THEY SAID OF HISTORIALE
Comments from the guestbook and the Historiale website “It is like a punch in the stomach…. Certainly, books are one way of learning about history, but to see it from the protagonists themselves, to hear first-hand accounts, is something completely different. I think this visit was very informative for the students”.Saverio Boccia, Middle School Director […]
THE FIGURES
800 square metres of set up area10 km of cables120 square metres of big screen area22 monitors32 DVD players7 video projectors8 audio-video programming systems65 audio speakers250 metres of hanging rails280 light sources1 optical theatre1 talking head
THE SOUNDTRACK
The main element and real novelty of the Cassino Historiale is the inclusion of the soundtrack – curated by musician Rosella Clementi – which accompanies the visitor from the first to the last room, and which includes author’s musical pieces, original unpublished compositions, vocal repertoire and sound effects, modulated on the basis of the narrative […]
THE SCENOGRAPHIES
One of the means of expression used by the Historiale is the use of scenography, i.e. the introduction of elements in which matter is understood as the key to symbolic interpretation. In the Historiale, the material element evokes an immaterial universe made up of values, ideals, moods, messages that involve the conscience, the interiority. With […]
THE STRATEGY ROOMS
Three rooms at the centre of the Historiale route are dedicated to the study of the military operations that took place in Cassinate during the first half of 1944. The use of traditional techniques, such as the large plastic model that materialises the tortured orography of the area, is flanked by innovative tools, such as […]
THE STORY IN PICTURES
“A good script is born of careful planning, is built on the planning and successive treatments of a story planted on solid rock…” The image is the most immediate and effective form of communication; it has the ability to lead into the labyrinth of reality, to help grasp its most intimate aspects, to develop processes […]
HISTORICAL EVENTS TOLD BY THE HISTORIALE
The Abbey of Montecassino, founded by Saint Benedict in 529, is one of the symbols of European civilisation. Built on an isolated and impregnable hill, it was for centuries a bulwark of the Christian faith and a model for all monasteries in the West. The ‘Rule of Monks’ written by Benedict managed to penetrate and […]
THE NARRATIVE THREAD DEVELOPED IN THE HISTORIALE
The Historiale’s emotional itinerary was created to remember the suffering of the people of these tormented lands and to bear witness to their rebirth.A route that begins with the millenary history of the territory, where symbols and images describe the places from which the Benedictine spirit spread, helping to found the whole of Europe.A narrator’s […]