«They’re not strangers, they’re just places you haven’t met yet. All you have to do is reach them.” Thus Elèna seals the story of what Sciascia renamed the “little Athens”. Her voice runs among the wonders of Caltanissetta, nourishing its choral identity on Loquis, the digital platform that collects the stories told by those who live in or pass through an area and leaves a sound trail to the community of other travellers.
On the occasion of the International Voice Day, the travel podcast app created by Bruno Pellegrini and founded with Fabrizio Cialdea inaugurates the “100 voices for 100 places” channel: 100 new podcasts, one for each Italian provincial capital, published simultaneously for draw a new map of stories, traditions and curiosities. Each contribution is curated by voice professionals who are part of the Loquis Factory, a passionate and creative network for authorial travel podcasting that expands the numerous contents already offered spontaneously by users. Among the various contributions, the atlas of speaking places has a section dedicated to Caltanissetta with insights edited by Elèna Vitrano.
Speaker and publicist, for years Vitrano has lent his voice to commercials, news programs and national columns on the radio. «For me Caltanissetta is a charismatic place – he explains. Among his arabesque memories, the Rocca delle donne, the historic bitter Avena and international events, there are many reasons to discover and tell the story of the center of a happy island.” The religious architecture between lanes and stairways, the impervious streets alternating with the large and French-style Viale Regina Margherita give way to echoes of Hellenic mythology in the Triton fountain.
It is the new discovery of the territory, beyond the idea of travel as a consumer good and the format of the “geolocalized review”, for a true encounter with its identity and its community. Every voice, in fact, is looking for company, as happened in exchanges between travelers and can still happen today. In the name of a new digital humanism, Loquis invites all lovers of the immense intangible heritage that precedes and accompanies the visible one between the Abbey of Santo Spirito, the Manfredonico castle and the nature itineraries along the Via Francigena.
The island that is there and everyone knows thus gives way to the lesser-known places where history was made and legends and traditions were born: a stage always open for the lives of those who want to leave a mark. In the name of a new digital humanism, Loquis invites all lovers of the immense heritage that precedes and accompanies the visible one, in the stories of those who have built part of the imagination linked to a particular place, to offer their own version. In fact, this sound atlas has infinite pages still to be written. An opportunity open to all podcasters on Loquis to help enrich the telling of the stories of the world, to be an active part of this unique experience, contributing with the story of their places to inspire those who travel to rediscover the beauty of reality with new eyes .
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