Ringrazio di cuore il mio amico "Geo" e "Spillo (Greg)" per avermi citato amorevolmente and "linked" with all the honors in their site and http://www.spillo.es/ http://www.varganbas.it/ , collecting historical memories and events which affect the community of Santo Stefano .
And I dedicate to them and those who read this wonderful aerial image of our two villages. (Clicking on it you can see it enlarged. Remember to return to the post with the arrow of the top left of the screen ...) Too bad the west, right, does not take extreme area of \u200b\u200bthe "Three Houses" (there is only Motto Florio), to which Frank and I are particularly close because we were born and raised there. The photo, who wants to look far and wide focusing on those parts which recognizes says a lot to people who live there. Vergano is lying on the crest of the hill, perched around the castle and the Church, and collected almost isolated from the rest of the neighboring houses. If this view seems still valid today, let alone when, almost one hundred years ago, could be considered even more detached from the center of the first Borgomanero that the building boom that is invading the non-residential area devoted to agriculture what distance the center of the villages .
Perhaps this characteristic of the isolated country became common and remained until, I believe, 1928. And it is perhaps for this reason that in the past there was not much feeling with the people St. Stephen, considered almost below for submission to central town and called Varganbass Vargonsora as if it were considered, in fact, above and therefore more noble thanks to having a past history of the Castle, under the dynasty of the accounts Tornielli. I believe that my generation, in his youth, he lived almost this climate of apartheid. Circulated among us children of the proverbial rhymes quite disrespectful towards the people of St. Stephen, considered almost as the plebeians. The competition, due to the type of agricultural activity, which was then the only possibility, and a sense of unwelcome neighbors and almost resentful that you can say is perceived in the air. Of course, by changing working and living conditions, relations were normalized in time, thanks to a logic common among villagers, starting from the school and the workplace. Until you find the common points and cohesion around the seventies when a coalition of opposition and fought hard battles to end the massacre in the landfill that was spreading in the area of \u200b\u200bthe vineyards of the plateau Cumiona. And today we believe that all citizens Borgomaneresi without much distinction, perhaps lacking a sense of community that so characterized our people. Other considerations
I are looking at the photograph.
It can be seen, like a slit, a wound that Franzi Via the road in a north-south traccia una demarcazione netta, quasi fosse un confine, tra i due agglomerati storici di Vergano e Santo Stefano col resto della città. Un estraneo, valutando la foto, potrebbe anche dargli un significato solo cartografico, ma se si considera che ormai il traffico su questo percorso è assurto a livelli decisamente importanti con l'avvento della strada dei rubinetti che collega il distretto industriale di Gozzano e San Maurizio d'Opaglio, questa circonvallazione ovest di Borgomanero ha di fatto tagliato in due il territorio. Ciò genera una specie di "riserva indiana" che vede gli abitanti delle due frazioni racchiusi in una zona che si può dire ancora "incontaminata". Le attività industriali e commerciali sono rarissime e quelle poche che soppravvivono have a familiar flavor, on a human scale. The concentration of the services directive in the north-south city Borgomanero, has meant that our two villages have become de facto a quiet residential area very close to joining a single reality. It's not a bad sign, indeed. The important thing is to find or keep those pressures for a revitalizing community life that promotes socialization.
The website of St. Stephen is doing great at this task.
I am very happy to find initiatives that also involve Vergano, in my opinion, unfortunately, is going through moments of quite lame compared to what our fathers and grandfathers (and some we now ....) elders had been able to flourish. Remember what we were and what we experienced in community I hope will stimulate the youth of today to revive the spirit of the country which has always characterized our community.
Since my choices are appreciated music, put this incredible live performance by U2 when they were at the height of their creative ability and interpretation. It 's true that simplicity pays .. But we must have a creepy voice, amazing guitar and a mesmerizing drumming euphoria to drag the mob under the stage. I hate to think of what I was shivering filled if I was present at Slane Castle that night! I only enough of a YouTube video (though I own the DVD of the entire concert ...) to move me and enjoy the performance by Bono and his companions, let alone if I was in the crowd!
I could not find a video related to the contents of this post. If Geo is an idea, tell me ... Certainly, however, its beauty is invoked for any occasion!
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