29 July 2021
August it the Gulf of Poets
Special openings for Villa Marigola and many other events
We are happy to announce that the Associazione Amici di Villa Marigola - Golfo dei Poeti has been created, in order to support cultural events at the villa and garden of Villa Marigola in Lerici, La Spezia.
Special openings of the dwelling have been scheduled, from 8th to 20th August 2021, allowing citizens and tourists to stroll through the garden paths, to freshen up in the shade of the centuries-old trees of the garden and to enjoy the breathtaking view of the Gulf of Poets and San Terenzo.
Villa Marigola was bought by the Ollandini Marquises in the late eighteenth century, originally as an agricultural estate for the production of oil and wine, with espalier citrus trees. When it was acquired by Sir Reginald Pearse, the English banker, in 1888 it became a holiday villa. He embellished the rooms in Art Nouveau style and planted ornamental trees alongside the native holm oak grove to create a typically English landscape park. The maintenance and enhancement of this, Lerici's most important cultural asset open to the public, are now guaranteed by Crédit Agricole, owner of the dwelling.
Moreover, between Friday 20th August and Sunday 22nd August, the 67th edition of the LericiPea Golfo dei Poeti Award will be held in the lovely context of the town of Lerici, an appointment awaited all year round by lovers of poetry. The Prize, which was born in Lerici 67 years ago, has always stood out for the integrity and excellence of its cultural choices and the winners, and has become over the years, for poetry, one of the best known and most appreciated in the world; more than any other event, connotative of the artistic vocation of the Gulf of Poets.
In the afternoon of Saturday 21st August, the Garden of Villa Marigola will be the scene of the delivery of two prizes: the ''Edito'' Prize and the ''Lifetime Achievement'' Prize which will be awarded to Tomaso Kemeny, a Hungarian-born poet who has lived in Milan and is full professor of English literature at the University of Pavia. The LericiPea “Angloliguria” prize will then be awarded to William Wall, an Irish poet who lives between Cork and Camogli, while the third winner will be Giuseppe Rinaldi for the “Paolo Bertolani” prize.
To know the works of the winners, visit the website www.lericipea.com
The organizer of the LericiPea Golfo dei Poeti is Lucilla del Santo and it is an award supported by the Carispezia Foundation and by the mayor of Lerici.
Finally, another great opportunity for those who decide to take a leap into the Ligurian Levante this summer will be the visit of Villa Rezzola (Lerici, SP), the home of Pupa Miniati Carnevale, who donated the dwelling to the FAI. Villa Rezzola is also part of the Grandi Giardini Italiani network.
Special openings of the dwelling have been scheduled, from 8th to 20th August 2021, allowing citizens and tourists to stroll through the garden paths, to freshen up in the shade of the centuries-old trees of the garden and to enjoy the breathtaking view of the Gulf of Poets and San Terenzo.
Villa Marigola was bought by the Ollandini Marquises in the late eighteenth century, originally as an agricultural estate for the production of oil and wine, with espalier citrus trees. When it was acquired by Sir Reginald Pearse, the English banker, in 1888 it became a holiday villa. He embellished the rooms in Art Nouveau style and planted ornamental trees alongside the native holm oak grove to create a typically English landscape park. The maintenance and enhancement of this, Lerici's most important cultural asset open to the public, are now guaranteed by Crédit Agricole, owner of the dwelling.
Moreover, between Friday 20th August and Sunday 22nd August, the 67th edition of the LericiPea Golfo dei Poeti Award will be held in the lovely context of the town of Lerici, an appointment awaited all year round by lovers of poetry. The Prize, which was born in Lerici 67 years ago, has always stood out for the integrity and excellence of its cultural choices and the winners, and has become over the years, for poetry, one of the best known and most appreciated in the world; more than any other event, connotative of the artistic vocation of the Gulf of Poets.
In the afternoon of Saturday 21st August, the Garden of Villa Marigola will be the scene of the delivery of two prizes: the ''Edito'' Prize and the ''Lifetime Achievement'' Prize which will be awarded to Tomaso Kemeny, a Hungarian-born poet who has lived in Milan and is full professor of English literature at the University of Pavia. The LericiPea “Angloliguria” prize will then be awarded to William Wall, an Irish poet who lives between Cork and Camogli, while the third winner will be Giuseppe Rinaldi for the “Paolo Bertolani” prize.
To know the works of the winners, visit the website www.lericipea.com
The organizer of the LericiPea Golfo dei Poeti is Lucilla del Santo and it is an award supported by the Carispezia Foundation and by the mayor of Lerici.
Finally, another great opportunity for those who decide to take a leap into the Ligurian Levante this summer will be the visit of Villa Rezzola (Lerici, SP), the home of Pupa Miniati Carnevale, who donated the dwelling to the FAI. Villa Rezzola is also part of the Grandi Giardini Italiani network.
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Mi sedetti e vidi le navi scivolare sul mare luminoso e vasto, come carri di spiriti inviati sopra il più sereno elemento- Percy Shelley - |
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