AFTER THE RUINS THE PRESIDENT SI is GONE TO THE SHRINE OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
Midi , May 14, 2016 – 11:05
the rain has not stopped the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella on a visit to Pompeii ruins on the occasion of ‘inauguration of the exhibition of Igor Mitoraj, who died in 2014. With the dream to exhibit his own monumental sculptures in the archaeological bell. The Head of State, accompanied by the Minister for Heritage and cultural activities and tourism Dario Franceschini, arrived in a car at the Villa dei Misteri. Variation on the original program that included a visit to the domus in the archeological area and along Via Abundance, but the heavy rain did not allow a walk. Thus the Head of State was welcomed in the auditorium where he symbolically opened the exhibition. “The rain makes Pompeii even more beautiful, more impressive,” said the President Mattarella. And then he scerzato: “Besides, here we lived normally, so even with the rain.”
The intervention of the Minister
opening the ceremony the Minister Franceschini: “It is an important day for Pompeii. This is a place where the cooperation between the institutions has enabled us to show that by working together the picture changes. There are 43 sites completed and 27 in progress. Last year there were three million visitors. The visit of President Mattarella takes place for the inauguration of the exhibition of Mitoraj, an artist who has chosen to live in our country. ” Then he added: “My predecessors have always had to justify cuts to culture. We reported funding over two billion. “
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The visit of Mattarella to Pompeii
The President: “The great heritage of our country”
” the exhibition Mitoraj is a unique combination of antiquity and modernity – said the head of state – the culture has no time or boundaries. ” “It is regrettable that Mitoraj died before seeing realized his dream – he added – The exhibition allows you to enhance an extraordinary site like Pompeii.” The Head of State spoke about the importance of cultural heritage and how their enhancement is beneficial to the whole social fabric: “Our country has the greatest artistic heritage in the world and it is our duty to safeguard it – he said – is a duty in respect of our history that our future investment for every culture is also spent for the growth of our country. This site, like everything that is produced by culture, has a big fallout for the entire company also economic. The investments that are made in culture are not only a duty of quality of social life but cause a relapse of economic growth. “
The exhibition
A ‘unique combination of antiquity and contemporaneity “. So Mattarella defined the works of Igor Mitoraj. An exhibition that “involves an additional benefit, you can enhance this extraordinary site that is Pompeii, which not coincidentally after the Colosseum and the Roman Forum is among the most visited.” A place, the gigantic statues in bronze, which for Mattarella “seem perfectly natural, someone will probably misled, think they are works of that time, the culture has no time and borders.” And again: “And this is the extraordinary feeling you have, the integration of ancient and modern art, between this remarkable city two thousand years ago, and an artist of our time.”
The majestic bronze sculptures were located in different sectors of the excavations, under the artistic direction of Luca Pizzi Atelier Mitoraj. Temple of Venus from the Basilica and the Forum, Street of the Baths Stabiane, the Triangular Forum up to the portico of the Theatre. Exposure suggestive that follows the success that the gods and mythological heroes artist have already met in the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento and in the Markets of Trajan in Rome. The exhibition, conceived and promoted by the Foundation Pillar, under the patronage of the Ministry of Heritage and cultural activities, and organized by the Superintendence of Pompeii, from the Art Gallery Contini and the Atelier Mitoraj, will be open until 8 January 2017.
At Sanctuary
the President of the Republic then left the ruins of Pompeii and reached the Basilica dedicated to Our Lady of the Holy Rosary for a private visit. The Head of State was accompanied by the Archbishop Tommaso Caputo and the rector of the Shrine, Fr. Mocerino. Entered the church at the end of the Mass, Mattarella has received the applause of some faithful who were in the Sanctuary. Monsignor Caputo him briefly mentioned the history of the Sanctuary and its founder, Blessed Bartolo Longo, the President already knew well. It showed, also, to be also aware of the many social works founded by Longo and supported, even today, the Sanctuary. At the foot of the picture of the Virgin, he lingered for a short prayer. He then visited the Chapel and, in offers room, admired some objects belonging to the exhibition “For Grace Received”, held, simultaneously, also at the Antiquarium of the archaeological site. During the short visit, the President before leaving the Basilica wanted to stop again to worship the picture of Madonna. The archbishop gave the Head of State a few publications on the Basilica and on the Founder, an image of the Virgin and the rosary, the heart of the spirituality of the Sanctuary.
May 14, 2016 | 11:05
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