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Pietro Riparbelli - Three days of silence - 2012 -

	TITLE	Pietro Riparbelli - Three days of silence
	ARTIST	Pietro Riparbelli
	FORMAT	CD/Mp3/Flac
	RELEASED	2012
	LABEL	Gruenrekorder

Three days of silence - The mountain of the Stigmata | Pietro Riparbelli
 Gruen 102 | Audio CD MP3 & FLAC
6 Tracks (47′13″) CD (500 copies)

“Three days of silence” is conceived as complete phenomenological experience of listening. I have been three days within the Sanctuary of La Verna on the top of a mountain called “the mountain of the Stigmata” in Tuscany. I’ve lived together with the monks recording and attending the ceremonies and the sounds of the place trying to penetrate in a dimension of pure contemplation.

La Verna, in Latin Alvernia and geographically known as Monte Penna, is a locality on Mount Penna, an isolated mountain of 1,283 m situated in the centre of the Tuscan Apennines. The place is known especially for its association with Saint Francis of Assisi (he is said to have received the stigmata here) and for the Sanctuary of La Verna, which grew up in his honour.

Count Orlando of Chiusi gave La Verna to Francis on May 8, 1213 as a retreat specially favourable for contemplation, and in 1218 built him the chapel Santa Maria degli Angeli. In August, 1224, frustrated by the changes in the Order of Friars Minor, Francis withdrew to La Verna to keep a forty days fast in preparation for Michaelmas and while praying on the mountain- side he received (on or about 17 September) the stigmata. After seeing a vision of a seraphim he began to develop nails of hardened flesh which protruded from his hands and feet. He also began to form a wound in his side like that of Christ. Thus La Verna came to be seen as sacred ground. Pope Alexander IV took it under his protection.

In 1260 a church was consecrated there in presence of St. Bonaventure and several bishops. A few years later the Chapel of the Stigmata was erected, paid for by Count Simone of Battifole, near the spot where the miracle took place. The Chiesa Maggiore was begun in 1348, although not finished until 1459.

You can find Extra contents: Three days collection of field recordings each one accompanied by a photo of the relative place at:
http://www.gruenrekorder.de/?page_id=7023

Soundscape Series by Gruenrekorder Germany / 2012 / Gruen 102 / LC 09488 / EAN: 4050486063934