The first, in July, in the 4 Municipalities involved in the candidacy project, the second ended yesterday in Alberobello after the 3 meetings of the last few days in Castellana Grotte, Noci and Polignano a mare. The participation of the Communities was numerous, there are about 150 total projects presented and by September 26 the dossier will be sent to the Ministry of Culture with a public event dedicated to the future in which the protagonists will be children and young people.
PIETRAMADRE aims to build important legacies for the territory and many words emerged during the co-design meetings to give substance to a future that achieves objectives capable of culturally growing a territory in turmoil and ripe for a culturally erudite turning point. Here are some: for NOCI creativity, hope, innovation, generativity. For POLIGNANO accessibility, Mediterraneanness, young people, dreams in motion, memory. For CASTELLANA excite, include, cultural flourishing, authenticity, participate. For ALBEROBELLO integration, construction, connections, sharing, sustainability, community.
Yesterday, September 15, at the end of the four days of co-design in the territories, the Technical Scientific Committee was presented in Alberobello, composed of women and men chosen for the professional value expressed and put at the service of the Communities, each for their own skills, and for their roots in the territory for their birthplace - of some - and for the beauty that this land generates in others who choose it as a ' buen retiro '. The Municipality of Alberobello has chosen Lino Banfi, Giuseppe Manfredi, Gennaro Nunziante and Stefano Angiulli. For the Municipality of Castellana Grotte: Giuseppe De Bellis, Alessandro Reina, Sergio Maria Rubino. For the Municipality of Noci: Angela Bianca Saponari, Domenico Blasi, Pasquale Del Vecchio, Vittorio Curci. For the Municipality of Polignano a Mare: Maria Pia Vasti, Antonella Mari, Gianni Torres. They will have a role in the governance of PIETRAMADRE, they are asked to make a scientific and cultural contribution to outline a new vision of the future, to trigger a cultural change that projects the territory towards greater quality and social well-being. This is the objective that we intend to achieve.
The motivation and enthusiasm perceived by the four Communities involved and represented by the mayors convince that with ' PIETRAMADRE - explains the mayor of Alberobello, Francesco De Carlo - a new course of city life is being traced, which through the themes that emerged during the co-design meetings held during the summer, cultural welfare, sustainable mobility, infrastructure, green energy, environment, quality of life, align us with the 2030 agenda of the United Nations which plans to achieve the so-called goals, or the sustainable objectives of an action program that concerns people, the planet and global prosperity '. ' PIETRAMADRE - adds Domenico Ciliberti , mayor of Castellana Grotte - is the narration of the healthiest feeling we have, or affection towards our territory. It is 4 Communities that become a 'unicum' in a wonderful story of our history, worthy of representing not Puglia, not the south-east of Bari, but the whole of Italy in cultural terms. Culture is what makes people grow, knowledge, and improves the quality of life of people. PIETRAMADRE is a great opportunity for this strip of Apulian territory enclosed in a magical triangle that wants to tell its story at its best. We believe in it and we are doing it with great enthusiasm .
PIETRAMADRE is much more. ' It is the brand of a territory that knows how to NETWORK - underlines Francesco Intini , mayor of Noci - it is the demonstration that our Communities are ready to bet on the future made of possibilities and occasions that open the way to the cultural growth of the Cities that we want to be 'citizen-friendly '. Furthermore, according to Vito Carrieri , mayor of Polignano a Mare ' in the candidacy of PIETRAMADRE for Italian Capital of Culture 2027 there is a vast and different territory that is identified in an essential element, which is STONE, with the caves of Polignano and the karst ones of Castellana Grotte, the dry stone walls of Noci and the Trulli of Alberobello. Along with all this, let's not forget the museums of contemporary art, of peasant civilization, and so much art and culture '. Finally, concludes Pasquale Gatta , project manager of the project, ' after listening and comparing with the institutions, associations and cultural enterprises, and a great phase of sharing and co-design with hundreds and hundreds of people, the Technical Scientific Committee of great cultural and scientific caliber is also established, which will help us build the vision. PIETRAMADRE, therefore, confirms itself as a plural and shared project that has made the participation of the Communities its beacon' .
The next appointments: Sunday 22nd September at 8.30pm in Largo Martellotta in Alberobello the PIETRAMADRE logo will be presented with an aerial dance show on the trulli. Thursday 26th September at 10am in Largo Martellotta the last step of this first phase is scheduled, namely the symbolic sending of the dossier to the Ministry of Culture in the company of children and young people from the four Municipalities: 'I am Pietra' from that day on will become 'We are Pietra'. #Alberobello2027
