wood wisely inlaid by local craftsmen. The choir and the pulpit, which were dated around 1700, are also in wood. The church dates back to the 1600s. 24
eGuide Sant’Andrea Apostolo IT is in Macchia di Spezzano Piccolo. It has a very original interior architecture and remarkable frescoes by Tancredi di Pietrafitta. San Giovanni Battista THE votive aedicula is located in Spezzano Piccolo at number 10 of via Guido Rossa. It is in the form of a small temple with marble columns. Inside is a statue of the saint. Newsagents of this type florin in Italy in the 1600s especially in northern Italy. It is a constant destination for the faithful who deposit flowers that are always fresh. Chiesa dell’Assunta IT is in the central via Duomo in Spezzano Piccolo and is the mother church. Inside there are beautiful paintings and decorations by Cristoforo Santanna and oil paintings on wood by southern artists. Beautiful "la Cena", "La Circoncisione", "la Madonna del Rosario" and "S. Francesco di Paola ”. 25
eGuide Madonna delle Grazie IT is a small church located in Macchia di Spezzano Piccolo. The painting of the Virgin on the altar is worth the visit. San Donato Vescovo IT is the mother church of Serra Pedace located at number 1 of Via delle Veneri. It dates back to 1300 and in Romanesque style. The interior has 3 naves and the ceiling contains paintings by Settimio Tancredi di Pietrafitta. One of the features that make it unique are the 4 altars in the right aisle. They are dedicated to Saint Lucia, to Saint Francis of Paola, to the Deposition and to the Holy Family. One can admire a large canvas by an unknown author depicting the visit of the Three Kings. Do not miss a wooden choir made at the end of the 1800s by the local artist Giuseppe Leonetti. Cappella Botte Donato IT is located on Monte Botte Donato at an altitude of 1900 meters. Fragile appearance, but strong temper. 26
eGuide Santa Maria del Soccorso IN via Roma in Trenta we find the sanctuary of Santa Maria del Soccorso. Its construction dates back to 1500 by the prior Francesco Notarianni of the Florense abbey of San Giovanni in Fiore. The interior has a single nave. It is a simple church in the Joachimite style. Inside there are wooden statues of Saint Pasquale and Saint Lucia. Santa Maria Assunta IT rises in Magli of Trenta and is the mother church. It was built in the early 1600s with a tall and sturdy bell tower equipped with a clock. The church has 3 naves. In the right one there is a stone baptistery dating back to the 19th century. At the same time two splendid paintings would also date, one (the Veronica) by an unknown author, the other (The Presentation at the temple) attributed to the painter Domenico Provieri. 27
eGuide Santa Marina Vergine THE splendid church of Santa Marina Vergine is located in Casole Bruzio. Its facade is the testimony of numerous restorations carried out in different styles that make it a unique work. In fact, it contains traces of Romanesque, Baroque and Neoclassical style. Its construction dates back to the fourteenth century, while the renovations were carried out in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in the fascist period. The interior is very interesting with paintings from the 14 stations of the Via Crucis, with a wooden choir and a pipe organ built in the late 1600s by the Neapolitan Giuseppe De Donato. 28
eGuide Walking The path of the Abbot Gioacchino da Fiore Barack Obama THE mountains of Casali del Manco are the same ones that inspired the thought of Gioacchino da Fiore when, after his pilgrimage to the Holy Land, he wanted to retreat to the Sila woods to seek confirmation of his theories on the Ages of History. The life of the abbot is shrouded in mystery and, even today, an attempt is made to understand if his prophecy will come true. But if this were the case then the place of the Choice, the Celestial Jerusalem, would be precisely the soft esplanades and the soft silane peaks. The path that the Abbot made towards Jure Vetere, a flat area at the foot of Mount Botte Donato, crossed the entire Casali del Manco mountain. Among the secular trees, the springs of fresh and pure silan water, the sun hiding among the branches, the Abbot understood what he had imagined since the time of his pilgrimage to Jerusalem: the Third Age was about to begin. He called it the Holy Spirit after that of God and that of Jesus. According to Joachim, what the Holy Scriptures had predicted would finally come true. Soon the seventh seal of the Apocalypse would have been removed and would have brought social justice and peace to Earth. In the new world imagined by Joachim there was no place for war, but only for the Contemplation that would bring all people to Salvation. Today Joachim's writings are the subject of in-depth studies by 29
eGuide scientists all over the world, but to realize that something magical and mysterious pervades the abbot's places, it is enough to walk, without being scholars or scientists, in the woods of Casali del Manco. The same ones that the Abbot went through. You will be enveloped by emotions simply looking at the trees that Joachim looked at, following the same paths, hearing the same voices of the wood that the Abbot heard on his journey to Jure Vetere. No one can say exactly which path the abbot took. Surely he went up those mountains, he crossed those woods and the spell of that journey would be repeated for all those who, even for a short distance, should, responsibly, go into those mysterious and fascinating places that "open" the mind and make this clear which before was not. Joachim there understood that in the sacred scriptures there was a message of love on the part of God towards his People. A message that if it were listened to and applied by those who today decide the destinies of the world, the life of each human being would change radically. Joachim prophesied a united, compassionate, loving, just and free people. A message shared, unexpectedly, by the former president of the United States, Barack Obama, who in his speeches during the electoral campaign and, subsequently, in the 2008 settlement one, quoted the Calabrian abbot as an example to follow. Obama promised himself to be guided in guiding the most powerful nation in the world by professed philosophy in the Joachimite texts: Social Justice and Peace. 30
eGuide Pasquale Celestino path THE territory of Casali del Manco is very large and if the inhabited centers preserve the history of a people, the wood preserves secrets and mysteries, but also beauty and returns feelings of peace and intimate fulfillment. The Ente Parco della Sila and the Centro Alpino Italiano (CAI) have created a network of trails for trekking enthusiasts and for those who enjoy walking in the mountains. The path n ° 1 winds in an area that embraces the town of Lorica. To open the path - a good 4,120 m with five secondary arms - there is a wooden board that "Passo della Cornacchia", in front of indicates the headquarters of the Park the track, Authority, marks the beginning of the the points route, while "Crocifisso dei Grimoli" of particular and "Torre dei Grimoli" indicate landscape, places of passage up to "Plan of the historical, bombs", where two craters well naturalistic visible testify the explosion due to and cultural the fall of two bombs, during the interest Second World War, in the wood touched by called "A 'mpara' e Lorichella", the path, moment of plain of the path, to which possible the dialectical toponym "A points of 'mpara" (in english "flat"). In “Colla water da 'Milogna”, numerous badger supply, burrows (“milogna” in dialect means useful badger) indicate the particular nature numbers, of the terrain that makes excavation elevation less difficult, while “Lorichella” is the profiles, place that marks the end of the path, difficulty, to which arrives after a downhill height stretch. difference and journey time. Once along the path, crossing the splendid beech forests - carnival of colors in autumn - among the pines and at the highest points of the path we will not be surprised to meet the black squirrels, typical of the Sila, some hawks and other specimens of the typical fauna of the Park. Along the track and near the junctions there are signposts and the names of the places that the path touches, in its flowing like a river furrowing the mountain, recall stories, reproduce the local dialect and refer to an imaginary populated by animals. 31
eGuide The Fallistro Giants IT is an obligatory and safe route for those who want to admire the great gentle giants of Sila. To reach the forest the exit is Croce di Magara on the highway Paola-Crotone (SS 107). Just follow the directions of the Reserve and after skirting a high branch of the Neto river, you reach a dirt road that leads to a parking lot. Leaving the car, a dirt road leads to the big ones pines. Going through it you come to a fountain near an ancient house with a small tower. The snow trade Continue to When there was no refrigerator the left where the mountaineers guarded the there is a more snow and then sold it. They dug recent building deep enough to preserve the where we find snow. They covered it with gigantic maple branches and asked for earth trees. A small with the earth. The snow lasted jump to climb for many months. In need it was over a canal extracted from the pits. Having and get to the removed the branches, it was woods transported at night to the food monumental. shops that sold it in the form of The huge larch "scirubetta", a granita with pines are snow and cooked wine. about 50. Some reach 2 meters in diameter and 40 meters in height. An incredible show. Not to be missed. A return to the time of the prehistoric forests that covered the Sila. 32
eGuide The Pratopiano path PRATOPIANO is a place of memory in which the landscape of the farmhouses is preserved. There are two shelters used mainly as a scout base. It is home to a museum that preserves the memory of the antifascist Cesare Curcio and the characters who have trampled Pratopiano. There are objects from the rural world and pedacesi knives from the 1700s and 1800s. The external environment is also considered part of the Museum. The main characteristic of Pratopiano are the 200 large chestnut trees whose age is evidenced by their circumference varying The scout base is from 4 to 8 meters; then located in Pratopiano there are the boxes in at Pedace-Perito. Plus which the fruit of the code [79FF + 24 chestnut was dried to Pedace-Perito, Casali produce the pistils with a del Manco, CS]. To 40-day procedure; along visit or stay overnight the Pratopiano Way there call +39 348 370 4702 is a limestone to produce the lime useful for building the boxes. The amount of dried chestnuts produced was enormous. Another important feature of Pratopiano is the presence of water sources. Pure water flows from the "fontanelle". They meet along the path. Drinking a sip of that fresh water is a great refreshment and a real privilege. Pratopiano is also a place where so many characters have passed. Good and bad. Just below Pratopiano, near the river, the brigand Pietro Monaco was killed and, a few meters from the shelter, his wife brigandess Ciccilla burned his head so as not to expose it to public ridicule. The ferocious brigand Nicola Rende who escaped from the Catanzaro prison and to celebrate he summoned all 33
eGuide the brigands of the nearby hamlets to Pratopiano. Pratopiano was, and still is, a place of welcome, of refreshment, of shelter, of prayer, of meditation. At the time of the fascist persecutions, in the spring of 1943, Pietro Ingrao, anti-fascist and leading exponent of the Italian Communist Party and future President of the Chamber of Deputies at the time of the Moro abduction, found hospitality. A short walk from Pratopiano, in Canale, he lived the last years of his existence, between prayer and meditation, in March 1202, the abbot Gioacchino da Fiore. The great Abbot was buried in the church of San Martino di Giove in the locality of Canale and here he remained for about 25 years, in this period he was a destination for The church of San Martino di Gioia in Canale is located in the Municipality of Pietrafitta pilgrimages and meetings between the followers of the abbot, then the body was transferred to San Giovanni in Fiore. According to the historian Domenico Martire the sacred building was founded in 700 by Greek monks. It then passed into the hands of the Benedictines and, perhaps, even of the Cistercians. In the year 1000 the church of San Martino was run by the archimandrite Sant’Ilarione who, together with 29 other monks, to escape the Saracen invasions, left for Chieti where he founded new farmhouses. In 1198 the Gioachimiti took possession of it. The body of the Abbot rests in the abbey of San Giovanni in Fiore dedicated to him. Finally, Pratopiano was among the places that in 1810 the King of Naples, Gioacchino Murat, with the aim of trying to stem poverty in that area, confiscated from the Church by giving civic uses to the most disadvantaged families. 34
eGuide Nature and Sport Where Nature has dominion THE Sila is a monument of history and nature that must be protected and loved, but it must also be lived. It must be profaned with responsibility because in Sila it is Nature that dominates, not man. Sometimes it lets it go, lets it change, just don't overdo it. The Sila has been a great mother since Roman times and even today it distributes an immense wealth only to those who respect it. It is a magical place where only the brave with good heart have unlimited access. For them the silane forests give harmony and enchantment for the whole life of the ancient forests. The UNESCO Biosphere La Sila has been declared a UNESCO biosphere reserve (Man and biosphere - Mab). A vast area of the so- called "Core" falls within the Municipality of Casali del Manco. It is an important recognition that certifies worldwide the extraordinary variety of animal species and vegetation that are present on the plateau The Fallistro Giants silane and that must be preserved as they represent the miracle of Life on Earth. The variety of species that exist between these mountains that are both impenetrable and welcoming is incredible. Large and very tall ancient trees alternate with gentle woods of pines, larches, oaks and chestnut trees. High mountains allow themselves to be reached through almost flat paths, water gushes from all sides, the soil offers mushrooms of all kinds and the forest fruits of various qualities. A splendid fauna populates the woods. The wolf, the porcupine, the black woodpecker, the fallow deer, the gecko, the tawny owl, the dormouse. And the beauty is that all this does not create disorder, but everything is harmonious. Here the law of Nature is fully respected. 35
eGuide Ski Lorica - Ski area Skilifts Altitude Skipass 3 skilift 1877 ⛷ 30 euro 1 cableway ⇕ (daily) 2 tapis roulant 1405 Ski Area Lorica tel. +39 0984 399 513 Track Length km Ascent Di rientro 3,2 Cableway Valle Inferno 1 0,9 Skilift Valle Inferno 2 0,9 Skilift Cavalieri 1,2 Chairlift Field school - Tapis roulant Field school Lico - Tapis roulant Alpine skiing 20 - Cross country 40 - skiing 36
eGuide ❄ Italian Ski School Botte Donato Phone +39 338 266 0310 Ski and boot hire 8 Ski instructor ✅ Excursions with snowshoes ✅ Excursions ✅ Authorized guide ▶ ON the slopes of Lorica (Valle dell'Inferno) you can ski until late spring. It is possible to practice almost all snow-related disciplines for both experienced skiers and beginners. The ski school boasts excellent qualified instructors and the offer is adapted to the needs of those who wish to practice this sport. The courses are both collective and individual. In addition to traditional ski lessons, snowboarding courses are also available, and it is also possible to organize excursions in the woods with snowshoes. They are the so-called “snow rackets, an instrument that allows you to walk easily on the snow even when it is cool. They are worn directly on hiking boots They are beautiful excursions in a completely snowy environment and allow you to move on the snowpack without sinking and without slipping. The walk is also facilitated by the sticks, similar to those used for skis that help to help with pushing. The excursion must be accompanied by expert guides. To book it you can try calling the Silavventura park by calling Antonio at +39 328 6849549. 37
eGuide Events Transumanze The design of the 2019 edition is by Massimiliano Veltri (colorist Marco Pagnotta) THE event takes place every year from the end of July to the beginning of September. The localities of Camigliatello Silano, San Giovanni in Fiore and Lorica are of interest. Transumanze Sila festival, represents a thousand things. There are so many events that it is difficult to list them all. It embraces almost all the great Sila. It is culture, history, food and wine, walks, sports, competitions, music, concerts, trekking, environment, tastings. It is the pride of a people belonging to their land. The site to watch is https:// www.transumanzesilafestival.it/. Not to be missed. 38
eGuide ( Food and Wine EATING in Sila is frankly a beautiful experience. One of the best things that can happen in life. Obviously you have to choose the right place or come to the right place. It's not a complicated thing. You eat pretty well everywhere. And if you happen to have a street food that prepares tasty sandwiches with sausage to be watered with a cold beer, don't miss it. You will not regret it. Ask for local food at the restaurant or farm. In Sila mushrooms are born and pigs, cows, goats, chickens, chickens, quails and trout are bred. The best European potatoes are grown in Sila, thanks to the perfect climate for this type of tuber. Ask for the yellow ones and let them cook "mpacchjuse with peppers. They have a divine flavor. This way you won't taste them anywhere else in the world. Remember also to taste the bruschetta with fresh onions or turnips, the pancakes with seasonal products and especially the quail omelette. Serve it with homemade pasta and, if The possible, cook it with pink morsello silano is sauce. A second a loaf of homemade delicious dish bread, filled with cooked could be a well- seasonal vegetables. It was roasted the food that the peasants omemade sausage brought with them to the presented together fields and they ate at with fried potatoes exactly noon. or mushrooms Do the same. or cooked vegetables. Conclude with berries or sweet (maybe grandma's tart). And don't forget to drink the fresh water of the Sila. Go with the wine slowly. 39
eGuide N-O-T-E-S Bibliography: Enciclopedia dei Comuni della Calabria (Il Quotidiano della Calabria); Ciccilla, storia della brigantessa Maria Oliverio di Peppino Curcio (Pellegrini Editore); La Grande Sila (Gal Sila editore); Prodotti, piatti tipici e ricette (Gal Sila editore); Prime fondazioni forensi di Valeria De Fraja (academia.edu); L’albero dell’elezioni di Matthias Riedl (academia.edu); Sila Atlantis di Domenico Canino (raccontino di fanta-archeologia): Sui sigilli magici di Gioacchino da Fiore di Luca Valentini (academia.edu); L’Ape furibonda di Claudio Cavaliere, Romano Pitaro, Bruno Gemelli (Rubbettino 2018). Iconographic references: Archivio Calabria Vigorosa, Peppino Curcio archive (courtesy), Spot Channel archive (Massimiliano Veltri artist, colorist, Marco Pagnottta, courtesy), Ferrovie della Calabria archive, Unsplash archive (pubblic domain), Wikipedia Commons archives (license [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/ 4.0)]; Bruno Gemelli photo archive, courtesy of permission. The cover photo is by Francesco Bevilacqua, courtesy of permission. Videos: the movie on the cover is by Enrico Aceto, the clips on page 19 are taken from videos of the Ferrovie Association in Calabria (with kind permission), the animation on page 36 is taken from the wikihow.it site. Calabria Vigorosa may have used photos available on the Internet, assuming, unless otherwise indicated, complete availability for publication. If we receive a complete and valid removal notification, we will remove the content as required by law. 40
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