Casa Leopardi opens Giacomo's private rooms on June 18th

(ANSA) - RECANATI (MACERATA), JUNE 01 - The private apartments of Giacomo Leopardi, the heart of the new path "Ove I lived as a child" in the family palace in Recanati, will be open to the public on June 18. The inauguration, after a careful restoration, was originally scheduled for March, but postponed due to the coronavirus health emergency.
    "Two centuries separate us from Giacomo and his world, but the actuality of his thought also illuminates today's scenario, offering us the cure for the evils of this era: solidarity between men", says Countess Olimpia Leopardi, recalling 'the social chain 'cited by the poet. "We must share the power of culture - he adds -. The emergency we have experienced cannot make us forget the importance of memory. Museums are par excellence the places designated for this and make sense only if they are open. Precisely for this, despite the unexpected scenario, we wanted to honor the commitment made. Today we are ready to let the public experience the suggestions that touched the soul of the young Leopardi in the rooms where he lived and from which he drew inspiration. "
    The path "Ove abitai fanciullo" will allow visitors to enter the noble floor of Palazzo Leopardi for the first time, in compliance with the recent sanitary and social distancing rules, to discover the places where Giacomo was born and lived. natural fulfillment of a twenty-year effort of the Leopardi family to broaden the knowledge of the poet's life and thought. The restoration, completed in January, allowed to rediscover the original pictorial decorations of the "Brecce", the part of the building that houses Giacomo and his brothers' apartments. Located between the western and eastern gardens, they were built by Count Monaldo to guarantee independence and intimacy for teenage children. The new itinerary will allow visitors access to the Palace's reception rooms; to the gallery where the art collections are exhibited; to the garden that inspired the immortal verses of The Memories; at the sitting room where the Leopardi brothers entertained and at Giacomo's private room, from whose window the poet observed the moon and the 'vague stars of the Bear'. (HANDLE).