MONUMENTS OPEN 2012 – BERCHIDDA- 20 TO 21 OCTOBER

“Visiting Berchidda means a journey magnificent rocks of extraordinary beauty and the most unusual shapes, bushes of myrtle, cistus, broom and arbutus, through forests of oaks, cork oaks and junipers. Means to breathe the ancient history of our ancestors, passing between the dolmens, menhirs, tafoni and the ancient ruins of Monte Acuto, suspended between myth and legend (…) “.
With these words, the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor Sebastian Sannitu culture Monda Apeddu, welcome to all those who participate in the first edition of Berchidda Monuments Open which will take place on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 October.

BERCHIDDA EDITION 2012

The town of Berchidda, for his first participation in a total of 7 sites open to the public thanks to the volunteers from schools and cultural associations which carry out the guided tours.
Will be visited three churches: the rural Church of St. Catherine of Alexandria, surrounded by olive trees, the Church of San Sebastiano a legend arises at the point where they stopped the oxen carrying the statue of the saint during the plague of 1652, the Inside is a precious polychrome wooden altar dating from the first half of 1700. Adjacent is the Church of the Rosary, a seventeenth-century building lines which preserves the Crucifix articulated, used in the rites of Holy Week. The Centre Laber: a multifunctional center of production for the performing and visual arts, music and performing, acquired by the City of Berchidda and managed by Time in Jazz, hosting the 2009 national and international companies of dance and theater, artistic residencies , concerts, exhibitions, workshops and film shows, in a single experimental project, dissemination and promotion of culture in constant evolution, where the Monte Acuto on Saturday is scheduled by reservation hike. Finally, the exhibition dedicated to Peter Casu, theologian, philosopher and writer born in Berchidda, one of the most important figures of the early twentieth century Sardinian and the Wine Museum where to explore the evolution of oenology in years and hosts the Regional Wine exposure to a number of bottles that represent the varied wine production in Sardinia.

The opening and closing of the event will perform the band Bernardo Demuro.

INITIATIVES
Numerous events are organized to make the event more enjoyable: the Wine Museum of laboratories linked to the wine culture for children and adults, while meats, pastries, cheeses and wines at Casa Meloni – Sanna will be featured in an exhibition / tasting of typical products Berchidda.
Sunday 21 at 21.00, also, at the end of the event Monuments Open rehearsals of the show Play with the world, in progress in studies of the Centre Laber. Play with the world – monologue satiricomusicale experimental conceived, written and directed by actor and musician Pier Francesco Loche and Luke Bandirali. With Pier Francesco and Danilo Cherni keyboards – Maurizio Rizzuto percussion, electronic programming – Diego Glikman live video performer – Gianni Melis lighting design.
(Complete list of initiatives in the Guidance monuments)

TASTE THE CITY
Enjoy a city appointment with the combination of culture and gastronomy: 17 activities accommodation and restaurant that will open their business in the days of Open Monuments to the event to be more successful. (Full list of merchants participating in the Guidance monuments)

PARTNERSHIP AND SPONSORS
Sponsor of Open Monuments is Sardex, the circuit of trade credit.
The event relies on the partnership of the Consortium Camu, which ensures the promotion and communication, Graphic Arts Pisano which makes the printing of promotional materials, Confcommercio, Confesercenti Initiative Taste the Town, rooted in many centers of the island that has in 2011 involved more than 190 shops and Cooperative Abracadabra, which produces books signatures on paper collected and recycled in Sardinia.

USEFUL INFORMATION
The monuments will be open Saturday, October 20 from 16.00 to 20.00 and Sunday 21 October from 9-00 to 13.00 and from 14.00 to 20.00.

In the churches of the visits will be suspended during religious services. At some sites the access can be achieved only by guided tour.
The detailed program of all initiatives related to open Monuments is available inside the guides. The program may change.
Date information in the Site www.monumentiaperti.com