While their spouses will gather for the G7 in Borgo Egnazia, a luxury resort in Savelletri, the first ladies will transform into tourists walking around Puglia. Theirs will be a program full of events: the visit to the suggestive Alberobello, a UNESCO heritage site, among the alleys dotted with trulli, the ceramics of Grottaglie with local craftsmanship, the thousand-year-old olive tree, the Palazzo Ducale of Martina Franca.
Borgo Egnazia, inside the luxury resort that will host the G7: from Bocelli’s concert to the rooms (from 3 thousand euros per night). Bathing is prohibited
Who are the first ladies
Among the first ladies present – to which is added the “first husband” Heiko von der Leyen, husband of Ursula – there will be Amèlie Derbaudrenghien, wife of the President of the European Council Charles Michel, Britta Ernst, wife of Olaf Scholz, the Japanese first lady Yuko Kishida and Ritu Banga, wife of the president of the World Bank and during the second day of the summit the wife of Turkish president Emine Erdogan could also be added to the visits.
The visit to the archaeological museum and the castle of Pettolecchia
As part of the G7, this afternoon, a visit to the “Giuseppe Andreassi” National Archaeological Museum in Borgo Egnazia took place. Participants included Britta Ernst, wife of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Yuko Kishida, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Heiko Von der Leyen, husband of the President of the European Commission Ursula Von der Leyen, Amèlie Derbaudrenghien, wife of the President of the European Council Charles Michel , Ritu Banga, wife of World Bank President Ajay Banga. Present were the general secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office Carlo Deodato with his wife Cristina Capranica and Laura Marzano, wife of the Diplomatic Advisor to the Prime Minister Francesco Saggio. Leading the group is Director Fabio Galeandro. Among the unique pieces on display in the Museum, a clay group depicting a Banquet from the Messapian period, a head of the Roman statue of Attis, everyday objects such as vases and utensils, coins. The interactive section “Egnazia and the Sea” dedicated to underwater archeology also aroused particular curiosity.
Subsequently, a visit to the Pettolecchia Castle took place, in the Fasano countryside, dating back to the 15th century, located along the Via Traiana, which connected Rome to Brindisi. Adjacent to the fortress, the husband and wife had the opportunity to admire some majestic two-thousand-year-old olive trees.
Tomorrow Alberobello and Grottaglie
On Friday 14 June, the program will start from Grottaglie, a place famous throughout the world for the production of artistic ceramics, where a visit to a historic laboratory will be held, to witness the phases of artisanal production and decoration of the artefacts and the “Casa Dressed.” Next stop in Alberobello, where the leaders’ consorts will visit the historic center, characterized by the typical trulli.
From here a journey will begin through the Itria Valley on board a historic train with destination Martina Franca, where the program will end with a visit to the Palazzo Ducale, built in the 17th century on the site where the ancient medieval castle and headquarters of important frescoes created by Domenico Carella in the second half of the 18th century.
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