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Guided tours and Dante's readings with the Villa Greppi Consortium

Two days of opening to the public of Villa Greppi, with a full calendar of guided tours, and the inauguration of a new edition of “Lectura Dantis in the art places of Brianza”, the always long-awaited review that the Consorzio Brianteo Villa Greppi dedicates to reading and understanding the Divine Comedy immersed in fascinating locations in the Brianza area. A fine settimana full of events is approaching for Villa Greppi: scheduled for Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 September, in fact, a succession of guided tours on the occasion of the 19th edition of “Ville Aperte in Brianza”, to which a meeting will also be added. special dedicated to Dante: a short story by Claudia Crevenna, set for 6 pm on Saturday and entitled “Dante and his time. Encounter with the narration of the life and world of the Supreme Poet”.

First of all, as part of “Ville Aperte”, the guided tours to discover the park, the villa and the rustic appurtenances of Villa Greppi, places that preserve the memory and charm of past eras (guided tour times: Saturday 25 September at 15, 16 and 17; Sunday 26 September at 10, 11, 15, 16, 17. Cost: 5 euros, free admission for children under 12. Reservations required on the villeaperte.info website). And it is also on the occasion of the event that every year, in September, numerous public and private sites in Brianza open to the public, which at 6 pm on Saturday Villa Greppi hosts the narration by Claudia Crevenna. A scholar and connoisseur of Dante, Claudia Crevenna has been the protagonist of the review promoted by the Villa Greppi Consortium for several editions, curated by the Brig – culture and territory association and which from time to time offers the explanation and reading of a song from the Divine Comedy, all immersed in various places of historical and artistic interest in Brianza. An initiative that returns in the autumn with a new edition and which opens precisely with the meeting on Saturday, a narrative that will focus on Dante's life and historical-social context. Reservations for the events of 25 and 26 September on the website www.villeaperte.info.

So in October

But the meetings with Lectura Dantis continue even after the fine settimana of 25 and 26 September: three, in fact, Dante's readings scheduled by the end of October. Sunday 10 October at 3.30 pm we stop at the Monastery of Misericordia in Missaglia for the guided tour “La misericordia, a place of history and devotion” and, to follow, the explanation and reading of canto XXVII of Dante's Inferno: “Guido da Montefeltro “. We will meet in Sovico (in Piazza Vittorio Emanuele), however, on Sunday 17 (always at 15.30), when the guided tour “Sovico, itinerary on the trail of history” will be followed by the explanation and reading of “Il Conte Ugolino”, canto XXXIII of Hell. Finally, to close this autumn edition of the review, are the path “Segantini in Brianza” and the song XXXIV of the Inferno – “A review of the stars”, both scheduled for October 31st at 3.30 pm in Veduggio, in via Piave 1 (these three appointments are by reservation and are organized in safety. Access allowed only with Green pass in compliance with the anti-covid legislation. Reservations required by 12 noon on the Thursday preceding the chosen date by writing to attivitaculturali@villagreppi.it. The events include guided tours at feet and comfortable walking shoes are essential).


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