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TWINNED. Two European towns united by copper

2019-2-ES02-KA105-0137632019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: ES|IT · Grant: €8,873
EU Citizenship, EU awareness and DemocracyCreativity and cultureMigrants' issues

Objectives

BACKGROUD: Why this project wants to be realized it is because the investigator of the municipal File of Hellín, Juanjo Villena, requested to the Town hall that was putting on the name of " Garden of the Coppersmiths of Rivello " to a garden in the zone of Tanneries of the above mentioned village. The most interesting history on the calderería in the region in the 19th century, part of the first coppersmith that there develops this activity called Jose Chiornichiaro who establishes himself in 1833 in Tobarra together with his brother Silverio. Hispanicized name, since his origin is Italian and therefore his original name was Giuseppe Cernicchiaro. The first coppersmith installed in Hellín that we have witness was Francisco Bigorito, also of Italian origin, in 1846 in the street Eagle and later in the Bearded Hill. From this date several were the coppersmiths who developed this art and trade. We verify that all the coppersmiths are with Italian origin, but no doubt, the most showy thing is they all were coming from the same place, the most beautiful village in the south of Italy called RIVELLO in Potenza's province, in Basilicata region. After verifying Juanjo, his ancestry and link with this Italian people, he managed to name the garden with "JARDÍN DE LOS CALDEREROS DE RIVELLO'S" name in the year 2013 and later, decided to initiate the process of brotherhood with the above mentioned village, achieving that it took place last year. The municipal persons in charge of Rivello already have visited Hellín and viceversa. These events took place a few years ago and have had some impact on Hellin’s life, a group of young people proposed that we conduct a youth exchange with that italian village, as the last fair there was an official view of the main responsible of Rivello's Council. In our case and as an idea proposed by these young people, we will do it on guided tours related to twinning. We, as a cultural association and working in a juvenile area, is to bring over the knowledge of both peoples related to the youngest. For this we decided to elaborate this juvenile exchange to offer this possibility to the same ones, reminding between LEITMOTIV-MOVEMENT AND The Library Rivellese a project of exchange, we presenting in this first round and them in the following one the National Italian Agency. The aims of the project are: To offer to the young persons in both villages the opportunity to travel to other countries and that this process does not remain in anything more elitist, only destined to people with high charges. To develop a cultural program across visits guided and to announce the brotherhood and our relation along the history. To connect both villages across the knowledge of their different cultures and contexts but, also, across their historical past. To announce these two village why this brotherhood, how and who it it has made possible and why of our history together.

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