The rediscovery of the Via Regia delle Calabrie, Vienna Cammarota ends the journey in Pollino
The enterprise, Vienna Cammarota has accomplished it. At 10 and 56, the 72-year-old Ambassador of Archeoclub D’Italia, Environmental Hiking Guide, accompanied by snowflakes, made her entrance to Castrovillari. Vienna visited the Norman – Swabian Castle. Stories of 4 women of today, who came from 4 different countries, who have now become successful women, citizens of Castrovillari and today told in a photographic exhibition.
In the heart of the Pollino National Geopark, the great closure of the journey: “Along the way I met so many young people and I saw that these young people are attentive, they have asked many questions. I encouraged young people to walk and above all to travel because with travel, knowledge, their mind can expand to 360 degrees. They have to travel along their territory, they have to return to the territory because the young people with their stay on the territory can really develop and not abandon the villages “.
A study made it possible to georeference the Via Regia delle Calabrie also on satellite systems. Luca Esposito (historian of the Cartography of the Kingdom of Naples): “A study that lasted 8 years, thanks to which the project of the villages of the Via Regia was born. Ancient taverns, taverns of yesteryear, war routes, epitaphs with Latin writings. For example, while walking in an open countryside and it is easy to come across the fountain of Queen Margherita that was the source that quenched the Queen’s thirst during a long journey “.
“Against the depopulation of the villages it is necessary to invest the funds of the PNRR for their enhancement. For example, the Via Regia delle Calabrie, once traveled by the great travelers of the Grand Tour, is a real opportunity. In some cases the villages, especially in the Apennines, have seen a depopulation of up to 40% in the last 50 years. Now the trend could really be definitively reversed. Starting from a study that lasted 8 years, we have created a project that will redevelop the villages of the Via Regia delle Calabrie, the Naples – Reggo Calabria of the ‘800, place of great historical events of any era. The Via Regia also crosses the ancient Roman Consular, Via Popolia, for example! Considering the growing interest that traveling “a” is currently attracting, the statistical data relating to the Camino de Santiago on the Via Francigena and the Camino di Assisi, for example, although affected by a strong “spiritual” attraction, indicate an influx of people in transit that is applied in the 5 years the Via Regia Calabrie traveled by the Grand Tour could help the restart of travelers from Italy and prevent the depopulation of villages “. This was stated by Rosario Santanastasio, National President of Archeoclub D’Italia, greeting the arrival of Vienna Cammarota, Ambassador of Archeoclub D’Italia and Environmental Hiking Guide of Assoguide who today arrived in Castrovillari.
The Ambassador of Archeoclub D’Italia walked 182 km on foot crossing the Via Regia delle Calabrie. Vienna, starting from Serre on March 26, crossed: Postiglione (Sa), Sicignano degli Alburni (Sa), Petina (Sa), Auletta (Sa), Pertosa (Sa), Polla (Sa), Atena Lucana (Sa), Sala Consilina (Sa), Padula (Sa), Montesano (Sa), Casalbuono (SA). Sunday afternoon Vienna began to cross Basilicata with the villages of Lagonegro (Pz), Rivello (Pz), Nemoli (Pz), then it also crossed Lauria, Castelluccio Superiore, Castelluccio Inferiore, Laino Borgo (Pz), then Rotonda (Pz )) Morano Calabro and today, at 10:56 am she arrived in Castrovillari.
And now the contemporary Silk Road: on April 26, the 72-year-old will leave from the Lazzaretto Nuovo in Venice to cross 15 nations on foot to Beijing.