The Cinema Estate initiative began four years ago when, following a suggestion from a group of mums, it was decided to offer families a few evenings of outdoor entertainment. In the first year, the cinema was held in the inner garden of the Palazzetto Besta. Then, for logistical and organisational reasons, it was decided to move to the town centre so as to have an indoor alternative in case of rain.

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In book ‘When Fireflies Flew - Volume 2’.’ it was said that:

In the past during Passion Week, from Maundy Thursday to Saturday, the crucifixes in the church were covered and the bells did not ring. On the afternoon of Good Friday, as a reminder before the procession with the Holy Sepulchre through the streets of the village, a special mournful sound was made from the bell tower by a device called a gròo placed on the bell tower. It was the task of the young people to turn the crank of the gròo and in the evening to carry the Holy Sepulchre in procession, while the children played the rattles, called crèculi or tric trac. Then, on Easter Sunday, people attended the Solemn Mass, especially the men wearing the festive dress, who before entering, but especially afterwards, would linger in the churchyard to exchange opinions and advice on country activities, but also to receive information on what was happening outside the village.

Easter symbolises rebirth, new life and light defeating darkness. This year in Bianzone there is a special occasion linked precisely to these symbols: work has started on the Palazzetto Besta!

The building, a typical example of a 16th century alpine noble residence, has been closed, abandoned and unsafe for years. For years, the municipal administrations have tried to obtain the necessary funds to save it from its nefarious fate. The critic Vittorio Sgarbi was also involved, who visited the building several years ago and sent a message of help to save it.

Now the big day is here!

È started the first batch of interventions concerning the static consolidation works, the securing of surfaces and the restoration of rooms in the north wing.  The expenditure is borne by the ABAP Superintendency, which has appointed as Single Responsible Person for the
Project (RUP) architect Stefania Bossi, an architect official in the DRM Lombardia. The work and operational management is conducted by architect Matteo Sintini and Dr. Sonia Segimiro, officials of the ABAP Superintendency for the province of Sondrio for the architectural and restoration work, also assisted for the structural part by the Foppoli & Moretta studio.

The Regional Museums Directorate entrusted the execution of the works to the company Lares Lavori di Restauro s.r.l. from Venice.

It is a first step towards the reopening of the Palazzetto Besta which will soon be followed by work on the land to the north of the main building and on the Dovecote. 

May it also be for all of you an Easter of rebirth and recovery of peace and serenity.

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Doing and work understood as direct interaction between man and nature expressed a sense of existence in which each person felt himself to be the creator and participant in his own world, unlike today, when we feel less and less like participants, responsible and “actors” in the reality that surrounds us, but only frequenters and users.

As part of the ecomuseum project: “Mapping Bianzone”schoolchildren, with the project “Learn art and put it aside” discovered the old trades that were carried out in the village in the past, they learnt the gestures and got to know the tools and processes, with the help of experts and people who made themselves available. The year-long work led to the creation of a “Vocabulary of tools of the trade”and, at the beginning of the school year following the organisation ofthe ‘crafts corners” in the garden of Palazzetto Besta. 

Luciana Colombini, a primary school teacher, writes as follows:

It was an open-air workshop where the children, appropriately disguised, individually or in groups, performed the ancient crafts that once characterised Bianzone.
The cobbler, the locksmith, the farrier, the carpenter, the farmer are the most classic, but there was no shortage of those who sharpened knives and scythes, those who made brooms, those who cut wood, those who raked the hay, who filava, who carded. There were also the hawkers such as the chimney-sweeper, the umbrella-sweeper, the ragman, the tinsmith, funny and curious characters who lent themselves well to being played and who once carried out their task by wandering around the villages. 

È status It was nice to see how passionately the children imitated the ancient gestures, and it was even nicer to see some parents or grandparents sitting nearby trying to teach the “tricks of the trade”. 
In fact, the message with this project is once again to recover the past in order to learn about our own traditions that are unfortunately disappearing.

With this image, which someone in the audience described as “a painting”, ends this pleasant day that exalted taste and art in its various forms and made the older participants relive pleasant moments from their past.

The illustrated vocabulary of old trades is available at the Ecomuseo office and the City Hall.

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