Cappella consacrata a San Giovanni
sull’isola Li Galli.
Chapel consecrated to St. John
on Li Galli Island.
Cipria, Cicladi e A’mare.
Il divano dei fratelli Campana, i tavolini e la sedia di Jacopo Foggini all’interno e
sull’affaccio della camera padronale. I colori e i materiali degli arredi si inseriscono in
armonia con il contesto architettonico e paesaggistico. Sulla sinistra l’opera di Ettore
Sottsass Claire de Lune, un totem di ceramica in bianco e verde acqua.
Cipria, Cicladi and A’mare.
The sofa by the Campana brothers, the coffee tables and the chair by Jacopo
Foggini inside and overlooking the master bedroom. The colors and materials of the
furnishings blend in harmony with the architectural and landscape context. On the left
the work of Ettore Sottsass Claire de Lune, a ceramic totem in white and turquoise.
danger inherent in listening to their song, he manages to
avoid their trap with a stratagem. Although the image of
Sirens as beings with a fish’s body and a woman’s head is
present in Ancient Greece, a more “earthy” version of this
figure is recurrent in mythology. In the Argonautica told by
Apollonius Rhodius, when Orpheus arrived near Antemoessa,
the island of the Sirens, he saw beings “similar to maidens in
their bodies and partly similar to birds”. Women with rooster
heads. This is the reason for the name.
The Island of Dance
I start to walk up the path through lush, well-kept nature: a
riot of colours and scents among flowers, succulents and wild
vegetation. Small rooster-shaped statues rest on the dry stone
walls. I catch a glimpse of some busy people. Gardeners are
pruning, others are cleaning the path. Someone is tending a
vegetable garden. A boy comes down the hill with a beehive
in his hand and offers me freshly harvested honey. The island
is inhabited and full of life.
I look up and see an old, restored Saracen tower. Finally,
I reach a villa that stands on the ashes of an ancient Roman
Domus. Traces of history emerge and others remain hidden,
preserved like indelible tattoos of this land.
In front of the villa, the island’s current owner, Giovanni
Russo Li Galli, greets me with a smile. In a white linen suit,
barefoot, with a dachshund named Gordon in tow, he opens
his arms: “Welcome.” His gaze is gentle, like his manner. He
Standard outdoor.
La distesa di divani con rivestimento
Every Place color cobalto di fronte al
Tempio di Nettuno.
A sweep of sofas covered in cobalt
Every Place at the Temple of Neptune.
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