The Notebooks Of Tuscia - Viterbo E-Book

Roberta Mezzabarba

• Herausgeber: Tektime
• Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 31

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2025

Beschreibung

The Tuscia Notebooks
A journey through Tuscia on the wings of tales from the past, told to young readers, to preserve the memory and identity of every region.

Viterbo (Vetèrbe in the local Viterbese dialect), the capital of the province of the same name in northern Lazio, also known as Tuscia, is located on the lower slopes of the Cimini Mountains and extends westward into the final stretch of the Maremma plain. Its origins are ancient (it is believed that Viterbo derives from the Latin Vetus Urbs, meaning “Old City”) and it boasts the largest medieval historic centre in Europe, with some perfectly preserved neighbourhoods. This historic centre is encircled by walls and surrounded by modern districts, while to the southwest lie valuable agricultural, archaeological, and thermal areas.
The city and its inhabitants are the protagonists of countless legends that fade into the mists of time.

Leseprobe

Roberta Mezzabarba

The Notebooks of Tuscia:

Viterbo

a Rose and its… Machine

Illustrations Vincent Vincenzoni

Translated by Christian Lelli

Title |The Notebooks of Tuscia - Viterbo: A Rose and Its… Machine

Author | Roberta Mezzabarba

© 2024 - All the rights reserved by the Author

The Author holds exclusive rights to this work. No part of this book may be reproduced without the prior consent of the Author.

Cover: © Illustration by Vincent Vincenzoni

First edition: March 2024

Greeting from the Mayor

of Viterbo

It is with great joy that I greet all the young readers who will delve into the pages of this book dedicated to the extraordinary story of Saint Rose.

For those who already know her, it will be a true gift to lose themselves in these pages and experience her story through fresh eyes.

For those who do not yet know her, it will be a wonderful journey in the name of our young fellow citizen, who lived almost eight centuries ago and still lives on in the heart of an entire city.

May her life and example illuminate the path for each of you.

Chiara Frontini

Mayor of the Municipality

of Viterbo

Preface by the Councillor

Using Roberta Mezzabarba's words as a compass to explore the culture and traditions connected to Rose of Viterbo is like losing oneself in a vast labyrinth of fascinating and colourful stories. What truly makes this experience magical, however, is her ability to narrate everything with simplicity, taking the reader on an exciting, enjoyable, and, above all, accessible journey. Roberta focuses on the essentials, carefully selecting details that spark the imagination and interest of young readers.

Telling about culture and traditions with simplicity does not mean diminishing their complexity, but rather bringing closer a world that may seem distant.

Any such effort that aims to arouse curiosity, entertain and stimulate the imagination and creativity of readers is always welcome. The most challenging task for those who “know” is to tell stories in a way that engages and involves people, sweeping away the dust of time from the events being told and giving us the impression that they are what they really are: the everyday stories of people who have made history.

And if, along the path of the story, you happen to meet people you know from everyday life... well, that’s simply because History (with a capital H) is told only by those who come after us, while we fail to realize that we are already living it.

Or rather: we don’t notice it, but Roberta Mezzabarba does.

Alfonso Antoniozzi

Councillor for Culture

Municipality of Viterbo

A planned departure

Michele had been planning the trip for months, meticulously organizing every detail to ensure he would be in Viterbo by the evening of September 3rd.

He had left Viterbo after graduating, in search of a job, and had lived in Sant’Arcangelo di Romagna for over fifteen years in . He had moved there with Teresa, and together they had brought two children into the world: Matteo and Rose.

He had been very cryptic about the stops on the journey that would bring him back, at the end of that summer, to the place where he had been born and grown into a man.

He travelled from Romagna down to Tuscany, stopping in Florence and some small villages along the way, and the day before they had officially entered the province of Viterbo.

Michele took his family to Capodimonte and left them to be enchanted by the beauty of Lake Bolsena and its two islands, which stood guard like guardians.