The unusual alternative of Sicily, which entrusts temples, theaters and mosaics to archaeologists (to not scientists)

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2024-06-23 06:26:22

OfGian Antonio Stella

«Sicily is the cradle of tradition and we work tirelessly in talking it. “Military Marshal Francesco Paolo Scarpinato, FdI, works, works, due to his research within the lodge trade, the peace of mind proven in a video that Trinacria has “25% of the cultural heritage of the world and virtually three of the UNESCO heritage” (9 out) of 1,199!) and the custom «should grow to be the principle heart of the island» due to this fact selected to decide on the proper man in the proper place because the director of the park a farmer in Piazza Armerina: an agronomist.

You’ll say: however how, agronomist as a substitute of archaeologist driving one of the crucial necessary treasurers on the planet that counts on the gorgeous Villa del Casale, the ruins of Morgantina and the Aidone museum which hosts the well-known goddess of Morgantina and the silverware of the identical identify despatched to the Shanghai Expo because the satisfaction of Italy? Precisely. WE HAD Carmelo NicotraFormer scientific supervisor for a fertilizer firm, Commissioner for the «fish motion of the Ionian coast», director of the ceramic museum of Caltagirone and eventually liable for Park in Kamarina, it should most likely change into excellent. He himself, in his first interviews, mentioned sure diploma in Agricultural Sciences however to be «a supervisor for 30 years: because of this I understand how to handle human assets and the economic system by working in the direction of the objectives and for the renewal of the realm. So there isn’t a must be a scientist.”

It may be, in a traditional nation. During which the ultimate phrase on historical initiatives falls to the scientist anyway. However is it like this in Sicily? By no means. Proof of that is the meeting of Telamone-Frankenstein (90 items of 8 differing kinds) «restore» in Agrigento with out the archaeologist having the ability to take part. Or selecting the day earlier than yesterday from curator for cultural and environmental heritage in Syracuse by Antonino Lutri whose CV as a group employee doesn’t embody a day spent within the space of ​​cultural heritage websites. The expertise? Ten years to the “genius” and concrete motorbike! Theme: he could have the final phrase, for instance, on the selection to depart the Greek Theater put within the wooden for an additional two months after the top of the classical season with Roberto Bolle (14 July) as a result of the mega live shows have been closed -rock away. however Will Francesco Lollobrigida need a night for G7 agricultural friends on 27 September? Trip in respect for vacationers arriving from San Francisco or Tokyo and see one of many largest outdated theaters assembled in fir boards…

The query, he defined a letter from the Affiliation of Archaeologists, Italia Nostra, Fondazione Bianchi Bandinelli and different cultural teams despatched on Saturday 22 June to the governor Renato Schifani and the Sicilian authorities but additionally to Gennaro Sangiuliano (to name the very best safety from the State in opposition to the tradition of the island) is just not an appointment an agronomist or engineer however the systematic discrimination of the official from each alternative that has to do with safety: «Within the established chart of the Division of Cultural Heritage and Sicilian identification the one archaeologist director of Naxos and Taormina Park (by retirement). All of the others have the next skilled profiles: agronomists within the pure park of Selinunte, Cave di Cusa and Pantelleria, and in Catania and the Aci Valley; a level in Political Science from Gela Archaeological Park; Architects within the parks of Agrigento, Segesta, Himera (Iato and Solunto), Lilibeo-Marsala, Tindari, Eolie, Leontinoi and, lastly, Syracuse, the place the park of “Neapolis” additionally consists of the Paolo Orsi Museum, Eloro, the Villa of Tellaro and Akrai. Actually different archaeological websites additionally embody, illegalall of the archaeological areas and museums of the 9 Sicilian areas, excluding the Salinas Archaeological Museum of Palermo, which, nevertheless, continues to be led by an architect ».

It’s possible you’ll say: however they’re architects, not fishermen! Reality. However, with all due respect, it isn’t that one can graduate in Structure with out taking a single examination (elective) within the Historical past of Artwork (not to mention Archeology!) however a lot of the architects , engineers, scientists, steadily disappeared in additional numerous workplaces. together with agriculture, searching, fishing and others not associated to cultural heritage, are accepted by the Area in A big buyer base was constructed within the late Nineteen Eighties with the justifications of the inspection of amnesty homes, the method of 1985. « What number of ought to have been? It is not obligatory to put in writing,” he defined The ballast by Enrico del Mercato and Emanuele Lauria. “400 managers of Sicilian cities are given free hand in selecting the variety of folks to rent, with just one constraint: they are going to be beneath contract for two years, then they must return to their earlier jobs”. In the long run “at the very least 3,500 have been put beneath contract”.

The top results of these acts of forgiveness? In accordance with Sogeea, 5 years in the past there have been 623,109 individuals who died on the island. No shock. Within the ebook referred to, an engineer, Gaetano Buffa, employed as an amnesty engineer in 1989 within the Division of Engineering of the Metropolis of Palermo, remembers: “90 of us in all, 13 or 14 per room. We have been compelled to take a seat on the steps. Assignments? The instructions? Even the shadows. Moreover, our older colleagues checked out us with justifiable suspicion and closed the cabinets. At some point, I went to the engineer’s secretary and requested him, slightly indignant, what was our job. He answered seraphically: “Take a stroll by Maqueda”. In a yr there I do not suppose I reviewed a mission.”

They’re “largely independents who’ve given up their very own enterprise for a contract value 1,000,000 lire monthly, however above all for the prospect of a everlasting job”. Wager it. From governor to governor, all of them have integrity with out competitors as official. And on June 15, 2000, on the completely happy anniversary of the institution of the autonomous Sicilian area in 1946, with the cry of “todos caballeros” all of them grew to become leaders. And able to handle the positioning, with out the required {qualifications}. With generally paradoxical outcomes as within the case of Felice Crescente who, after having labored within the renovation after which appointed because the director of the nice Selinunte, is skewered on Fb for the situations by which the Greek park sees that it retains so as in the most well-liked components by vacationers however for the remainder, together with the realm behind the well-known Temple C on the Acropolis, left to the background whose roots are in ruins: however how, you might be additionally a farmer?

June 23, 2024 (modified on June 23, 2024 | 09:08)

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