https://alessandrodangelo.it Alessandro D'Angelo Mon, 01 Apr 2019 15:37:21 +0000 https://alessandrodangelo.it en https://alessandrodangelo.it/Slideshow Sat, 30 Mar 2019 10:52:22 +0000 Alessandro D'Angelo https://alessandrodangelo.it/Slideshow https://alessandrodangelo.it/Featured-Projects Sat, 30 Mar 2019 10:52:22 +0000 Alessandro D'Angelo https://alessandrodangelo.it/Featured-Projects Cobrathai snake show <img width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/257f1612c47985c61442fab9a76fb8bf2b3739d88dd5ed7e81f7c893c00d260e/cobra03.jpg" data-mid="38975373" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/257f1612c47985c61442fab9a76fb8bf2b3739d88dd5ed7e81f7c893c00d260e/cobra03.jpg" /> Battle of the Nations medieval fight&nbsp; <img width="2800" height="1867" width_o="2800" height_o="1867" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/85536d7ea66e3ef8d8ef11188aa98a55364d739b8ed3b106a9f77cd951cfed0f/battle-of-the-nations-5.jpg" data-mid="69488930" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/85536d7ea66e3ef8d8ef11188aa98a55364d739b8ed3b106a9f77cd951cfed0f/battle-of-the-nations-5.jpg" /> Elefantentreffenepic winter motorcycle rally <img width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ed7930e394cdc397705c8669f5dd3b17229f9368d9ce27a7f8d3f4546e5979c/Elefantentreffen_DAngelo_A__13.jpg" data-mid="38912371" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/6ed7930e394cdc397705c8669f5dd3b17229f9368d9ce27a7f8d3f4546e5979c/Elefantentreffen_DAngelo_A__13.jpg" /> Unimotorussian ice race <img width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7a5666a276d84887de88b9ce56a8d35268effb6f4464dfa3796a4f60081c8ce6/Unimoto_russia_13.jpg" data-mid="38976459" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/7a5666a276d84887de88b9ce56a8d35268effb6f4464dfa3796a4f60081c8ce6/Unimoto_russia_13.jpg" /> Works Archive ︎ https://alessandrodangelo.it/Text Sat, 30 Mar 2019 10:52:23 +0000 Alessandro D'Angelo https://alessandrodangelo.it/Text Contact +39 3391706134 info@alessandrodangelo.it Below Zero adventures out in the coldGESTALTEN https://alessandrodangelo.it/Elefantentreffen-1 Sun, 31 Mar 2019 10:34:28 +0000 Alessandro D'Angelo https://alessandrodangelo.it/Elefantentreffen-1 Every late January for the past 60 years, a few thousand riders from throughout Europe descend&nbsp; in the Bavarian Forest in the dead of winter for three days of laughter, roast pig, and many, many drinks. Everyone takes a different route, and getting there through the sleet and snow is half the fun. Most arrive the on the first night, roaring in on bikes heavy with chainsaws, stoves, tents and so much beer. It is invariably bitterly cold, but no one seems to mind. For the Elefantentreffen participants, the snow and the cold, the smell of smoke and roasted pork are the essential requirements for happiness. I wanted to portray the riders as “movie heroes,” which certainly comes across in their strong poses and big smiles. I was fascinated by the people, who represent all walks of life, from farmers and students to engineers and doctors. The beauty of this rally it’s that to all the people no matter who you are, how you are and what you do. Everybody is equal as long as they get there. Being yourself for three days, beyond the every day life and remove the mask you wear, to show a part of what you want to be really. 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D'Angelo https://alessandrodangelo.it/Cobra-1 Mae Rim, a rural district just outside Chiang Mai, Thailand, unfolds along a network of winding roads carved through dense tropical vegetation. It is here that 55-year-old Mr. Tum runs a modest snake farm, a place where risk is part of daily routine. With his shaved head, a thin patch of hair at the back, and faded traditional tattoos marking his body, Tum carries the physical record of his profession. After more than two decades of performances, he has lost a finger and permanently damaged others due to repeated cobra bites. His collaborator, Mr. Feng, shows similar signs: scars etched along his arms, reminders of close encounters that did not go unnoticed. The entrance is simple. A small ticket booth collects a modest fee, granting access to a basic seating area facing a ring. Music crackles through a speaker as a voice announces the beginning of the show. Inside the ring, the performance begins without embellishment. Tum and Feng engage directly with the snakes—provoking, handling, and evading them in a controlled yet unpredictable exchange. The tension builds in moments like the so-called “kiss of the cobra,” when Tum brings his face within inches of a striking snake, or when the rhythm falters and control seems briefly uncertain. When the performance ends, the handlers present the snakes’ fangs and venom to the audience. The gesture is deliberate: proof that the animals have not been defanged or altered, reinforcing the authenticity—and the danger—of what has just taken place. Shows are repeated several times a day, sometimes for only a few spectators. The animals involved—cobras, pythons, banded kraits, among others—are often sourced from nearby जंगल areas or acquired through local markets. In this part of Thailand, snakes carry deep symbolic meaning, often associated with the tension between protection and threat, the sacred and the feared. Yet beyond symbolism lies a practical reality: performances like these draw visitors to areas that might otherwise remain outside the main tourist routes. While such shows face increasing criticism, particularly from Western audiences concerned with animal welfare, they persist as a source of livelihood. For Tum and his collaborators, the work is both heritage and necessity. In one instance, an American visitor spent six months training under Tum, seeking to learn the techniques behind the performance. 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0263f9b52027e0d9f098b128bc703197351e635326bf990656673a6d362e1c10/cobra18.jpg" data-mid="38892646" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/0263f9b52027e0d9f098b128bc703197351e635326bf990656673a6d362e1c10/cobra18.jpg" /> https://alessandrodangelo.it/Unimoto-1 Mon, 01 Apr 2019 15:15:44 +0000 Alessandro D'Angelo https://alessandrodangelo.it/Unimoto-1 An unimotorcycle is the unholy combination of a motorcycle and a sled. It has one wheel, a few runners, and an absurdly powerful engine that propels the entire contraption across a frozen lake at breakneck speeds. Brakes? Pfft. They're an afterthought at best. All of which is to say, you have to be crazy to ride one. Unimotorcyle racing started in the 1980s in Florida, a fact few will find surprising. The "sport" quickly spread to Europe and beyond. A Russian unimotocyclist named Dmitry Gorbunov attended the Elefantentreffen biker rally in Germany in 2002, and thought it wasn't nutty enough. So two years later, he decided to go racing on ice. Location: the snow-blanketed town of Togliatti, Russia, where the temperature never climbed above -10 degrees Fahrenheit. The event drew about 1,000 spectators and 35 unimoto riders, many of whom came from hundreds of miles away. Races began each day around 11 am and continued through the afternoon. Riders astride homemade machines seemingly inspired by Mad Max vied to post the fastest times. Many of them rode contraptions adapted from Honda and Yamaha motorcycles, with runners crafted from shovels and other stuff you'd find in the garage. The more eclectic machines ran on electricity and even steam, while at least one featured four propellers. One guy even cobbled together something that looks a lot like a pulse jet. No matter what made them go, it was loud. “Like a lion that roars when you cut its balls". He saw a few unimotos scuttle out of control across the ice or catch fire after their motors overheated, but no one seemed too bothered. The fastest racer gets a trophy and an enormous hunting knife, the words "Snow Dogs" engraved into a handle shaped like a dog's head. When the day's racing is done, the real party begins. 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data-mid="38894098" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/750/i/0647d43b598b0d2f9e7c2928c9be32bb9a3b32f88d5b620fb32ca47bff0c92c5/DAngeloA_Elefantentreffen_reportage_32.jpg" /> https://alessandrodangelo.it/Gran-Sasso-1 Sun, 31 Mar 2019 11:50:01 +0000 Alessandro D'Angelo https://alessandrodangelo.it/Gran-Sasso-1 The Gran Sasso is a mountain. Originated about 6 million years ago, its 2914 meters peak, is the highest of central Italy’s Apennine. Among its walls, still resists the Calderone glacier, traditionally considered the southernmost in Europe. Altitude, rocks composition, the type of suffered erosions, make it very similar to the mountains of the Dolomite Alps groups. Thanks to its elevation, which is much higher than the surrounding chains, the massif is visible from all the main peaks of central Italy. On particularly clear days even from Dalmatians mountain range. <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7318de856c5d9f986186a5bd0ab3430cdfa99440bf17f3c058327f7df8b33c67/Gran-Sasso_05.jpg" data-mid="246853883" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7318de856c5d9f986186a5bd0ab3430cdfa99440bf17f3c058327f7df8b33c67/Gran-Sasso_05.jpg" /> Donatello, 44, Woodcutter Intermesoli (Pietracamela), 800 m a.s.l. Since he was twelve, Donatello has always had a strong passion for the mules. He explains that they are an indispensable element in his job. During the year, together with the team he belongs, he collects about 2,500 tons of wood from beech, oak and hornbeam. Almost all the wood is chopped down from woods growing close to the Gran Sasso and loaded on mules, then they carry it downstream. Lately, together with the State Forestry Department, his team helped with the identification and cutting of maple trees for the construction of treasured violins. What is for you the Gran Sasso? "For me it is a fascinating and dangerous mountain. The only thing that matters to me, is to work together with my magnificent animals, the mules. " <img width="2000" height="1326" width_o="2000" height_o="1326" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a8f2d82e424fda6467ede7e730bddaab140b1fe8a07386a9eff2060e3a719ed7/Gran-Sasso_11.jpg" data-mid="246853889" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a8f2d82e424fda6467ede7e730bddaab140b1fe8a07386a9eff2060e3a719ed7/Gran-Sasso_11.jpg" /> Alessio, 37, Astronomer Researcher Astronomical Observatory of Campo Imperatore, 2150 m a.s.l. Together with the Astronomical Observatory of Campo Imperatore, there are in Italy 4 additional professional observatories of the National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF): Asiago (Padua), Loiano (Bologna), Toppo di Castelgrande (Potenza) and Serra La Nave (Catania). Between these, Campo Imperatore Observers is the highest of Italy. It can be considered one of the best in the World for the "quality of the sky". The official opening of the observatory took place on October the 25th 1965. Since 2001, the Observatory has hosted the international program CINEOS that led to the discovery of 61,000 asteroids and 1,500 new space objects, including six near-Earth objects and a planetoid. He is currently involved in very important worldwide research projects. By 2017 the two telescopes of Campo Imperatore Observatory (AZT-24 and Schmidt) will be remotely controlled, without the presence of researchers at the station. When this will happen, will only remain technical staff for the ordinary and extraordinary maintenance. Researchers can observe at night from any location, even from home, provided that they have an internet connection! What is for you the Gran Sasso? “Let’s say that it is something very intimate that I would never go to declare outside. A while ago, I tried to describe it to my wife as "a place where I can inspire myself and others" ... a magical place to get excited watching the sky getting lost among thousands of stars and then go home and thrill your loved ones around you, thanks to something that stays inside. When you're under thousands of stars, you can see your life and the world around you from a different point of view. Also, unlike the past, when everyone use to look at the sky with the naked eye, now only amateurs do so, because even professional astronomers observe the stars behind a computer. Working here at Campo Imperatore is a privilege, because in addition to observing the sky with professional equipment from behind a computer, allows me to observe it with the naked eye ... it's nice to be under thousands of stars, thinking about endless space and ourselves”. <img width="2000" height="1377" width_o="2000" height_o="1377" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/731f4f844e6ab27779ad28212b15116514a3fd6c8b901175a5d7e227a99f20d2/Gran-Sasso_10.jpg" data-mid="246853888" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/731f4f844e6ab27779ad28212b15116514a3fd6c8b901175a5d7e227a99f20d2/Gran-Sasso_10.jpg" /> Luca, 53, Mountain hut Manager Rifugio Carlo Franchetti, 2433 m a.s.l. The Carlo Franchetti hut, was built in the late 50's by the Roman section of the CAI, it was opened in 1960. Entirely built of limestone and covered with wood stands on a rocky outcrop in the middle of Vallone delle Cornacchie. Located between the faces of Corno Grande and Corno Piccolo, offers a magnificent view, from the gentle hills of Abruzzo/Teramo, to the nearby Adriatic Sea. Luca is member to the Roman section of the Italian Alpine Club since 1977, he served the National Mountain Rescue Corps and since 1988, he operates with the same passion the Carlo Franchetti cabin. The life of a “mountain hut man”, is a totally different life from the others, a life-style committed to the bare necessities in wide open spaces of freedom, nourished by a strong spirit of hospitality and empathy with climbers and mountain people. It is a lifestyle culture and a philosophy that is not born from the sacrifice, from the alienation, but from the knowledge of the unnecessary, from the appreciation of the small things, being self-sufficient. What is for you the Gran Sasso? “Home”. <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/08af67de57a7df8a2fa6a56ae5df089f3fefe50b9d26668381e15685d690d055/Gran-Sasso_06.jpg" data-mid="246853884" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/08af67de57a7df8a2fa6a56ae5df089f3fefe50b9d26668381e15685d690d055/Gran-Sasso_06.jpg" /> Giocondina, 56, Bartender Hotel Campo Imperatore, 2200 m a.s.l. The Hotel was built in the thirties, with the project of the Piedmontese engineer Vittorio Bonadè Bottino, author in the same period of the hotels in Sestriere and hotel Principi di Piemonte in Turin. He became famous in 1943, when, after the Fall of Fascism and the subsequent arrest of Mussolini, was chosen as a prison for the former head of government, waiting to him over to the Allied Forces. Mussolini was brought to Campo Imperatore on August 28, after being held captive in the islands of Ponza and Maddalena, because the Gran Sasso appeared a safer and a more inaccessible place, so that the leader there, thinking to be a goner, he tried to kill himself cutting his veins. On 12 September, however, with a blitz known as Operation Oak, some gliders with a hundred German paratroopers were able to land the plane in front of the hotel and to release the prisoner with the amazement and disorientation of the Italian soldiers, that did not hinder in any way the operation. Giocondina’s grandfather, the forest ranger Pasqualino Vitocco, and the policeman Giovanni Natale were the only two German victims of the operation. As for his father, he was for many years the driver of the cable railway and, in winter time, is the only way to reach the hotel and the ski slopes. Giocondina remembers that, when she was a young girl, together with some friends and other three hundred people, she was stuck for three days inside the hotel, due to a sudden snow and wind storm. Her skis, leaning there where I photographed her, are no longer found. What is for you the Gran Sasso? "To me, Gran Sasso represents the beautiful scenario that has accompanied my entire life, as well as the hope of an economic development of our communities”. <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/75a8fec0f2986e1bdfec054ad36c040bf12186b19178560f75451ea5c822245e/Gran-Sasso_01.jpg" data-mid="246853879" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/75a8fec0f2986e1bdfec054ad36c040bf12186b19178560f75451ea5c822245e/Gran-Sasso_01.jpg" /> Guido, 52, National Alpine Rescue and Speleology Department “Cima Alta”, 1700 m a.s.l. The Alpine-like areas, the unpredictable weather, made even more extreme by the exposed position between the Tyrrhenian and the Adriatic Sea, make the Gran Sasso a mountain that has an average of two victims per year. Lately, several mountain guides, even with Himalayan experience, have lost their lives during the hiking; helicopter rescue operations are very frequent. What is for you the Gran Sasso? "The Gran Sasso is a fantastic life choice for me, I chose this mountain because it is the only one of the Apennine mountain range that, thanks to the morphological, climatic and height similarities with Alps, gives me the real feeling of living the mountains. Moreover, thanks to its geographical location in latitude and longitude that determine its specific climatic conditions, I have the chance to see an amazing variety of flora and fauna that I can hardly find elsewhere. When you're in the mountains overlooking the sea, you can’t ask for more!” <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/399ff0ea980a31cfdecc40274fe5553c63a4de14030e581c25928726807ca4cc/Gran-Sasso_09.jpg" data-mid="246853887" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/399ff0ea980a31cfdecc40274fe5553c63a4de14030e581c25928726807ca4cc/Gran-Sasso_09.jpg" /> Karoline, 33, Researcher National Laboratories of Gran Sasso, 1000 m a.s.l. (-1400 m) The Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS) are research laboratories, belonging to the INFN and used to study the physics of particles. They are the largest underground laboratories in the World. The structure consists of an underground part, and an outer part. Both at an altitude above sea level of 1000 m, the underground part is covered by 1,400 meters of Gran Sasso rock. About 1,000 scientists from 32 countries of the world work in about 15 different experiments with which they are researching and studying particles that can reveal new and fascinating secrets about the origin of the universe and the life of stars. Born from an idea of the physicist Antonino Zichichi, their construction began in 1982 in conjunction with the construction of the motorway tunnel of Gran Sasso. Five years later, the first experiments started. The placement under the mountain, can significantly reduce the flux of cosmic rays (also studied) and can simplify the detection of particles such as neutrinos and the researches for dark matter. Laboratories have always been involved in science communication activities for the general public, alongside the intensive research . Karoline is R&amp;D responsible for COSINUS project, started in 2016. Her main research interests, include experimental physics of the dark matter and double beta decay without emission of neutrinos, using scintillating bolometers as detectors. The use of this cryostat, provides a fairly complex technique for achieving very low temperatures; more specifically, ten-thousandth degree above absolute zero (- 273.15 degrees Celsius). What is for you the Gran Sasso? "In scientific terms, the Gran Sasso is the most efficient instrument I found in nature to measure my experiments, thanks to the impressive size of the rocky material surrounding the underground laboratories; it works as a filter for cosmic rays, that prevents the researches of the rare events that characterize the dark matter. In my personal opinion, however, the Gran Sasso is the perfect environment to find the right balance between work commitments and mental relaxation allowing the right concentration, thanks to the countless landscapes where you can enjoy relaxing walks and fun excursions.” <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0b09db1686e5c4dd551f78235a9eba4459cc1011407212c2d92cd4db5dd54db2/Gran-Sasso_08.jpg" data-mid="246853886" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0b09db1686e5c4dd551f78235a9eba4459cc1011407212c2d92cd4db5dd54db2/Gran-Sasso_08.jpg" /> Bakiu, 56, Shepherd "Fonte Vetica" Campo Imperatore, 1632 m a.s.l. Bakiu is originally from Macedonia, he is breeding flocks of sheep since he was a child and this is the only job he has always done in his entire life. He moved to Italy to work and he is at the service of an Apulian breeder who, even today, follows the traditional routes of transhumance that connect Abruzzo to Puglia. Just from L'Aquila in fact, begins the "Tratturo Magno" which ends in Foggia and is the longest transhumance route in Italy, today no longer in use. In “Fonte Vetica” in October the 13th 1919, one of the saddest tragedies of the Gran Sasso took place, when a sudden and unexpected early winter storm, caused the death of 5,000 sheep, their shepherd, Pupo Nunzio from Roio, and two of his young children. His wife seeking them, went mad with grief . Even today there is a monument and a memorial stone commemorating this shocking episode. What is for you the Gran Sasso? "A mountain." <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d487764f5d92d097a7449192eef02c9bf0ac4cacfd630f89a1ec2ff3d5f3d892/Gran-Sasso_07.jpg" data-mid="246853885" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d487764f5d92d097a7449192eef02c9bf0ac4cacfd630f89a1ec2ff3d5f3d892/Gran-Sasso_07.jpg" /> Claudio, 59, Mountain Guide "Sella Dei Due Corni”, 2575 m a.s.l. On 19 August 1573, a 69 years old military engineer, Francesco De Marchi, together with Francesco Di Domenico, reached the peak of the Gran Sasso. Old documents tells that the peak was already conquered earlier by some chamois hunters, including even Francesco Di Domenico himself, thus chosen as a guide, becoming, in fact, the first Italian mountain guide. Claudio is one of the last alpinists member of to the historical group of “Aquilotti del Gran Sasso”, established in Pietracamela, a small town near the mountain, around 1925. This group gave rise to extraordinary seasons of mountaineering achievements, opening many of the most technical pathways of Gran Sasso. Besides being a witness and guardian of this historical past, he is one of the guides who leads today many novices and lovers, through the many routes. The “Sella dei Due Corni” is the meeting point between the two main peaks, the “Grande Corno” and the “Piccolo Corno”. What is for you the Gran Sasso? "The Gran Sasso and the meeting point between sky and earth, the ideal place where I can release my spirit and wander in the immensity of the Great Elements, looking for strong emotions and inner feelings, deep, ineffable, often far from common sensitivity’. <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cae097b142c87019278d2cb9c5d61b4d04bf3ba486dbc3e7cce4225959160ce8/Gran-Sasso_02.jpg" data-mid="246853880" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cae097b142c87019278d2cb9c5d61b4d04bf3ba486dbc3e7cce4225959160ce8/Gran-Sasso_02.jpg" /> Mario, 58, Gran Sasso Tunnel’s Technical Manager Assergi "Strada dei Parchi A24", 1000 m a.s.l. The tunnel of the Gran Sasso is a road tunnel, made up of two-lane one-way traffic, which runs through the Apennines under the Gran Sasso massif, in Abruzzo. It is part of the A24 motorway, linking Rome to the Adriatic Sea via L'Aquila and Teramo. It is used as a route to access the underground National Institute of Nuclear Physics laboratories. 10 km long, is the third longest road tunnel in Italy after the Frejus Tunnel and the Mont Blanc tunnel, and the longest road tunnel which runs only Italian territory; it is also the longest twin-tube tunnel road in Europe . During its construction, eleven workers died; one of the worst incident, interrupted the work for about two years. It was inaugurated in 1984 by Prime Minister Bettino Craxi. What is for you the Gran Sasso? "I do not know what Gran Sasso mountain is for me, I prefer the sea. But I know everything that has to do with the gallery, a tunnel that allowed the connection of two areas of Abruzzo separated by a mountain range, that prevented any other easier connection attempt. A mountain that hides one of the biggest research institute in the World. In its bowels, man opened a safe path between the mountain world and the ones that faces the sea. A tunnel that offered jobs to many people and where complex systems allows the motorway traffic. " <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c30d9bd7b77b8e0f4b3d177d008ace27e5b9da5919f8eb03da2d9bed758eaee9/Gran-Sasso_03.jpg" data-mid="246853881" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c30d9bd7b77b8e0f4b3d177d008ace27e5b9da5919f8eb03da2d9bed758eaee9/Gran-Sasso_03.jpg" /> Alessandra, 42, Chief Superintendent of the State Forestry Department “Laghetto Pietranzoni", 1850 m a.s.l. Gran Sasso area, became a national park in 1991 (the third largest in Italy); it has a unique wildlife heritage and a delicate and controversial relationship with the man, who has always lived in the mountains. There are about 4 pairs of Golden Eagles, as well as many other birds of prey. Important is the presence of Marsican Brown Bears and Wolves. The ancient hatreds between man and wolf, in the last century has brought the near extinction of wolves in the Apennines - only thanks to a protection work, has seen in recent years the number of specimens growing . Following numerous cases of killing and poisoning by farmers and mountain people, the State Forestry Department has implemented the guard dogs breeding projects for flocks, to be given to local shepherds. In addition to this, with "LIFE" project, we established a specialized unit of agents, qualified to train poison dogs. Alessandra has been the first in Italy to obtain the assignment for the training of Dingo, a Belgian Shepherd, in order to prevent the wildlife poisoning problem. 2017 have see the dissolution of the State Forestry Corps, is absorbed by the Carabinieri department. What is for you the Gran Sasso? "A unique place in the world that should be valued, in order to promote it as much as possible for the uniqueness, the wealth of biodiversity, the incredible and breathtaking scenery, the animals to protect, so that future generations can fully enjoy their beauty." <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee83c338a64bb7ae0b5bb1ef835ab7fb110a4ed351a64535bb432efdafeae1ae/Gran-Sasso_04.jpg" data-mid="246853882" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ee83c338a64bb7ae0b5bb1ef835ab7fb110a4ed351a64535bb432efdafeae1ae/Gran-Sasso_04.jpg" /> Vasilli, 42, Climbing Instructor "Via dell'Immondezzaio", 2200 m a.s.l. The Gran Sasso offers countless climbing routes, both classical and sporting ones, with many levels of difficulty. The most popular routes, especially for rock quality, lie on the shoulders of the Little Horn, while those seeking seclusion and adventure, finds their place on the "Paretone". The most used, are the Aquilotti’s pathways (the historical group founded in the thirties in Pietracamela), the Vecchiaccio, etc. whilst the most beautiful sport routes are mostly found on the famous “Monolito” in front of the Rifugio Franchetti; fantastic limestone, holes and technical pathways. Some names: Golem, Kronos, Emanuela. There are many stories about climbing this mountain. One that Vasilli reminds more often, is linked to the figure of the “Vecchiaccio”(Geezer), the name of a pathway on the Gran Sasso. His real name was Vito Plumari born in 1919, a Roman janitor with Sicilian origin, who had fought in the war of Russia; he had no longer the big toe because of a freezing, so he used to place a cork in his boot when he had to climb. There are photographs of him while climbing on the Piccolo Corno dated 1993. A unique figure who also impressed Manolo and Heinz Mariacher who called him “the only true mountaineer, the one that climbs for himself only, a shaman like Don Juan, in Castaneda's books”. What is for you the Gran Sasso? "A punch in my heart every time I see it. I always imagine to be there, at the top with my friends climbing, skiing ... getting lost. I prefer it with a winter white dress”! https://alessandrodangelo.it/About-Tattoos-1 Sun, 31 Mar 2019 12:21:17 +0000 Alessandro D'Angelo https://alessandrodangelo.it/About-Tattoos-1 I was always very attracted to tattoos, but I have none. My sensitivity or the attitude to see things in a romantic way have always given to those signs on the skin a great magnetism for me. I've always seen people with tattoos wrapped in great charm and mystery, something magical or religious, something that I need to understand, with the curiosity of an archaeologist in translating ancient signs that speak of the history of a man. I never got a tattoo because I always said it was not the time to do it, was not the right symbol for me, or the right meaning to give him. <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ce5f33cbdf300afa6633449e2e8c2870b330b073858def945891e2bb99489689/DAngelo_A_tattoo_loc06.jpg" data-mid="38894505" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ce5f33cbdf300afa6633449e2e8c2870b330b073858def945891e2bb99489689/DAngelo_A_tattoo_loc06.jpg" /> <img width="667" height="1000" width_o="667" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d756d34ff238322b02a85cf4969438be49f5c42c7e69d04ec86b09b7650dc5f5/DAngelo_A_tattoo_port06.jpg" data-mid="38894515" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/667/i/d756d34ff238322b02a85cf4969438be49f5c42c7e69d04ec86b09b7650dc5f5/DAngelo_A_tattoo_port06.jpg" /> Eugenio My forearm shows the image of Baphomet; it is a pagan idol and Templars were blamed for his veneration. The main theme is the Inquisition of the Templars. Knights with goat appearance in a war attitude. A slaughtered nun and the Holy Grail. The bloody crucifix engraved with a pentagram and the head of the goat, all framed with skulls. I demonised my arm as expression of an aversion against an already written system, in this case the one of the Church. I'm not a Satanist. The 666 is not the number of the beast, but a way of being averse to what has been imposed as good and right. I have a rebellious nature and I always been against everything that is not strictly right and true. Claudio The image of the Virgin Mary on the forearm and the Archangel Michael on my back. My tattoos are mostly of a religious nature. I am a believer, it's my way of being and this has influenced the choice of subjects: memory and protection. I'm a biker, but I have no biker style tattoos, because there are none that distinguish the category. Perhaps the only exception is made by the club tattoos. For example, my bikers club allows to tattoo the colors or the name of the club, but only after five years of membership. I'm still waiting to make this. The beautiful and strange thing of clubs is that all members are like brothers. No longer matters what you've done in your life or what you believe, it only counts who you really are. <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/82954099c1383952c66d3dfaaab6dd90d8940510b08fd5a3578f0fda8f472755/DAngelo_A_tattoo_loc08.jpg" data-mid="38894507" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/82954099c1383952c66d3dfaaab6dd90d8940510b08fd5a3578f0fda8f472755/DAngelo_A_tattoo_loc08.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/72e7980379a0ae8ae1c132c28ab1d2da22305dd17fbb971c5c28eb3ea3aef906/DAngelo_A_tattoo_port08.jpg" data-mid="38894516" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/72e7980379a0ae8ae1c132c28ab1d2da22305dd17fbb971c5c28eb3ea3aef906/DAngelo_A_tattoo_port08.jpg" /> Filomena Verdecchia L is the letter which begins his name. I decided to write his initial on my skin to have a physical and spiritual memory of the one who has been my only love. The idea of this act, stems from the lack of "L" that on March 27, 2002 has left us. A bit hesitant a bit spurred from my daughters, lovers and bearers of tattoos, I've wrote his initial L, on me. I was very attached to my husband, he got sick, has had ischemia and remained paralyzed in one leg and an arm. I helped him at all times, until the end. He was a sailor. <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aa9d08997fe2c8dd8bc6a265fe8a213e11a371b0f6275572047e67ac8334df7c/DAngelo_A_tattoo_loc03.jpg" data-mid="38894502" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aa9d08997fe2c8dd8bc6a265fe8a213e11a371b0f6275572047e67ac8334df7c/DAngelo_A_tattoo_loc03.jpg" /> <img width="667" height="1000" width_o="667" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7e1898563e2dcfed35a66f2efc37e5d63a08b4c93192260049353898644bd3ca/DAngelo_A_tattoo_port03.jpg" data-mid="38894517" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/667/i/7e1898563e2dcfed35a66f2efc37e5d63a08b4c93192260049353898644bd3ca/DAngelo_A_tattoo_port03.jpg" /> Luciano Pistoli The lucky charm Dragon. The Phoenix rises from its ashes. Under their images there is an old tattoo, a scorpion with a red rose between the claws that I've covered, but not completely. In the middle are two lines, one born from the dragon, the other by the phoenix and become one, that ending on a blue lotus. It is the line of my life. I told my story to the tattoo artist and he made this drawing for me. I sewed a second skin on me. It's fifteen years we are together. I did that when I changed my life, I divorced, I left the army. The tattoo artist used four and a half months to do it and I paid 750,000 Lire, because I gave him permission to photograph it for a magazine. I'm 43 years old. I wanted it to be a memory for life. It is what I went through and what I would be, the present and the future. <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8b6bbc1f3d3c9f7a4566f34bb092b66cb499bd5ba6ae089824f78682273201be/DAngelo_A_tattoo_loc05.jpg" data-mid="38894504" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8b6bbc1f3d3c9f7a4566f34bb092b66cb499bd5ba6ae089824f78682273201be/DAngelo_A_tattoo_loc05.jpg" /> <img width="667" height="1000" width_o="667" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e94871ee473b75802e5585c25e86d06e08d9646f258ec63825a04db40dfbf313/DAngelo_A_tattoo_port05.jpg" data-mid="38894518" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/667/i/e94871ee473b75802e5585c25e86d06e08d9646f258ec63825a04db40dfbf313/DAngelo_A_tattoo_port05.jpg" /> Luca Diaferia I chose the stars. I managed to finish it by myself on the left side of the neck, with the pretext to cover up an ugly scar, so I chose the stars because, what could be higher than one star? Apart from my name, my city, my team and my date of birth. I chose a cat with the moon. As a child I killed a couple of cats and for this reason, today I want to dedicate myself to love them as much as possible, because I still feel very guilty. I did not have a quite adolescence and someone say that this is the reason why I have tattooed a butterfly, many colorful confetti and the large inscription "saved you." Maybe because I'm a big sentimentalist and is not over until it's over. I was only 13 when I noticed the first tattoo on the wrist of a drug addicted. It was love at first sight. My father had one on the arm. I began to study how to make tattoos and I discovered that with India inks and a needle you could do it yourself. I purchased what i needed and at school I tattooed my initial on my hand. In fact, just one year after and with the opposition of my mother, I decided to tattoo the entire body in a more serious manner, and to date I have only the shoulder, the left arm and right forearm almost finished. However, thinking back to the addiction, to when I was a child and especially to the drawings that I want to draw on me, I am not feeling sorry at all, and really pleased with something I can accomplish. <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ca03a838ae01959ccf6e15a15dbc39ffe237e8f0d7d8e92cb3c3a9d8476bfbec/DAngelo_A_tattoo_loc14.jpg" data-mid="38894513" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ca03a838ae01959ccf6e15a15dbc39ffe237e8f0d7d8e92cb3c3a9d8476bfbec/DAngelo_A_tattoo_loc14.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2e3dbec6efe4e6014ddba618683de19b4eb3abe6a9f236e66fce15f07e6cdd53/DAngelo_A_tattoo_port14.jpg" data-mid="38894519" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2e3dbec6efe4e6014ddba618683de19b4eb3abe6a9f236e66fce15f07e6cdd53/DAngelo_A_tattoo_port14.jpg" /> Piero Terracina A-5506. Stripped of everything, shaved, tattooed and, after a shower, dressed in rags. We were "pieces". Then the separation from my brothers, a Roman girl told me that she seen my sister Anna a few times in her camp. She was bald, with a kerchief on her head, she said she was fine but that she was losing his teeth. I met her the day after, then nothing. The winter started, terrible cold. It was not easy to learn my number in German without understanding a word of German. I got sick at the right time, the Germans knew they had to leave the field, there was a riot and prisoners had blown up a crematorium, the number 4. On 27 January 1945, at two in the afternoon, I went out to melt a bit 'of snow. I opened the door and saw a man covered with a white cloak, was a Soviet soldier. He pulled out a machine gun, but found that I was a prisoner. Came in and said to my comrades that Russian soldiers arrived. Perhaps you can think of enthusiasm scenes, hugs, absolutely not. There was nothing. Bear in mind that the dead in the camps in Germany were 11 million, including six million Jews. Of course the deportation of Jews had its own specificity because, while the others could die, the Jews had to die. This was the difference. <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/af16153d3b97fea931b13f1fe5f383cf019ea8fefdd2af835bbaae67e0dc1d23/DAngelo_A_tattoo_loc10.jpg" data-mid="38894509" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/af16153d3b97fea931b13f1fe5f383cf019ea8fefdd2af835bbaae67e0dc1d23/DAngelo_A_tattoo_loc10.jpg" /> <img width="667" height="1000" width_o="667" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/90330b534665f70628e738d04b2ed4777c41aa3da32d5eb432bdf9cd097d8603/DAngelo_A_tattoo_port10.jpg" data-mid="38894520" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/667/i/90330b534665f70628e738d04b2ed4777c41aa3da32d5eb432bdf9cd097d8603/DAngelo_A_tattoo_port10.jpg" /> Flavio Ameli Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft. The Tell-Tale Heart, the Masonic eye and then the Alpha above the Omega, the Penrose triangle that influenced Escher. The plague and the mask of Landsknecht. Are almost exclusively in black and white. I do not know anymore how many tattoos I have. My passion for horror literature and tattoos are basically born together. As a child I spent whole afternoons in my uncle's house reading magazines about tattoos and the books of Dylan Dog. Overtime, I studied the horror genre in every facet, in film, in literature, until encouraging my interest in the occult and its symbols. Edgar Allan Poe and HP Lovecraft is the tattoo I'm most proud of, is the one on my chest. <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/95a10810ffb938dcfd98077d73489cc50a3237a19def618cfbcb8e14fdd27ef3/DAngelo_A_tattoo_loc11.jpg" data-mid="38894510" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/95a10810ffb938dcfd98077d73489cc50a3237a19def618cfbcb8e14fdd27ef3/DAngelo_A_tattoo_loc11.jpg" /> <img width="667" height="1000" width_o="667" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/84151af4a26cd544d37ed9d21608853d4397bcedbb4d4fed37a961696c3ca966/DAngelo_A_tattoo_port11.jpg" data-mid="38894521" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/667/i/84151af4a26cd544d37ed9d21608853d4397bcedbb4d4fed37a961696c3ca966/DAngelo_A_tattoo_port11.jpg" /> Gianfranco Bartolomei A broken heart stitched up by a needle and thread. Love that knows no distance, but that it takes into account the distance and write it in a tattoo. In 1975 the schools of CEMM, in the Navy in Taranto when i was nineteen, stung by a needle, ink and the pain of a separation. Below the heart the initial letter of my wife's name. In the Navy in Taranto. Do you see, how many bullshits you do when you are twenty! Not everyone get naked and talk to you about themselves. <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9087e0a3a510c0ef04419cb972a564582e8c64a64422cf4910eb607f44530dbc/DAngelo_A_tattoo_loc07.jpg" data-mid="38894506" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9087e0a3a510c0ef04419cb972a564582e8c64a64422cf4910eb607f44530dbc/DAngelo_A_tattoo_loc07.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/700cb7ea53819a3a57f5693a0294c83b444d2d266d884a0f7f758e81e89ce42c/DAngelo_A_tattoo_port07.jpg" data-mid="38894522" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/700cb7ea53819a3a57f5693a0294c83b444d2d266d884a0f7f758e81e89ce42c/DAngelo_A_tattoo_port07.jpg" /> Pierluigi Lunerti I've the anchor. The knot of Solomon and then the symbols of the Passion, the sun and the moon. I'm able to explain all the tattoos on my arm! The traditional Italian tattoo belong to three groups: prison, sailor and votive. All three types of tattoos are symbolically intersected, but my attention is directed towards the oldest tattoos, practiced at the sanctuary of Loreto. Here the tattoos were made by monks to the Templars and the pilgrims traveling to the holy land. Also after the papal ban about body tattoos in 787 d.c, this practice survived, up to the middle of the last century, so taking a profane aura. I'm agnostic, and these tattoos are not a votive gesture, but the symbol of belonging to my land, the land of Piceni. For me the tattoo has an inherent and ancestral meaning, a common thread that merges past, present and future, in a fusion of cultures and archetypes. I personally tattoo myself, my art is a tribute to the traditions. <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2b4d86ce4da43821bbc336f18dd3fff002fb921fab6400cc31866d55c121a5de/DAngelo_A_tattoo_loc12.jpg" data-mid="38894511" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2b4d86ce4da43821bbc336f18dd3fff002fb921fab6400cc31866d55c121a5de/DAngelo_A_tattoo_loc12.jpg" /> <img width="667" height="1000" width_o="667" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a91fd09876fb9f165633dc16287d35837af0cc661a403df5726af963d66b17da/DAngelo_A_tattoo_port12.jpg" data-mid="38894523" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/667/i/a91fd09876fb9f165633dc16287d35837af0cc661a403df5726af963d66b17da/DAngelo_A_tattoo_port12.jpg" /> Timoteo and Nico His image is my right arm. I took Nico who was only three months, now five years old. He is the first to greet me in the morning and, after a day of work, is waiting for me and celebrate my return. There are times that you just want a hug without having to ask and give explanations. In these moments he is there. He gave me so much, and I try every day to reciprocate his love, so I decided to tattoo his image on me. This love it is part of me and my life. <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b816f39ed751be316cd09a3d43b44f0afcfa30efb800563cde168273e7d01c34/DAngelo_A_tattoo_loc13.jpg" data-mid="38894512" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b816f39ed751be316cd09a3d43b44f0afcfa30efb800563cde168273e7d01c34/DAngelo_A_tattoo_loc13.jpg" /> <img width="667" height="1000" width_o="667" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a80559ce1db70ae74d14def46f3c9da38b0b78d55a13e530eb0c5abfdd7333f0/DAngelo_A_tattoo_port13.jpg" data-mid="38894524" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/667/i/a80559ce1db70ae74d14def46f3c9da38b0b78d55a13e530eb0c5abfdd7333f0/DAngelo_A_tattoo_port13.jpg" /> Andrea Beitone I have two big fish tattooed on my arms. The sea and the fishes. Like I said, the sea and the fish have always been part of my life, since I was child, going with my father to fishing at the pier. Then, ironically, I have been in the navy, I had for years an aquarium where I was immersed in the imagination and I had the chance to swim among the most beautiful seas of the world with colorful fishes. I'm also the sign of Pisces. Hi, I'm Andrea. I fry the fish to live. <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab1a6d71101ddc93c6f57aa0bea9d2749b7ea7b94fcb4f24dba66e5dbe92dcec/DAngelo_A_tattoo_loc09.jpg" data-mid="38894508" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ab1a6d71101ddc93c6f57aa0bea9d2749b7ea7b94fcb4f24dba66e5dbe92dcec/DAngelo_A_tattoo_loc09.jpg" /> <img width="667" height="1000" width_o="667" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e66a3ae647522ce264725191c70fc88985362a369867009e2ea75a55a0285940/DAngelo_A_tattoo_port09.jpg" data-mid="38894525" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/667/i/e66a3ae647522ce264725191c70fc88985362a369867009e2ea75a55a0285940/DAngelo_A_tattoo_port09.jpg" /> Sara Guidotti The tiger represents strength, purity of mind and beauty. It is also my protection against evil and reflects what I am. I always wanted a symbol talking about me. Anyway I decided to do it suddenly. Almost overnight, after a period of great difficulty in my life. I thought it was a beautiful way for a new start and to make others understand who I am. Many people change hairstyle, I have tattooed all my back. <img width="1000" height="666" width_o="1000" height_o="666" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/81b7175d8ef66c67b67fe436bdca0255eb8b802f907a718f65ccb00307664a8a/DAngelo_A_tattoo_loc15.jpg" data-mid="38894514" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/81b7175d8ef66c67b67fe436bdca0255eb8b802f907a718f65ccb00307664a8a/DAngelo_A_tattoo_loc15.jpg" /> <img width="667" height="1000" width_o="667" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aadb7dafefb2f034ae518da82836f18fce32f4a50f8af29b8562be8175fa1ec0/DAngelo_A_tattoo_port15.jpg" data-mid="38894526" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/667/i/aadb7dafefb2f034ae518da82836f18fce32f4a50f8af29b8562be8175fa1ec0/DAngelo_A_tattoo_port15.jpg" /> Don Roberto Dichiera The Eye of Ra is the eye of the peace, the scales is consistency, the arrow is freedom, pretty much. The "Insomnia". The nightclub and its logo. It is his symbol. I made this tattoo at twenty, now I'm forty. My story is made up of many steps, at twelve years old with the first cigarette, fourteen liquors in nightclubs. I used to say to my parents that I was going for a ride in the country with friends, and instead I used to get high. At seventeen the first transgressive holiday in the Adriatic Riviera. Riccione 1991 and a vacation between girls and joints. Several drugs, ecstasy, hallucinogens, cocaine, that I was selling inside the nightclub. I had my "stuff" also in the army barrack. And then the certainty: "I was burning in hell". One day on a train I met a girl and I fell in love. It was out of love and I agreed to accompany her to Mass one Sunday. The rest is something personal, and difficult to explain. Today I am a priest of the road, and I devote myself to those furthest from the faith with my "New Horizons association". I spend many nights outside the nightclubs and in a lot of rehabilitation center for drug addicts.