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Scanno al "Columbus Day", New York - 25-31 Ottobre 2003
courtesy
by: http://sunniebunniezz.com/holiday/columbus.htm
Un po' di storia...
courtesy by: http://guide.supereva.it/usa/interventi/2002/05/105612.shtml
English pages...
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Scanno
(AQ)
'Dove
la natura è spettacolo' or 'Where nature is a spectacle' is the hook used
by the local tourism authorities to promote the territory around Scanno in the
province of L'Aquila.
The
area is practically all the Alta Valle del Sagittario and is topped off
by the Lago di Scanno at almost 1000 meters above sea level. Two small towns are
located either side of the lake; Scanno itself and Villalago.
Scanno
has always been described as 'la cittaduzza di sapore orientale' which means 'a
place of oriental flavor'.
Influence
from Asia remains in the designs of the local silver and gold work which experts
say come straight from Asia Minor.
Asia Minor is also where many of the inhabitants believe they can trace their
ancestry, and it is interesting to note that the women used to sit cross
legged on the floor of the churches as opposed to sitting on pews.
Even
the traditional costumes worn by the women are notably different from the rest
of Abruzzo. The so called 'copricapo' does indeed resemble a type of turban.
The
name Scanno is derived from the Latin 'Scamnun'. This term was used in
Roman times to indicate the borders of a conquered territory which had been
divided and given to new owners.
Tourism
is now the major growth industry in the area. The lake, surrounding mountains
and the nearby National Park of Abruzzo provide employment for many throughout
the year.
The
Comprensorio Scanno-Monte Rotondo is the ski area which can be reached
from the town by ski lift.
The
season basically lasts from 31 Jan to 12 April. Weekly ski passes and lessons
are available.
Website:
http://www.scanno.org
Getting
to Scanno
By
train from Rome:
Roma-Pescara line, get off at stazione Anversa-Villalago/Scanno. Or direct to
Sulmona and pullman to Scanno.
By
car from Pescara:
Autostrada A25 (Roma-Pescara), exit Cocullo, 20km along the SS479.
Courtesy
by:
http://www.deliciousitaly.com/Abruzzotour13.htm
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Day: A Time to Celebrate By Michael S. Berliner, Ph.D. |
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Columbus
day approaches, but to the “politically correct” this is no cause for
celebration. On the contrary, they view the arrival of Christopher
Columbus in 1492 as an occasion to be mourned. They have mourned, they
have attacked, and they have intimidated schools across the country into
replacing Columbus Day celebrations with “ethnic diversity” days. The politically correct view is that Columbus did not discover America, because people had lived here for thousands of years. Worse yet, it’s claimed, the main legacy of Columbus is death and destruction. Columbus is routinely vilified as a symbol of slavery and genocide, and the celebration of his arrival likened to a celebration of Hitler and the Holocaust. The attacks on Columbus are ominous, because the actual target is Western civilization. Did Columbus “discover” America? Yes--in every important respect. This does not mean that no human eye had been cast on America before Columbus arrived. It does mean that Columbus brought America to the attention of the civilized world, i.e., to the growing, scientific civilizations of Western Europe. The result, ultimately, was the United States of America. It was Columbus’ discovery for Western Europe that led to the influx of ideas and people on which this nation was founded--and on which it still rests. The opening of America brought the ideas and achievements of Aristotle, Galileo, Newton, and the thousands of thinkers, writers, and inventors who followed. Prior to 1492, what is now the United States was sparsely inhabited, unused, and undeveloped. The inhabitants were primarily hunter/gatherers, wandering across the land, living from hand to mouth and from day to day. There was virtually no change, no growth for thousands of years. With rare exception, life was nasty, brutish, and short: there was no wheel, no written language, no division of labor, little agriculture and scant permanent settlement; but there were endless, bloody wars. Whatever the problems it brought, the vilified Western culture also brought enormous, undreamed-of benefits, without which most of today’s Indians would be infinitely poorer or not even alive. Columbus should be honored, for in so doing, we honor Western civilization. But the critics do not want to bestow such honor, because their real goal is to denigrate the values of Western civilization and to glorify the primitivism, mysticism, and collectivism embodied in the tribal cultures of American Indians. They decry the glorification of the West as “Eurocentrism.” We should, they claim, replace our reverence for Western civilization with multi-culturalism, which regards all cultures as morally equal. In fact, they aren’t. Some cultures are better than others: a free society is better than slavery; reason is better than brute force as a way to deal with other men; productivity is better than stagnation. In fact, Western civilization stands for man at his best. It stands for the values that make human life possible: reason, science, self-reliance, individualism, ambition, productive achievement. The values of Western civilization are values for all men; they cut across gender, ethnicity, and geography. We should honor Western civilization not for the ethnocentric reason that some of us happen to have European ancestors but because it is the objectively superior culture. Underlying the political collectivism of the anti-Columbus crowd is a racist view of human nature. They claim that one’s identity is primarily ethnic: if one thinks his ancestors were good, he will supposedly feel good about himself; if he thinks his ancestors were bad, he will supposedly feel self-loathing. But it doesn’t work; the achievements or failures of one’s ancestors are monumentally irrelevant to one’s actual worth as a person. Only the lack of a sense of self leads one to look to others to provide what passes for a sense of identity. Neither the deeds nor misdeeds of others are his own; he can take neither credit nor blame for what someone else chose to do. There are no racial achievements or racial failures, only individual achievements and individual failures. One cannot inherit moral worth or moral vice. “Self-esteem through others” is a self-contradiction. Thus the sham of “preserving one’s heritage” as a rational life goal. Thus the cruel hoax of “multicultural education” as an antidote to racism: it will continue to create more racism. Individualism is the only alternative to the racism of political correctness. We must recognize that everyone is a sovereign entity, with the power of choice and independent judgment. That is the ultimate value of Western civilization, and it should be proudly proclaimed. |
courtesy by: http://www.aynrand.org/objectivism/columbus.html
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Columbus
Day
A
sailor on board the Pinta sighted land early in the morning
of October 12, 1492, and a new era of European
exploration and expansion began. The next day, the 90 crew members of
Christopher Columbus's three-ship fleet ventured onto the Bahamian
island of Guanahaní, ending a voyage begun nearly
ten
weeks earlier
in Palos, Spain.
As
a reward for his valuable discovery, the Spanish crown granted Columbus
the right
to bear arms.
His new Coat
of Arms
added the royal charges of Castile and Leon and an image of islands to
his traditional family arms. Columbus further modified the design to
include a continent beside the pictured islands.
Before
his final voyage, the Spanish monarchs prepared a Book of Privileges, a
collection of agreements showing how Columbus was remunerated for his
explorations. In 1502, four copies of the book were known to exist. The
Library of Congress's precious copy of this work is considered one of
the "Top
Treasures"
included in the online exhibition American
Treasures of the Library of Congress.
The
first recorded celebration of Columbus Day in the United States took
place on October 12, 1792. Organized by The Society of St. Tammany, also
known as the Columbian Order, it commemorated the 300th anniversary of
Columbus's landing.
The
400th anniversary of the event, however, inspired the first official
Columbus Day holiday in the United States. In 1892,
President
Benjamin Harrison
issued a proclamation urging Americans to mark the day. The public
responded enthusiastically, organizing school programs, plays, and
community festivities across the country. Columbus
and the Discovery of America,
Imre Kiralfy's "grand dramatic, operatic, and ballet spectacle,"
is among the more elaborate tributes created for this commemoration. The
World's
Columbian Exposition,
by far the most ambitious event planned for the celebration, opened in
Chicago the summer of 1893.
Over
the following decades, the Knights
of Columbus, an
international Roman Catholic fraternal benefit society, lobbied state
legislatures to declare October 12 a legal holiday. Colorado
was the first state to do so on April 1, 1907. New York declared
Columbus Day a holiday in 1909 and on October 12, 1909,
New York Governor Charles
Evans Hughes led a
parade that included the crews of two Italian ships, several
Italian-American societies, and legions of the Knights of Columbus.
Since 1971 Columbus Day, designated as the second Monday in October, has
been celebrated as a federal holiday. In many locations across the
country Americans parade in commemoration of the day.
Learn
more about Columbus and his legacy:
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courtesy
by: The
Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/oct12.html
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Provincia de L'Aquila
Regione Abruzzo
Lago di Scanno - Bandiera Blu Fee Italia dal 2004 al 2007
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Lo Stazzo - ambiente d'altri tempi
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Agenzia Regionale Tutela Ambiente
ARSSA
Osservatorio Regionale della Montagna Abruzzese
Regione Abruzzo per l'Ambiente
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Le Chiese di Scanno
I Palazzi di Scanno
Il Costume Muliebre di Scanno
Artigianato di Scanno
Archi e Logge di Scanno
Dintorni di Scanno
Mostra di Hilde Lotz Bauer
Attrazioni Turistiche
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Il
nome di Cristoforo Colombo è famoso
in tutto il mondo per avere "scoperto l'America" nel 1492,
attraversando l'Atlantico con le sue leggendarie tre caravelle. Anche se
la storia di Colombo, con le sue leggende e tradizioni, è sempre
affascinante, in realtà ormai è risaputo che molti arrivarono in America
prima di lui.
