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南イタリアには、一度この地を知ると、虜になってしまう不思議な魅力がある。それもそのはずで、地中海に突き出た南イタリアは、古くから多くの民族が行き交い、さまざまな文化が交錯する地域であり、都市を探訪するにはもってこいの宝庫なのだ。世界広しといえども、都市の在り方がこれほど多彩で、感動的な風景と出会える場所も珍しい。 南イタリアの都市風景の多様性を生むうえで、ここに繰り広げられた歴史のドラマがそのベースになっているのはいうまでもない。古代のギリシア、ローマをはじめ、中世のビザンツ、イスラーム、そしてノルマン、さらにはフランスやスペインの支配下で、多様な文化が培われた。 そして、南イタリア都市の変化に富んだ迫力ある形態は、その古さと明らかに結びついている。中北部のイタリアよりも、中世の早い時期に都市を形成し、あるいは古代都市を復興したから、骨格となる層が古く、それだけ複雑な都市構造が生まれたのだ。しかも、南には、重厚な石づくりの文化を発展させた地方が多く、建物の持続性がそれだけ大きい。「イタリアの都市は歴史が重なっている」とよく言われるが、南イタリアを巡ると、それをいっそう強く感じる。ここでは、古い時代の建物の壁がよく残り、歴史の重なりがそのまま視覚化されているのである。 同時にまた、いかにも地中海世界らしい自然条件、気候風土が、独特の民家や都市・集落の姿をつくり出した。変化に富んだ地形とあいまって、都市や集落はさまざまな立地の在り方を見せている。 心地よい戸外での生活が活発なのも、南イタリアの大きな特徴で、それだけ近隣所のコミュニティの共有空間も発達した。人々の生活ドラマが繰り広げられる舞台としての都市空間は、我々の心を打つ。 南イタリアには、このように個性的で魅力ある都市が各地にあるのに、ほとんど調査もされず、眠っていることが多い。イタリアには歴史的価値のある建築や都市が多過ぎて、南部の小さな田舎町にまで、とても専門家の目が届かないのだ。[4〜5ページ] ↗
Gli Italiani devono capire una buona volta il rischio enorme di una cultura credulona ed ‘ascientifica’. Questo è un Paese, infatti, dove si gettano soldi alle ortiche per acquistare prodotti ‘omeopatici’, oppure per creme e tisane che nella migliore delle ipotesi non hanno alcun effetto. E’ un Paese dove ormai non si riesce più a far nulla di costruttivo perchè c’è sempre la paura che si vada a ’sconvolgere’ delicatissimi equilibri ‘immaginari’, paure alimentate ad arte da ‘politici’ che prosperano su falsità di ogni tipo. E’ un Paese dove Otelma, Vanna Marchi, Bossi e berlusconi hanno accumulato fortune economiche e politiche, e dove un Grillo qualunque (con tutto il rispetto per quest’ultimo in confronto ai summenzionati) può apparire un Gigante. Io penso che l’ignoranza collettiva, associata alla supponenza ed al fatalismo, rappresentino la più grave catastrofe per l’Umanità. ↗
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Amor, ch'al cor gentile ratto s'apprende prese costui de la bella persona che mi fu tolta; e 'l modo ancor m'offende. Amor, che a nullo amato amar perdona, Mi prese del costui piacer sì forte, Che, come vedi, ancor non m'abbandona..." "Love, which quickly arrests the gentle heart, Seized him with my beautiful form That was taken from me, in a manner which still grieves me. Love, which pardons no beloved from loving, took me so strongly with delight in him That, as you see, it still abandons me not... ↗
In the kitchen Valeria was making breakfast, his aunt never made breakfast even though Carlo insisted for years that a hotel hoping to cater to French and Americans must offer breakfast. “It’s a lazy man’s meal.", she always said. "What laggard expects to eat before doing any work? ↗
Don Bradman will bat no more against England, and two contrary feelings dispute within us: relief, that our bowlers will no longer be oppressed by this phenomenon; regret, that a miracle has been removed from among us. So must ancient Italy have felt when she heard of the death of Hannibal. ↗
Watching Italians eat (especially men, I have to say) is a form of tourism the books don't tell you about. They close their eyes, raise their eyebrows into accent marks, and make sounds of acute appreciation. It's fairly sexy. Of course I don't know how these men behave at home, if they help with the cooking or are vain and boorish and mistreat their wives. I realized Mediterranean cultures have their issues. Fine, don't burst my bubble. I didn’t want to marry these guys, I just wanted to watch. (p. 247) ↗
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We rip out so much of ourselves to be cured of things faster than we should that we go bankrupt by the age of thirty and have less to offer each time we start with someone new. But to feel nothing so as not to feel anything - what a waste! ↗
