RVS - Rome
This is one of the founding Storygardenz, whose villa, grounds and archaeological remains witness an extraordinary web of 3000 year old tales narrated in The Three Languages and Carmen Via (see more below and in the section The Living Story)
Beautiful country house with 4 independent, self-catering units (sleeps 4 - 30 people), in secluded gardens with secular cypresses and pines, with swimming pool, fruit grove, picnic area. Meals are served under the veranda for those who do not wish to cook. All is set in its own farmland, only 20 minutes by car from historic centre of Rome. Excellent public transport system from outside the garden gate to the centre of Rome. Car not necessary. On a clear day you can see the cupola of St. Peters and also the Apennine mountains, rising to 3000 meters.
The special story The Three Languages is made up of fairy tale (morning) legend (noon) and myth (evening) and can also be witnessed in three different places in the garden and surrounding fields. Carmen Via, Journey in the songlines of Italy, is the novel which led to the establishment of the Storygardenz project and the Map of Imagination.
HISTORY: The ancient site comprises the Etruscan settlement, about 700 B.C. and the ring of monolithic stones, illuminated at night and in the thrid century Roman Villa with the angels of endfre sarcophagus in front of the house. In 1940, RVS became the meeting place of the Convivium Romanum, a group of famous artists. In the same period the site witnessed the crossing of the Holy Grail legend from England with the site that established Christianity under emperor Constantine. Then, in 1999 the arrival of Carmen, which started the Map of Imagination and Storygardenz project.