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Una casa in riva al fiume

Una casa in riva al fiume
Riccardo Venturi, 6-3-2016 23:09




I' Rovo.


It's maybe the first time I translate myself, and it's really difficult for many reasons. “The House on the River Bank” is a song I wrote in summer 2013 to the tune of an old song by Ricky Gianco, “Un amore (Una giovane signora)”, about an old squatted house in my neighbourhood. Two years later, in February 2015, I occupied an equally old farmhouse together with some comrades dreaming of a “land and earth without masters”; we called it “I' Rovo”, because the farm, property of Florence city council, had been left in ruin for about fifteen years and was a prey to thorn bushes and drug dealers. We had to plough, clean, clear and rebuild everything. “I' Rovo” is surrounded by a railway and by one of the worst suburbs in the outskirts of Florence. The house has faced a hurricane storm on August 1th, 2015 and has been burnt four times, apparently... (Continues)
A HOUSE ON THE RIVER BANK
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2019/3/6 - 23:10




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