The Fondo Ambiente Italiano (FAI) held an event called the FAI Marathon on Sunday October 18th. The event is a unique kind of ‘cultural marathon’ to be experienced by the participant as a self-guided tour of discovery of the sights in Italy. It is a non-competitive event open to anyone who is interested and who would like to sign up.
There have been more than 500 venues open in 125 cities all across Italy the day of the event. The program involved 3,500 volunteers and is part of the “Ricordiamoci di salvare l’Italia” (Let’s remember to save Italy) campaign. The FAI Giovani, the FAI youth organization, organizing and participating in the event. For example, the referees of events at the local level are the FAI Giovani members of their delegations.
Events like this show just how many wonderful places there are to visit in Italy! As you peruse the informational site, you will see that there are events in every part of Italy in both larger cities and smaller towns.
There was a kind of “virtual tour” on the site via a map of Italy. You can pick a region and see more detail about all of the places that are participating, along with the specifics of each venue, including guided visits.
For those who picked Napoli as an example, here the a link to the page about the places in or near that city: http://faimarathon.it/marathon?id=226
In Napoli you could see the Parco di Re Ladislao, an exhibit of works of art by the French artist Nathalie de Saint Phalle at the Palazzo Spinelli di Laurino, or the Chiesa San Giovani a Carbonara, as well as several others.
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