MARCALLO WITH CASONE – The book by Giancarlo Minella, Cristiano Brandolini, Matteo Colaone And Chiara Cerutti “The Celts of the Ticino Valley”, born from collaboration between the Lombard Ticino Valley Park and the cultural association Terra Insubrewhich has always been committed to spreading the knowledge and culture of the Celtic, Germanic and Alpine peoples who characterized our territory.
The volume aims to highlight how the Ticino valley represented a place of large Celtic settlements, retracing the historical and archaeological sources of each individual municipality and offering itineraries to discover the places of great discoveries. As part of the Insubria Festival, the author Minella presented the work while the presidents of the Lombardy and Piedmontese parks, Cristina Chiappa and Erika Vallerathey talked about their protected areas, discovering not only the historical and cultural aspects but above all the naturalistic and environmental ones.
A new key to discover the territory
«I am truly proud of the collaboration that led to the creation of this volume – comments Chiappa – The idea was born during the lockdown due to Covid, when all environmental education activities were suspended, with the aim of making our territory known and discovered from a different perspective. As the Lombard Park of the Ticino Valley, I am happy to present it this year, which marks the 50th anniversary of our institution: an important celebration that allows us to make our business better known».
The president of the Piedmontese body, Vallera, is also proud and observes: «It is a book born from the collaboration with colleagues from the Lombardy body and this in itself is a reason for satisfaction since the synergy always bears good fruit. Our bodies work for the conservation of protected areas through valorisation of the territory, which also involves the cultural promotion of publicationslike this one, which know how to interest and fascinate by showing our territories in a time in which the rhythms of life of the men who inhabited the banks of the “blue river” were marked by nature”.
Distributed free in schools and events
For Giancarlo Minella, president of the cultural association Terra Insubre, «this volume is a great honor that fills us with pride, because it allows us to discover the also archaeological richness of a territory with high environmental value and important green lung. The Ticino is the river of the Celts as the etymology of the hydronym of the “blue river” already expresses”.
Published by Press Center of the Piedmont Regionthe book will be distributed free of charge in schools and during local events.
Marcalloconcasone Celts book Parcodelticino – MALPENSA24
