𝙍𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙤 𝙡𝙖 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙖- 𝙄𝙡 𝙑𝙞𝙖𝙜𝙜𝙞𝙤 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙖 di 𝙂𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙤 𝙏𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞

𝙇𝙖 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙖 è 𝙪𝙣𝙖 𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙖 𝙘𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚, 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙚. 𝙊𝙜𝙣𝙞 𝙨𝙪𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙤𝙡𝙤 𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙖 𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙯𝙯𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙚, 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙚, 𝙥𝙖𝙚𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙜𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙚 𝙚 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙚. 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙖 è 𝙪𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙤, 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙖 𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙞 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞, 𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙞 𝙪𝙣’𝙤𝙘𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙝𝙞 𝙣𝙤𝙣 𝙡𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙨𝙘𝙚 𝙚 𝙣𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙞 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙤 𝙪𝙣’𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙖 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖.𝙎𝙞 𝙫𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙡𝙖 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙖 𝙣𝙚𝙞 𝙨𝙪𝙤𝙞 𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙝𝙞 𝙨𝙪𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙞. 𝙉𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙤 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙤 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙞 𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞 𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙚 𝙥𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙖𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙚, 𝙢𝙖 𝙨𝙤𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙤 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙤𝙨𝙞 𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙪𝙩𝙞 𝙘𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙤 𝙙𝙞 𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙚 𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙞 𝙢𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙙𝙞 𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙯𝙯𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚. 𝙎𝙤𝙧𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙤 𝙞 𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙝𝙞 𝙛𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙢𝙖 𝙘𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙞 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙤, 𝙙𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙡 𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙧𝙖 𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞 𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙤. 𝙎𝙤𝙣𝙤 𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞 𝙪𝙣 𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞 𝙙𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙖 𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙖, 𝙙𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙤 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙞 𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙨𝙞 𝙚𝙙 𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙚 𝙫𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞 𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞.𝙊𝙜𝙜𝙞 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙖 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙤 𝙡𝙖 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩à 𝙙𝙞 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙞, 𝙙𝙞 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙯𝙯𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙞 𝙨𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞 𝙘𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙞 𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙞 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞 𝙤 𝙙𝙞 𝙖𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙡𝙞 𝙤𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙞 𝙙𝙞 𝙪𝙣 𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙤: 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞 𝙘𝙤𝙣 etichette quasi 𝙨𝙗𝙞𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙜𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙤 𝙡𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙞 𝙣𝙤𝙣 𝙥𝙞ù 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙞𝙤. 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙚 𝙫𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙡𝙞 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙯𝙯𝙞 𝙙𝙖 𝙡𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙧𝙤, 𝙪𝙣 𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙤 𝙡𝙪𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙞 𝙙𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙤 𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙯𝙤, 𝙤𝙜𝙜𝙞 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙪𝙜𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞 𝙙𝙖𝙡𝙡’𝙖𝙗𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙤.
𝙁𝙤𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙞 𝙂𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙤 𝙏𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞
𝙑𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙤 𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙖 𝙉𝙞𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙖 𝙍𝙤𝙘𝙘𝙖 𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙤 "𝙍𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙤 𝙡𝙖 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙖 - 𝙄𝙡 𝙫𝙞𝙖𝙜𝙜𝙞𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙖".
𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙚 𝙉𝙞𝙘𝙠

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Gianpiero Taverniti

Calabria is a land that surprises and amazes. Every corner hides historical, artistic, and natural treasures, deeply rooted in its unique identity. Exploring it is a privilege—first and foremost for the Calabrian people—and an unmissable opportunity for those who do not yet know it or perhaps hold a distorted image of it.

Calabria is best experienced through its evocative villages. Not just the famous ones promoted on tourist platforms, but especially the charming, lesser-known hamlets that are striving to rise again through dedicated revitalization efforts. The "ghost towns" are particularly striking; places where time seems to have stood still. These were once vibrant centers of life, home to dignified artisans and thriving economies that made them magically enchanting.

Today, we are left with the chance to visit them, to appreciate ancient building techniques now long forgotten, and to admire objects from a bygone era: containers with faded labels of brands no longer in business. It is deeply moving to see the work tools—once polished by constant use—now sadly rusted by abandonment.

Photo by Gianpiero Taverniti Video created and donated by Nicola Rocca to the project "Raccontando la Calabria - Il viaggio continua." Thanks, Nick.

With much affection, Gianpiero Taverniti