The ‘Places of the soul’ by Tonino Guerra

The genius of Tonino Guerra, poet and screenwriter of the films by Federico Fellini and Antonioni amongst others, is evident with the ‘diffused’ museum composed of 7 sites, 5 in the historic centre of Pennabilli and 2 in the hamlets of Castello di Bascio and Ca’ Romano. The installations have become a unique model of creativity and urban requalification because of their originality and universal contents. These open-air museums revolve around seven themes: the garden of forgotten fruits, that gathers ancient species of fruit trees; the road of sundials, that includes beautiful facades embellished by seven wonderful sundials; the petrified garden in the hamlet of Bascio, that extends on the slopes of a millenary tower and includes seven ceramic carpets dedicated to seven illustrious personalities who lived in the valley; the angel with a moustache that is cherished by the local Chiesetta dei Caduti; the sanctuary of thoughts, that contains seven enigmatic stone sculptures and a single bench to meditate; the shelter of the abandoned Madonna, a collection of sacred images that once embellished the shrines that were situated at the junction of two major countryside roads; and the Madonna of the snow rectangle, a small church built in the middle of the wood after a divine sign that hosts an important artwork by the famous ceramist from Faenza: Muki.