Casa Pascoli open for the day

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castelvecchio pascoli - casa pascoli

ore 10,00 inaugurazione della mostra
"1904 - 2004 centenario di italy"
presentazione del video realizzato dalla regione toscana "le case della memoria: casa pascoli"

Open day at the Giovanni Pascoli Museum. The house of the poet was open to visitors this afternoon free of charge. Many people came up the hill to Castelvecchio Pascoli to enjoy the late autumn sunshine and listen to some of his poetry* being read aloud by the actor Piero Nannini in the grounds of his house.
( MP3 file here)

The Barga Band “G. Luporini” ( MP3 file here) and the Gruppo Folcloristico "La Muffrina" were there in force to lend a musical note to the whole proceedings which all in all, had a distinctive "last century" feel to it with people in period costume roasting chestnuts and toasting barley to make cofffee in the narrow stone streets.

*the complete text of the poem read out this afternoon: Italy - Sacro all'italia raminga can be seen here.