There are 348 the most beautiful villages in Italy, all projected towards the year of tourism of the roots proclaimed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for 2024. The goal is to invite second and third generation Italians residing abroad (an estimated 80 million) to return to their places of origin. To do this, the traditional Guide will be accompanied by the first edition in English "The Most Beautiful Villages of Italy” presented in the parliamentary group room of the Chamber of Deputies in Rome together with the volume Italy (re)born from the villages.
The most beautiful villages in Italy
"There is a lot of expectation for these guides and to experience our beautiful villages, also and above all by foreigners". Thus Osvaldo Bevilacqua, ambassador of the most beautiful villages in Italy in the world who also announces his intention to create a digital museum that brings together the wonders of this hidden Italy and invites you to visit them in person. In addition, work continues to raise awareness in the world of politics and Italians abroad. “We will meet some ministers on return tourism - added Bevilacqua - and we are gathering about fifty characters from around the world who will tell stories, experiences and even fairy tales. We need it more than ever."
“The villages are the deepest and most authentic dimension of Italy and their beauty should not be understood only in an aesthetic and artistic sense. It is an ethical beauty, of the spirit, of values and of man, it concerns the landscape on which I am so determined to protect” said the Undersecretary for Culture Vittorio Sgarbi in connection from Sutri. The undersecretary does not get too excited about the digital museum: “A computer is enough to do it. I, on the other hand, would prefer a large and beautiful exhibition that collects live the great masterpieces that come from the villages, on the model of Liberated Art 1937-1947. Masterpieces saved from war which is now at the Quirinale”.
Italy of great beauty
“There is general recognition of the value of Italian villages – explained the president of the Fiorello Primi association – but there is still a lot to do and we continue to work. Also this year we can count 14 new villages from 12 regionsi: Castagnole delle Lanze and Guarene in Piedmont, Golferenzo in Lombardy, Ossana and Borgo Valsugana in Trentino, Malcesine in Veneto, Celle Ligure in Liguria, Borgo di San Donato in Poggio in Tuscany, Bagno di Romagna in Emilia Romagna, Stroncone in Umbria, Ronciglione in Lazio, Badolato in Calabria, Sammichele of Bari in Puglia and Tempio Pausania in Sardinia. In fact, we have visited 36 of them and therefore we have made a good selection. Finally we also created the guide in English, a complicated but necessary undertaking also in view of the Year of Roots”.
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