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This website went online only in February 2009, but is the fruit of many years research (see the book "Carmen Via" on www.carmenvia.co.uk). Already there is a long list of hotels, residences and other which are in the process. A Storygardenz in the process is one whose natural endowments of SONG and LOCATION are being developed, or re-developed. Not any LOCATION can be a Storygardenz and not all Storygardenz which enter the process, complete it - this very much depends on on our selection process as well as the disposition of the proprietors and curators. Some LOCATIONS are of extraordinary cultural importance and tell of great lives and legends. The re-storying of a LOCATION needs the time that it takes, like a painting, a symphony, or a novel. In coming months new Storygardenz will be featured here and will go live as re-storyings reach maturation. The Storygardenz project is as much about process-journey, as about goal-destination. Similarly much of the content of this website is in the process and will be added as it matures.
The Storygardenz which have gone live (are established) have a click through for details and photos. Storygardenz will soon be represented on the forthcoming "Map of Imagination", the first map of its kind which leads you to a practical experience of what dream and imagination are about and how they can serve our daily existence
In each case the identifying SONG is ishown n italics and in blue.
ESTABLISHED (see Italy page).
* Roman Villa Silj (Rome) Three languages of a life
(the fairy tale, the legend and the myth)
* Bel Poggiolo (Spoleto, Umbria) The Legend of Lazarus and Faroaldo
IN THE PROCESS (coming soon)
* Giardino dell'Opera di Tito Gobbi (Rome) Simon Boccanegra
* Brantwood -John Ruskin Foundation (Lake District U.K.)
Unto this Last
* Grail Castle (Grad Borl Slovenia) Parsifal and the Holy Grail
* The Scottish Storytelling Centre (Edinburgh UK) King Arthurus
* Orlando's Oaks at Villa la Trinità (Sutri It.)
Chanson de Roland /Orlando Furioso
* Accademia (Venice) The betrothal to the Sea
* The Royal Botanic Gardens (Edinburgh U.K.) The Rooting of Eden
* Cornucopia Gardens (Ronciglione It.) What is Self Gain ?
(The ultimate Etruscan riddle)
* Rud Sogne Fjord (Norway) The Icelandic Sagas
* Yasnaya Polyana Tolstoy Memorial (Tula, Moscow) War and Peace
* Locarno Hotel (Rome) Legend of the Lost Legion (Hyper Boreas)
* Abene Village (Casamance, Senegal, Africa) Le Blanc et le Noir
(Living lore of Amadou Bamba and Mame Cheik Ibrahim Fall)