Intro: “From here, Sir, you overlook the Valley”. This is what one of the protagonists of this story seems to say as, seated on a beam suspended above the abyss, he looks at the valley below.
Loving Nature and Arts, we are always following on the social media what happen in connection to Arte Sella, one of the most amazing “open Air Museum” I know of. I wrote a lot already about Arte Sella (last post: “The Invisible Woman” of Artesella ). When @AntonellaGr received the message about this new installation (Monument to Resistance, by Velasco Vitali) we decided to use one of our days of vacation to visit the exhibition.
The sculpture exhibition was set up in Castel Ivano, a medieval castle which also gives its name to the surrounding village.
Monument to Resistance, is the title of the exhibition. A “Packs of Dogs”, … made with materials sourced on building sites, … to invite the public to empathize with the relationship with nature (source: the poster of the exhibition - see below)
We decided to go, and at 10 am on a sunny summer day we left Treviso. The sky was clear and blue, the sun already warm, the destination less than two hours away by car, so we didn’t check the weather forecast. Bad idea !! In less than an hour we had passed Bassano del Grappa, entering Valsugana, where the clouds attacked us immediately. The rain started lightly, turning into a storm of hail and water within minutes.
We reached our destination at 30 past noon, under an heavy rain, so we had to reschedule everything. Google maps found immediately a restaurant for us, at less than 10 minutes by car. The restaurant was good, even if it is a bit weird for me to serve fried seafood when you are on the middle of the mountains.
We were looking at the castle from across the valley, waiting for the sky to open a bit, giving us a chance to watch the exhibit. Oh, I forgot to tell you: the exhibit was NOT inside the castle, but in the garden, so rain was really an obstacle.
Anyway, after about 30 minutes the rain reduced, and we decided to go.
What we saw was, even if we were informed about the installation, completely surprising. A large dog was guarding our entrance, watching us
from above one of the towers of the castle.
And then … after we passed the gate, dogs were everywhere, all around us, on the windows, over the wall, over the towers, in the garden, and even … seated on a beam suspended above the abyss, looking at the valley below. This is how I started the post, so finally here we are, now we can meet the brave.
The visit is absolutely amazing, and the totally free (while to visit the castle you have to make a reservation and to pay a ticket).
To see the whole “packs of dogs” here is the link to the photo album.
The place will be added soon on my list of Nature and History - Alps at North-East
If you missed the post, here is the link: How many way to contribute? Nature & history - Alps of North East
