ROME – A full moon, milky, tinged with golden spots, which stands on the straight of ancient paving stones, hovering on monuments, towers and mounds of legendary fame. “It takes thousands of years to make an evening like this.” A great truth, that the slogan of the poster of the ‘white night’ at the start of the Appian July 5 to 7. A veritable feast that will last three days, or rather three nights. After its debut last summer, returns in its second edition, “From Dusk Till Appia”, the festival dedicated to the ancient consular road conceived and organized by its director Rita Paris under the auspices of the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage of Rome.
The carnet
A marathon of free events, from 18 midnight, the indefatigable studied with painstaking care to offer the Paris un’Appia unpublished, where the show live wedding culture. Even the Queen of Roads takes his well-deserved event under the stars, and does so with the pride of a millennia-old lady still able to seduce travelers of all ages. Which this year addressed a special thought: “There is a double dedication in this festival – Rita tells Paris – Renato Nicolini because in his Roman Summer throbbed a strong moral sense of culture, which was not only the heart of the preserve of scholars, but of all the people. And the planner Italo Insolera, whose hope was that the Appia became the backbone of the future of Rome. ” Agenda at the ready, it’s worth pinning the protagonists of the carnet which will offer the opportunity to enjoy unusual slowness with a wealth of history, including live music, exhibitions, video projections, performances, meetings, guided tours.
BETWEEN JAZZ AND HIP HOP
The curtain rises Friday, July 5, in the villa of Capo di Bove where he inaugurated the photographic exhibition with multimedia projections’ nature of things. Nature of the facts. Nature of Life, “a project dedicated to Guido Orsini, who between 1992 and 1993 he explored with his objective a number old gardens hidden restores a romantic. Almost to accompany this visual reflection on the assets, will parade the writings of the great environmentalist Antonio Cederna, extrapolated from its archive and that the vernissage will be read by actor Biagio Pelligra (18 hours). Always Capo di Bove will host the screening of historical footage footage dedicated to the lively nightlife by Nicolini. A sunset in the name of guided tours of archaeological sites (19.30-21), and then get to the heart of the evening. St. Nicholas will host the evocative sounds of southern popular with the live “Tria Corda” (21:30). Saturday writer Marco Lodoli tell glimpses of the capital in the background of the size of the Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella (20.30), preceded by a scientific literary walk “The Via Appia and geodesy.” The old Gothic church will host the virtuosity of jazz ‘”Enzo Pietropaoli Quartet.” Sunday workshops for children (18), the itinerant band Rustica (18.30), while in the space of the ancient church of St. Nicholas comes the dance of Botega dance company with choreography scratching Enzo Celli (21:30). All this, embellished play of light that will illuminate the evening Livia Cannella, and tastings along the way. Do not miss the surprise. Among tuc tuc, motorcycles and electric bikes for the public. Free.
