On Monday, June the 6th, the Colonia (Eng.: summer camp building) of the former Eni Village has experienced once more a present so alive that it allows for a trip down memory lane.
And, for a few hours, it felt a little like actually going back in time (and, simultaneously, going forward: we’re always going forward here), to those years when the great halls and the long ramps were traversed by children, those thousands of Eni kids coming from all over Italy, that for decades found in the Village their extraordinary home of summer adventures.
And thus, Mattei and Gellner’s creature has welcomed 200 people: the Valle de Boite‘s school children, coming from the elementary school complexes of Vodo, San Vito, Cibiana and Cortina, accompained by their teachers and a group of parents.
And it’s been the first time since 1991, year in which the Colonia was closed down by Eni, that such a large amount of children has returned in its huge spaces, making them echo with their enthusiastic voices.
Those spaces that for long years have remained quiet and that, ever since 2014, have begun to live again throgh Progettoborca.
We’d like to thank the head mistress Francesca Cuomo, who, when she visited the Village with us a few months back, immediately understood the value of this spectacular location, whose so very important history everyone should be aware of, and has decided to open it to the children of today, the children of this territory.
That is another reason why Progettoborca exists.
Being surprised is proof of being alive.

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