di Domenica 9 maggio 2010

Decine di migliaia le persone previste alla 59^a edizione della manifestazione gastronomica realizzata, anche quest’anno, dalla Pro Loco di Camogli col contributo di Friol

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Camogli (Ge)– Nata nel 1952 per volontà di una ventina di pescatori locali, ritorna a Camogli la tradizionale e amatissima Sagra del Pesce. Famosa per dispensare gratuitamente pesce fritto di qualità e per l’impressionante maxi padella impiegata (pesa ben 26 quintali e ha un diametro di tre metri e ottanta centimetri), si riconferma ancora una volta come uno degli appuntamenti gastronomici più attesi dell’anno. Organizzata dal Comune, dalla Pro loco di Camogli e sponsorizzata da Friol, assicura festa, spettacolo e una bella “scorpacciata” di pesce saporito e croccante per tutti.

Novità di quest’anno la mostra dedicata alla storia e ai protagonisti dei falò, che sarà possibile visitare presso il Castel Dragone: si potranno ammirare inoltre le splendide foto di Gianni Berengo Gardin, uno dei maestri della fotografia contemporanea e si potrà acquistare il suo recentissimo libro fotografico: “Camogli”, promosso dal Comune col contributo di FRIOL. Il volume è un racconto del suo paese “adottivo”, con un focus sugli scenari più suggestivi e su una quotidianità senza tempo: mare e sole, pescatori operosi, barche in fila, case abbarbicate sul ripido costone, notturni punteggiati di luce.

Verranno inoltre allestiti due info points dove i visitatori potranno ricevere una brochure sulla storia dei tradizionali falò realizzata dalla Pro Loco di Camogli. L’idea è nata dai ragazzi dei quartieri Porto e Pineto, riuniti nel Comitato San Fortunato, che ogni anno organizzano lo stupefacente spettacolo dell’incendio dei falò sulla spiaggia la sera che precede la sagra, che quest’anno si preannuncia ricco di sorprese.

Domenica 9 Maggio, più di 30 quintali di pesce azzurro saranno fritti ad arte nel maxi padellone in oltre 3.000 litri di olio Friol, sponsor ormai storico della manifestazione. Sono più di 100.000 infatti le persone attese nei giorni della manifestazione gastronomica che, per il decimo anno consecutivo, vede quale sponsor Friol – l’olio specifico per friggere che, grazie alla sua equilibrata composizione di oli, resiste alle alte temperature, consentendo di ottenere una frittura croccante e asciutta.

L’occasione, neanche a dirlo, è davvero ghiotta: migliaia di ospiti provenienti da tutta Italia si metteranno in fila per aggiudicarsi una delle 30.000 porzioni di pesce freschissimo e fritto ad arte, distribuito gratuitamente in più riprese grazie anche all’impegno dei molti volontari presenti.

Premio Camogli 2009 e Premio Friol – Un Manifesto Per la Sagra del Pesce

L’inaugurazione della kermesse gastronomica avrà luogo giovedì 6 maggio alle ore 19.00 in Piazza Colombo, con la consegna dell’ottavo Premio Camogli, dedicato ai camogliesi di nascita o d’adozione che, con le loro opere, hanno contribuito a dare lustro alla cittadina.

Quest’anno il premio Il Premio, realizzato da Gaudenzio Ferrari (particolare pietra della spiaggia camogliese con logo in oro dell’Associazione Turistica) sarà consegnato al pianista Michele Rovetta, collaboratore di Daniel Baremboim alla Staatsoper Unter den Linden di Berlino e Direttore dell’Opera e della Staatskapelle di Halle an der Saale.

Il premio verrà inoltre assegnato alla memoria del Comandante Lorenzo Revello e ai vertici di Friol per il loro significativo contributo alla realizzazione della sagra.

A seguire si svolgerà la premiazione del concorso: “Un manifesto della Sagra del Pesce” ; il vincitore di quest’anno è Alberto Perini, al quale andrà la “Tavolozza del Pittore” , Alessia Vernengo - premiata dalla giuria popolare – riceverà invece il “Padellino d’oro”.

Sabato 8 maggio, la sera della vigilia, si terrà la consueta celebrazione religiosa, con la processione dell’Arca di San Fortunato accompagnata dalla Banda “Città di Camogli”; successivamente, sulla spiaggia, si potrà ammirare l’incendio dei falò, mentre i fuochi d’artificio sul mare, quest’anno particolarmente spettacolari, regaleranno agli spettatori momenti davvero suggestivi.

Caught between the sea and the mountains (the Alps and the Apennine), Liguria has now 1.600.000 inhabitants. The position and the morphology of a steep and rocky territory, with very little space for agriculture and grazing and countless landscapes on the sea, has always influenced, for better or for worse, the thick and thin of a small yet densely-populated region. The nature of the Genoese has influenced its fortune. An old saying ‘ Genuensis ergo mercator’ (Genoese therefore merchant) spells out what these people are: sly traders, experienced – but not very reliable – bankers. Hence, Ligurian merchants and navigators imposed their supremacy on the world of trading and marcantile commerce. In the late Middle Ages the business of this Maritime Republic covered the entire Mediterranean area, the Strait of Gibraltar, Asia (Mesopotamia, China), are routes reaching North Africa, Sardinia, Corsica and the Black Sea (‘the Genoese lake’, in fact), due to its formidable naval and mercantile fleet. Columbus, Caboto and admiral Andrea D’Oria were all either famous Genoese or Ligurian navigators.

In the times of Napoleon, Liguria was annexed to France. After the Congress of Vienna it became (reluctantly) part of the Piedmontese domain (Reign of Sardinia). In the 1800′s historical figures like Mazzini and Mameli gave a great contribution to the Resurgence, while Garibaldi and the Thousand set off on their expedition from the well-known reef in Quarto. Nicolò Paganini is also a famous Genoese. In the 1900′s this land was the birthplace of illustrious poets like Sbarbaro and Montale, and of the Ligurian songwriters that bacame so famous in the ’60s.

Genoa, the ‘superb city’, is located in the middle of the Region, and of the splendid East and West Rivieras (the latter being sandier, and also known as ‘Riviera dei Fiori’, Riviera of Flowers). They both have some heavenly tourist resorts, e.g. the Cinque Terre, Portofino, the Tigullio, the Paradiso, Paraggi and Camogli (from the dialect ‘ca mogli’, ‘house of wives’, as husbands were navigators, therefore never home).

Thanks to the port and financial business, and to the automotive and shipyard industries, Genoa went through a huge economic boom in the first decades of the 1900. Then, due to the crisis of families of businessmen first, and of bigger companies later, the city went through a period of decline, which was followed by a decrease in population.

Recently, however, Genoa has been regaining artistic and tourism prominence, due to various initiatives, among which the restoration of the historical centre (Palazzo Ducale, Porto Antico and “carruggi”). The artistic and cultural life of the city is yet animated and interesting thanks to its excellent stable theatre, the reconstruction of the Carlo Felice opera house, and numerous and marvellous art museums, such as Palazzo Bianco and Palazzo Rosso.

Caught between the sea and the mountains (the Alps and the Apennine), Liguria has now 1.600.000 inhabitants. The position and the morphology of a steep and rocky territory, with very little space for agriculture and grazing and countless landscapes on the sea, has always influenced, for better or for worse, the thick and thin of a small yet densely-populated region. The nature of the Genoese has influenced its fortune. An old saying ‘ Genuensis ergo mercator’ (Genoese therefore merchant) spells out what these people are: sly traders, experienced – but not very reliable – bankers. Hence, Ligurian merchants and navigators imposed their supremacy on the world of trading and marcantile commerce. In the late Middle Ages the business of this Maritime Republic covered the entire Mediterranean area, the Strait of Gibraltar, Asia (Mesopotamia, China), are routes reaching North Africa, Sardinia, Corsica and the Black Sea (‘the Genoese lake’, in fact), due to its formidable naval and mercantile fleet. Columbus, Caboto and admiral Andrea D’Oria were all either famous Genoese or Ligurian navigators.

In the times of Napoleon, Liguria was annexed to France. After the Congress of Vienna it became (reluctantly) part of the Piedmontese domain (Reign of Sardinia). In the 1800′s historical figures like Mazzini and Mameli gave a great contribution to the Resurgence, while Garibaldi and the Thousand set off on their expedition from the well-known reef in Quarto. Nicolò Paganini is also a famous Genoese. In the 1900′s this land was the birthplace of illustrious poets like Sbarbaro and Montale, and of the Ligurian songwriters that bacame so famous in the ’60s.

Genoa, the ‘superb city’, is located in the middle of the Region, and of the splendid East and West Rivieras (the latter being sandier, and also known as ‘Riviera dei Fiori’, Riviera of Flowers). They both have some heavenly tourist resorts, e.g. the Cinque Terre, Portofino, the Tigullio, the Paradiso, Paraggi and Camogli (from the dialect ‘ca mogli’, ‘house of wives’, as husbands were navigators, therefore never home).

Thanks to the port and financial business, and to the automotive and shipyard industries, Genoa went through a huge economic boom in the first decades of the 1900. Then, due to the crisis of families of businessmen first, and of bigger companies later, the city went through a period of decline, which was followed by a decrease in population.

Recently, however, Genoa has been regaining artistic and tourism prominence, due to various initiatives, among which the restoration of the historical centre (Palazzo Ducale, Porto Antico and “carruggi”). The artistic and cultural life of the city is yet animated and interesting thanks to its excellent stable theatre, the reconstruction of the Carlo Felice opera house, and numerous and marvellous art museums, such as Palazzo Bianco and Palazzo Rosso.

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Dalle viscere delle cave liguri sono estratti grandi blocchi d’ardesia, poi sezionati in lastre sottili. Una materia resistente, leggera, indeformabile, la cui produzione contribuisce non poco all’economia della regione, grazie all’attività decine d’aziende attive nel settore, impegnate in circa 20 zone d’estrazione. Un prodotto molto apprezzato nel mondo, che si presta a un’infinità d’impieghi, dall’ edilizia all’architettura: tetti, facciate, piastrelle, caminetti. Ma anche pavimenti, mensole. E naturalmente, lavagne e biliardi.

Caught between the sea and the mountains (the Alps and the Apennine), Liguria has now 1.600.000 inhabitants. The position and the morphology of a steep and rocky territory, with very little space for agriculture and grazing and countless landscapes on the sea, has always influenced, for better or for worse, the thick and thin of a small yet densely-populated region. The nature of the Genoese has influenced its fortune. An old saying ‘ Genuensis ergo mercator’ (Genoese therefore merchant) spells out what these people are: sly traders, experienced – but not very reliable – bankers. Hence, Ligurian merchants and navigators imposed their supremacy on the world of trading and marcantile commerce. In the late Middle Ages the business of this Maritime Republic covered the entire Mediterranean area, the Strait of Gibraltar, Asia (Mesopotamia, China), are routes reaching North Africa, Sardinia, Corsica and the Black Sea (‘the Genoese lake’, in fact), due to its formidable naval and mercantile fleet. Columbus, Caboto and admiral Andrea D’Oria were all either famous Genoese or Ligurian navigators.

In the times of Napoleon, Liguria was annexed to France. After the Congress of Vienna it became (reluctantly) part of the Piedmontese domain (Reign of Sardinia). In the 1800′s historical figures like Mazzini and Mameli gave a great contribution to the Resurgence, while Garibaldi and the Thousand set off on their expedition from the well-known reef in Quarto. Nicolò Paganini is also a famous Genoese. In the 1900′s this land was the birthplace of illustrious poets like Sbarbaro and Montale, and of the Ligurian songwriters that bacame so famous in the ’60s.

Genoa, the ‘superb city’, is located in the middle of the Region, and of the splendid East and West Rivieras (the latter being sandier, and also known as ‘Riviera dei Fiori’, Riviera of Flowers). They both have some heavenly tourist resorts, e.g. the Cinque Terre, Portofino, the Tigullio, the Paradiso, Paraggi and Camogli (from the dialect ‘ca mogli’, ‘house of wives’, as husbands were navigators, therefore never home).

Thanks to the port and financial business, and to the automotive and shipyard industries, Genoa went through a huge economic boom in the first decades of the 1900. Then, due to the crisis of families of businessmen first, and of bigger companies later, the city went through a period of decline, which was followed by a decrease in population.

Recently, however, Genoa has been regaining artistic and tourism prominence, due to various initiatives, among which the restoration of the historical centre (Palazzo Ducale, Porto Antico and “carruggi”). The artistic and cultural life of the city is yet animated and interesting thanks to its excellent stable theatre, the reconstruction of the Carlo Felice opera house, and numerous and marvellous art museums, such as Palazzo Bianco and Palazzo Rosso.