The first citadel of chess, checkers and cards was born in Verona
The first citadel of chess, checkers and cards was born in Verona
Where in the eighties there was the Balera dei Veronesi, now the first citadel of chess, checkers and cards. A space open to all, to encourage meeting and socialization, as well as guaranteeing the decorum of an area that has been abandoned for at least 15 years.
The space in question is the Summer garden on the corner of viale Cristoforo Colombo and via Vittime Civili di Guerrain Verona, an area of almost four thousand square meters close to the Parco delle Mura, a stone’s throw from the San Zeno district as well as from Borgo Milano, the Saval and the Navigatori and Catena districts.
The project
In a little over a month they will arrive six chessboards and game tables which, as long as the temperatures allow, will be positioned outside, to then be moved into the marquee when the cold arrives. In addition to chess, i will also be available games of checkers and cardsfor a wider involvement of enthusiasts.
The maintenance of the area takes care of the Bacanal Committee of the Gnoco, located a few meters from the entrance to the garden. The association has fati signed a Subsidiarity Pact with the Municipality, from which it received the management of the space, its maintenance and care. It will be the staff of the Committee to open and close the area, with indicative timetable 9-20, and to announce further initiatives to make the garden alive. One of all, the creation of the village of traditions during the Carnival.
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The extraordinary cleaning was instead entrusted to Amia, which will provide for the mowing of the grass and shrubs, with an environmental and landscape redevelopment intervention, to make the area usable again, which will be embellished and made comfortable by street furniture, tables and benches but also by new lighting. The creation of a mural on the external wall will inform passers-by and citizens of the initiative.
“A small revolution – explains theCouncilor for Gardens and Urban Furniture, today on site inspection -. After fifteen years of neglect, we remove this green area from decay and return it to the city as a meeting and socializing place. We believe that the recovery and recovery through their use and their fruition, a method that we are also interested in other squares and city areas. In just over a month this space will completely change its face, a free meeting point open to all ».
Present at the inspection were the president of the first district, the president of the Bacanal del Gnoco Committee Valerio Corradi and a representative of Amia.
«The Summer Garden is on the border between the first and third Circumscriptions – said the president of the Prima-. A position to be reached by many citizens, I am certainly in favor that the proposed activities will be able to attract and entertain the people of Verona ».
“We have several proposals in mind, first of all bringing the Village of Traditions here during the Veronese Carnival – said President Corradi-. We are pleased to have obtained the management of this space“.
«Amia is carrying out the extraordinary cleaning of the state-owned area which for years had been in a state of neglect – commented the director of Amia -. Over the weeks, always in coordination with the municipal administration, we will prune the numerous trees in the area. The area has also been cleared of numerous waste and abandoned debris ».
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