Artists who love nature draw inspiration from it, but their works can make respect and love grow for the many who have not yet understood its value. In five - Serena Fiorelli, Rita Pereira, Mariano Goglia, Gianvincenzo Santucci, Bettino Francini - from 11 to 14 July they meet in Vitulano, in the upper Sannio, in the province of Benevento, for the first edition of "Arte in Faggeta". An original way, very much green, to enhance the mountain heritage and also launch an eco-friendly tourism proposal. Three days of performances to enjoy with the artists who will work materials taken from the undergrowth and local stone. Even in these parts, beech trees have a naturalistic and aesthetic value.
Vitulano is the highest municipality in the area on the border with Molise. All of Sannio, from Benevento to the north and east, is rich in vegetation, secular trees and vineyards. A natural background, little touched by destructive mania of greedy entrepreneurs and that it should attract a few more painters and draftsmen. These kermesses must also be useful for this. Mariano Goglia, an artist in turn, he is the curator of the event commissioned by the Municipality together with local institutions and bodies. All well engaged in search of an environmental and artistic identity. It is not for nothing that those who come to see will also be able to get to know the local flora and fauna, which make Sannio a protected territory. Features that occasionally spark controversy and stimulate petitions against wind turbines on mountain ridges.
Raphael Scarinzi, mayor of the city, in the presentation of "Arte in Faggeta" speaks of Camposauro - the place where the five artists will work - as a place "blood, privileged scenography of their creations that will find a home here". And in Camposauro the beech trees and the undergrowth must be respected. Also for the ecological value of these plants that not far from here, in Monte Sant'Angelo, in the Gargano, have been declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco. Very tall and majestic, they are symbolically carried as a defense against CO2 pollution. Italian beech forests, from Trentino to Sicily, are studied by experts from all over the world for their absolute environmental protection value. The Longobards didn't worry so much who stayed in the Samnium for five centuries, but who knew how to appreciate its beauty. The artists who come to Vitulano know how not to disappoint history, traditions and ambitions.
