A tale of the Sacred

Sacred architectures between Calabria and Normandy: spirituality and power. The digital creation through video projections aims to provide an evocative vision of the sacred architectures and monastic complexes that, between Calabria and Normandy, bear witness to the legacy of the Norman presence. These buildings will be portrayed not only as material structures, as "stones" that preserve the traces of a millennial history, but especially as "places" lived in: spaces traversed by men and women, clergy and laity, custodians of practices, objects, relationships, and memories. The projections will illuminate the dual nature of these sites, places of the sacred and spirituality, but also scenarios of temporal power and social dynamics that marked the Mediterranean Middle Ages. Through a visual dialogue between the two regions, common elements and cultural references generated by the Norman presence will emerge, as well as the specificities of the Calabrian contexts, to which the conquerors from the North adapted, giving rise to original forms of meeting and contamination between cultures, traditions, and architectural languages. Practical information: all audiences Free