Curated by Riccardo Bonacina, Lucio Brunelli, Luca Fiore, Giuseppe Frangi
Video by Renato Cerisola
Scientific Committee: Giorgio Vittadini, Emilio Innocenzi, Tonino Saladino, Mario Mezzanzanica
In collaboration with Team Service
Promoted by Vita non Profit

In recent years, there has been a new focus on Italy’s villages. It is a “small” Italy becoming aware of its history, beauty, and identity, and investing in this richness, demonstrating to be a resource for the country and not a remnant of a past to be displayed. One sign of this new awareness is the “Attractive Villages” project, part of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR). Broad projects are needed for the entire network of small municipalities capable of addressing the crucial issue of work and creating the conditions to provide a concrete perspective for the lives of these communities: connectivity, links with cities, healthcare services, integration.

Ten cases are told where the path of rebirth sees the residents of the small centers as protagonists, particularly young people who do not resign themselves to emigration but are driven by the passion for their roots to build a future that values the history, products, and beauty of their villages. Villages that, by enhancing themselves, also find an economic revival and thus an attraction for the young who are born there.

The journey begins with an introductory video after which visitors can freely explore the selected villages narrated through large images, videos, and a brief description of each. The villages featured in the exhibition are: Polizzi Generosa (Sicily), Rocca Calascio (Abruzzo), the municipalities of Val di Taro and Berceto (Emilia), Ulassai (Sardinia), Roseto Capo Spulico (Calabria), Castelpoto (Campania), Cerveno (Lombardy), the municipalities of Aniene (Lazio), Greccio (Lazio), Borgo Valsugana (Trentino).