June at Villa di Corliano| San Giuliano Terme

This year on 30 June, around the feast of the patron saints Sts Peter and Paul, the Villa di Corliano proposes an initiative that refers to a local tradition, that of the “Sails of St Peter”. Once children were told that the sails were those of the Apostle Peter’s boat, which he used to land in San Piero a Grado and spread the Christian faith throughout the world.

Day program

h 18:00 Choreographies inspired by the architectural value of the Villa and created with beams of light simulating its centrality during the spring equinox from the main entrance. The dances are accompanied by the Celtic Harp, Flute and Bodhràn and the narrator’s voice contextualising them. The villa has a particular archaeo-astronomical orientation that results in a “luminous dance” at the spring equinoxes. The orientation has probable meanings for the park’s alchemical – initiatory path, created in the 18th century by architect Ignazio Pellegrini, who worked at the court of the Habsburgs-Lorraine.

h 18:20 Presentation of the nymph Venilia with an outline of her legend and the personified deities in costume of mythological inspiration, with their significance in Olympus. Accompanied by a page at the oval table positioned in a mirror image of the original fresco, the artistic performance concludes with a series of children personifying the Cupids, who throw rubber darts at the audience.

h. 19:00 Final greetings by Count Agostino Agostini, Venerosi della Seta, owner of Villa di Corliano, and thanks from the organisers. Followed by a buffet in the adjacent centuries-old park.