The Mediterranean and the Route of Aeneas, a journey into European values and culture.
From August 31st to September 3rd, four days of shows, music, seminars, poetry readings to celebrate the Route of Aeneas, the 45th cultural itinerary of the Council of Europe. The Festival, in its 3rd edition, will take place, as part of the Antro festival, between Sorrento, Cuma and Baia. On September 1st, the Ship of Aeneas leaves from Sorrento.
Four days of shows, music, seminars, conferences, readings, tastings to tell the story of Aeneas' Route, the journey from Troy to Rome of the hero sung by Virgil, which entered the "gotha" of itineraries certified by the Council of Europe in 2021, thus becoming the 45th European cultural itinerary. From August 31 to September 3, FIRE, the International Festival of Aeneas' Route, will take place between Sorrento, Cuma and Baia, now in its third edition. To celebrate the legendary journey, Aeneas' Ship will also depart from Sorrento on September XNUMX.
The Festival is organized by the Rotta di Enea Association, by the Archaeological Park of Campi Flegrei, as part of the “Antro” festival, with the collaboration of the Municipality of Sorrento and Slow Food.
“The European Parliament’s September 2022 recommendation to the Commission – declared the president of the Rotta di Enea Association, Giovanni Cafiero – recalls our itinerary as a strategic cultural infrastructure in the context of new policies for the Mediterranean. The Bay of Naples is a central place from a historical point of view, because around this basin a wonderful mix of cultures and an uninterrupted flow of commercial exchanges have taken place, and symbolic, because from here Aeneas sets out again to meet a future of greatness and great opportunities for the new generations”.
Cuma itself, the Phlegraean Fields, and Capo Miseno are in fact significant stages of the Trojan Hero's journey. In Cuma, the Sibyl, in Virgil's story in the Aeneid, has the dual function of seer and guide of Aeneas in the afterlife, Capo Miseno represents the tomb of Miseno, Aeneas' trumpeter, and the Archaeological Park of the Phlegraean Fields holds extraordinary archaeological treasures.
“An increasingly close alliance, that between the Aeneas Route and the Archaeological Park of the Phlegraean Fields – underlined the Director of the Park Fabio Pagano – For the third year within the program of Antro, the Festival of the Archaeological Park of the Phlegraean Fields, the International Festival of the Aeneas Route finds its home. A renewed opportunity to build international relations, to broaden the horizons of development and to think of the Mediterranean in its purest essence as that of a mirror of identity and a vector of acculturation”.
The Cruise of Values – from Sorrento to Baia
Also this year to celebrate the archaeological, cultural, maritime itinerary of the Aeneas Route a cruise will take place - the Cruise of Values - a navigation in the symbolic places of the journey of Aeneas. The Aeneas Ship will depart from Sorrento on September 1st to land in Baia retracing along the Bay of Naples one of the most suggestive stretches of the Campania route of the Trojan hero on his journey to Rome.
“It's truly an honor - declared Luigi Di Prisco, President of the Municipal Council of Sorrento –host this important event that combines history, environment and culture. An event that symbolically unites the entire Gulf of Naples, from Sorrento to Baia. These are pleasant and sought-after locations appreciated since ancient times and, for this reason, home to seaside villas frequented for stays and holidays by the Roman aristocracy. A virtuous example of that Campania Felix that remains a model to imitate in terms of sustainable tourism development”.
The program
Thursday August 31th – Sorrento18:30-20:30. At the cloister of San Francesco, in addition to greetings from local institutions and administrators, a poetry reading by Andrea Sirianni with the interpretation of some passages from the Virgilian epic. Followed by a toast with Slow Food.
Friday September 1st – Cuma Archaeological Park 17:30. After the institutional greetings, Minerva and the Route of Aeneas. From Castrum Minervae to Capo di Sorrento with speeches by Francesco D'Andria, Carlo Rescigno, Luca di Franco.
21pm at the Aragonese Castle of Baia the Ballo delle Ingrate, a show by the Accademia Reale Baroque ensemble with the historical dance group Danzar Gratioso based on texts by Homer, Virgil, Rinuccini, Bembo.
Saturday 2rd September – Cuma Archaeological Park 17:30 pm Archaeological research in the Mediterranean and the Route of Aeneas: Butrint and the Strait of Otranto with speeches by Federico Giorgi, Enrica Carbotti, Barbara Davidde Petriaggi
21 pm at the Aragonese Castle in Baia Lampedusa Beach by Lina Prosa, directed by Marcello Manzella with Valentina Elia, produced by I Due della città del Sole
Sunday September 3th at the Aragonese Castle of Baia 17:30 pm – The crater of Aeneas: Naples and/is the Mediterranean the session curated by the Association Rotta di Enea. Introduced by Giovanni Cafiero and Maria Teresa Moccia di Fraia, speakers include Fabio Pagano, Mariano Nuzzo, Massimo Coppola, Barbara Toce, Luigi la Rocca, Giuseppe Badagliacca, Massimo Osanna, Gaetano Manfredi, Felice Casucci. Superintendents, mayors, experts from the Council of Europe, representatives of the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will start a debate aimed at building an integrated project for the enhancement of the cultural heritage of the metropolitan city of Naples in connection with the other sites of Campania on the thematic itinerary inspired by the Rotta di Enea. A project that promotes cultural tourism and the development of the communities and values that constitute the European matrix: the classical heritage, the mixture of peoples and their traditions, the Mediterranean civilization as a tool for cultural progress.
– At 19:30 pm Tasting and Toast to the Mediterranean with Slow Food
– At 21:30 pm show The Seasons of Life and the world music of Stefano “Cocco” Cantini with Jole Canelli voice, Leonardo Marucci guitar curated by Jazz and Conversation APS
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