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I would like to receive Newsletter from MICHELIN Guide Save lists of your favorite restaurants & hotels Fr. Luigi Portarulo has found his way from a rural Italian village to the Vatican, to another, very different village—Manhattan's Greenwich Village. Now, at Our Lady of Pompeii church, he has helped revive a thriving Italian-American Catholic community. Helene Stapinski wrote a profile of Fr Exterior view at Palazzo Margherita’s Family Bar Palazzo Margherita is a magical retreat in Southern Italy’s lesser-known Basilicata region designed by the Coppola family and Jacques Grange With Palazzo Margherita, Francis Ford Coppola introduced a part of Italy’s Basilicata region to the world revealing a destination largely overlooked despite its beautiful white sand beaches the American film director rediscovered his family roots in the remote town of Bernalda the property has gained a reputation as one of the finest boutique hotels in the region being recognised by The Michelin Guide for the elegance of its interiors by French designer Jacques Grange in collaboration with the Coppola family The décor features restored marble floors hand-painted fresco ceilings and custom-made North African-inspired tiles and furniture by Grange in honour of Francis’ Tunisian-born grandmother features a wood-burning fireplace and a clawfoot bathtub and the more feminine Sofia Suite has leafy murals the Roman Suite was created in collaboration with Roman Coppola (son of Francis) while the Gia Suite was a gift for Francis’ eponymous first granddaughter All bedrooms on the first floor offer views of the main town square and the palazzo’s inner courtyard while the ground-floor rooms open up to lush greenery Palazzo Margherita boasts one of the most well-preserved urban gardens in Basilicata The verdant enclave features mature citrus trees a dark-tiled swimming pool offers a refreshing escape from the heat a feasting table emerges for communal grigliata (barbecue) dinners among the urns and vines Enjoy traditional Lucanian cuisine at the Cinecittà Bar-Bistrot Ristorante while the Pool Bar dish up plates made with locally sourced organic ingredients is the perfect spot for pre-and post-dinner drinks exuding an unmistakably Italian atmosphere the upstairs salon houses a comprehensive library of classic art-house films handpicked by Francis Ford Coppola for evening screenings the hotel plans to launch its very own pasta school All guests at Palazzo Margherita will have the opportunity to take part in a complimentary pasta class in the hotel kitchen They will learn how to craft traditional handmade local pasta dough using semolina flour made from grains cultivated in the nearby Pollino National Park and a perfect Italian tomato sauce recipe will also be revealed escapism and design stories from around the world direct to your inbox Palazzo Margherita is located at 64 Corso Umberto I in Bernalda MT, thefamilycoppolahideaways.com Travel EditorSofia de la Cruz is the Travel Editor at Wallpaper* she feels most inspired when taking the role of a cultural observer – chronicling the essence of cities and remote corners through their nuances often shaped by conversations with the photographers who capture these worlds through their lens Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker End of the Eighties. The Italian actor Michele Russo started tracing the Coppola family tree, beginning in the village of Bernalda in the south of Italy. He discovered scintillating characters “like in a fairy tale”, and began producing The Family Whistle when and why did you decide to write a documentary about the Coppola Family The idea of telling the story of the Coppola family matured over time I was a child when I heard my father saying that we were related to Francis Ford Coppola and for years I tried to get in touch with these American cousins who had originated from Bernalda I met someone who had known Francis Coppola in New York and gave me his address I wrote to Francis asking if I could meet him and could meet me at Cinecittà Studios This encounter sparked my desire to find out more about the roots of the Coppola family and to understand the source of their creativity and success drawing from town archives and popular sources beginning with the first Coppola that arrived in Bernalda in the late 1700s I discovered legendary characters and events that were revealed to me unexpectedly I gave the family tree to the Coppola family so that they could know their origins and the source of the stories handed down by Agostino Coppola I was with Francis and his granddaughter Gia in a small house in the historic centre of Bernalda which I had found them for their short visit to our town I told Francis that the history of the Coppola family was really interesting and I thought that he could make a film… then Francis told me that if I so wished I began to write a story for the documentary that attempted to reconstruct the history of this fascinating family The path was difficult — I had to search for archival footage and especially travel to different parts of Europe and the U.S as I worked on it during the brief periods when I was able to find the time away from my career I showed my film to Francis and the family and they congratulated me which made me very happy as I made this film solely out of a love for history You explain that the Coppola saga all started in the small village of Bernalda in Southern Italy Can you describe the conditions at that time and the period was characterized by profound social and cultural poverty throughout southern Italy It was a population of farmers and farm workers Agostino's talent for mechanics and music enabled him to survive beyond the reality of Basilicata one of the most devastated regions of Italy Even after the unification of Italy in 1861 which was intended to liberate Southern Italy from the yoke and oppression of the Bourbons and thus began one of the greatest waves of emigration in history Millions of people left the south of Italy for the New World. I have to say that the situation has not really improved; unfortunately emigration continues to tear our families apart called "No Nose," because she contracted an infection in her nose and they had to cut it off leaving Filomena a widow with four children to care of Filomena was a very strong woman and did all she could to take care of her children but the reality of the poverty of Bernalda forced her to be deprived of them as she convinced them to emigrate to the United States the founder of the now famous Coppola family of musicians and filmmakers He was born in Bernalda.  As the third of four children he was able to obtain the diploma for fifth grade a rare achievement in a land where illiteracy was the norm Agostino was taught to play the guitar and mandolin by Donato Carella This passion was to determine the fate of his descendants Agostino became an apprentice of the legendary Ciccio Panio a mechanical genius who gained fame by bringing electrical light to the region and for unlocking the swing bridge of the port of Taranto with one blow of a hammer "Follow your path but never lose the music inside you!" In the 1920s he worked as a mechanic-inventor in his workshop in New York where he made the first machine to separate he built the first image and sound synchronization machine contributing to the emergence of talking pictures touching and influencing the lives of many people The artistic talents and careers of four subsequent generations of Coppolas came from the life and influence of Agostino Coppola: his sons were musical prodigies who became noted performers have made their mark in cinema in a most notable way "Zumbabalcone" was the nickname by which the people of Bernalda called Agostino Coppola he used to jump from balcony to balcony to visit his mistresses Find all the news of the Festival de Cannes © 2025 Country & Town House.All rights reserved A quintessentially Italian spot with a star-studded story Film star looks and five-star service awaits Carole Annett at Francis Ford Coppola’s Italian passion project Whether you get here via an extended road trip or by plane (Bari and Brindisi airports are 90 minutes away) don’t expect signage heralding the town’s famous Hollywood connection The only clue to the entrance of Palazzo Margherita is four terracotta-coloured parasols in front of a door featuring an Egyptian-head door-knocker and a small gold name plaque The doors are opened by a liveried member of staff – while guests may choose relaxed attire the staff are immaculately turned out thanks to Coppola’s own tailor who will gladly visit should you require anything for yourself Once inside you finally get to take in the scene the entrance hall with frescoed ceiling and elaborate hanging lamp opens into a sun-filled courtyard dotted with tables and chairs You instantly understand why the property touched the film director’s heart Palazzo Margherita opened to visitors in 2012 and is definitely more home than hotel varying in size in respect of the original architecture plus three bars (including a café/bar open to non-residents accessed via the street) A large desk on a first floor landing acts in lieu of reception Suite Nine is Coppola’s bedroom featuring a Moorish design in honour of his Tunisian-born grandmother is named after Coppola’s granddaughter and perhaps the most romantic with painted scenes of mythological figures walls are adorned with pale pink and blue frescoes and delicate painted fretwork Most rooms have access to an area of shady terrace an old Monaco Formula I race poster and dark wood writing desk In the bathroom what initially resembled striped wallpaper on closer inspection turned out to be exquisite stone detailing – strips of granite and marble from dado to floor culminating in a thick door frame beautifully accessorised with divine smelling toiletries little linen bags containing bath salts and cotton wool A yoga mat and pool towels in the wardrobe offer a hint to what guests enjoy while here – gentle R&R floors and frescoes have all been restored from the original and where there is a new addition it is so beautifully considered that it’s hard to tell old from new Palazzo Margherita is run by a small group of staff led by Rossella de Filippo Their faces soon become familiar – Domenico and Francesca wait tables and serve drinks They take you to the beach (20 minutes by car) a UNESCO World Heritage Site (a little further but well worth it) set you off on one of the palazzo’s bicycles and encourage you to visit the local cheesemaker They guide you round the exquisite gardens pointing out where Sophia Coppola married Phoenix frontman Thomas Mars under a jasmine-covered gazebo and show off the swimming pool (the only one in Bernalda) before leaving you to discover more little follies where you can dine or simply sit with a book and glass of wine the food and wine offering is sublime – simple dishes made with seasonal produce At breakfast the kitchen offers an array of fruit cakes and local cheeses including scamorza and treccia (from the mozzarella family) Guests eat at the kitchen table or in the courtyard where tables are set with starched white linens and Domenico on hand to proffer eggs and cappuccino numerous pasta dishes and lampascioni fritti (a local variety of onion After dinner you can retire to the salon and curl up with one of Coppola’s favourite Italian films by Fellini Watching The Godfather in Coppola’s own house felt surreal but it made me think that with Palazzo Margherita Coppola is mirroring the role of Brando’s Corleone – minus the violence obviously – he’s looking after his family And not just nearest and dearest but also the extended family in this tiny area of Italy at its most authentic like the ancient olive trees in the garden From approx £352 per night (minimum three nights). thefamilycoppolahideaways.com Carole’s return flights had a carbon footprint of 492.2kg CO2e. ecollectivecarbon.com Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); 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Share via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe Sometimes it's the small places that end up producing the grandest lives The little town of Bernalda in Italy's enticing southern region of Basilicata is such a place Lost in an enduring time-warp of Italian mamas peeling zucchinis on their doorsteps young men zooming up the main street on Vespas and the local tradition of downing tools each night for a 5 o'clock aperitif in the town square Bernalda is where Francis Ford Coppola's paternal grandfather SaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy link Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you. Read MoreSophisticated TravellerLatest In TravelFetching latest articles 2012Photo: Lisa LimerSave this storySaveSave this storySave1 / 4ChevronChevronPhoto: Lisa LimerPoised to put Southern Italy’s little-known region of Basilicata on the map for fashionable travelers film director-hotelier Francis Ford Coppola has just debuted his glamorous new Palazzo Margherita in the tiny hill town of Bernalda originally built in 1892 and totally restored and redecorated by Coppola working with star French decorator Jacques Grange with styles ranging from Modernist to Tunisian; all come with Apple TV Set around a lush inner courtyard and gardens the Palazzo has all sorts of dreamy spots to unwind in as well as the best swimming pool in town Complimentary bicycles are available for exploring Bernalda and surroundings which include white-sand beaches and the mountains of nearby Pollino National Park as well as the World Heritage Site of Matera guests can book private sessions with yoga and Pilates teachers or check out Coppola’s personally curated library of some 300 modern and classic Italian feature films and documentaries Here the acclaimed director talks to _Vogue’_s Richard Alleman about his latest production My grandfather—my father’s father—Agostino Coppola was from the town of Bernalda in the region of Basilicata which was originally called Lucania (“Place of Light”) and as a kid I heard lots of stories about the town —­it sounded like a fairy-tale place I also grew up eating food that was authentic to the same region—cured and all sorts of specialties from the inner parts of the sheep but that changed when I was a teenager and the town had come to have a kind of magical dimension for me I went to Bernalda and was the first member of the family to go back after I had made The Godfather and became known I returned and was now treated as a “Son of Bernalda”—and everyone encouraged me to have a home there I was back again and attended the town’s festa which most towns in Italy have—with lights which was built in the nineteenth century by a wealthy family named Margherita was right across the street from the bandstand and had the best views We were invited to watch the festa from there and I was especially impressed with the Palazzo’s beautiful walled interior garden But I didn’t know what I’d do with it when I or my family weren’t there you’ll find yourself in the hotel business If you find a beautiful place and you buy it but you have to have a staff and leave them behind and pay them when you’re not in residence So to fill in during the months you’re not there That’s what happened with my properties in Belize and Guatemala and now Buenos Aires the Italian government was offering subsidies to encourage people to start businesses in Southern Italy to create employment We applied for one of these and were approved It is my hope that when they see the beauty and authenticity of the restoration they will still choose to award us with one you go out the door and you’re in the real Italy—not touristic at all You’ll meet strangers on the street; they may even invite you to dinner the noted decorator who did Yves Saint Laurent’s home in Morocco I liked what he did there and I felt his modern bohemian style was right for this project You might call the decor Italian Leisure Palazzo The Palazzo has huge suites and every interior is basically a painting since it is covered with frescoes There’s virtually no art on the walls because the walls are art The decor is luxurious without being pretentious; you’d come here to have a good time but to live in splendor at the same time Italy still has regions that are undiscovered—Puglia became popular with British tourists just a decade or so ago It’s in the heel of the boot; I see Basilicata which is in the “instep,” as phase two of the Puglia rediscovery We also have white-sand beaches on the Ionian Sea And something interesting is the fact that this was Magna Grecia 400 years before the Roman Empire so there are all sorts of ruins and artifacts of Greek civilization in this area How does being a hotelier compare with being a film director Running a hotel is like making a movie; it’s all about putting on a show for example—and then you pay attention to a million details And whether you’re staying in a hotel or watching a film it’s those details that provide the experience Palazzo Margherita, Corso Umberto 64, 75012 Bernalda (MT), Italy; palazzomargherita.com; rates: from $530 to $1860, double. The Apocalypse Now director’s grandfather was born in Bernalda in the southern region of Basilicata where Coppola would eventually return and buy and renovate the majestic Palazzo Margherita It only makes sense that Coppola would return to his ancestral place in later life Vito Corleone flees Italy for a better life in the New World risking life and limb to make the dangerous crossing the director’s heritage shaped his work; of course Palazzo Margherita was built in 1892 by (surprise, surprise) the Margherita family. It was still their home when Mussolini came to power in 1922. While painting a portrait of life in Bernalda during Mussolini’s reign, the director told Anthony Bourdain: “Every town had a Podestà and this family [pointing to Palazzo Margherita] was the Podestà We are low-class Italians; they were more high-class Italians” Coppola decided to set himself a new project: restore and revitalise Palazzo Margherita Francis Ford’s desire to give new life to the 19th-century architectural marvel convinced him to purchase the property from two elderly sisters Looking to restore the house to its former grandeur he turned to longtime film collaborator Dean Tavoulari and French interior designer extraordinaire Jacques Grange Tavoulari and Grange adorned Palazzo Margherita with sumptuous frescos secluded gardens bordered by vine-covered walls The overall effect is one of having stepped into a painting by Monet Though unabashed luxury is on full display at Palazzo Margherita Coppola made a point of making the ‘Cinicetta bar’ area open to all – his way of giving back to the people of Bernalda the myth of the place – established through his grandfather’s colourful stories – had already laid its roots in his imagination The director travelled there out of a desire to witness Festa di San Bernadino a religious festival and procession held in honour of Saint Bernadino of Siena After seeing the Palazzo, still owned by the granddaughter of the original builders, Coppola found himself unable to get the property out of his head. “The idea of buying the palazzo kept coming into my mind,” he told 1stDibs Coppola bit the bullet and gave Bernalda a brand new palace to call its own Take a tour of the world's most beautiful hotels with actors who share their favourite places in beloved corners of the world for this Assouline title who discusses her luxurious family retreat in beautiful Bernalda There's a certain parallel between directing a film and creating a hotel I think that's why my father is so good at making hotels He knows that they have a story and how to create an atmosphere; he has that director's eye for detail Palazzo Margherita is an old noble family's house It sits on a square in the town of Bernalda a little Eden behind these huge wooden doors My great-grandfather moved from the town to New York over a century ago and it still feels like Italy from another era with grandmas' laundry hanging from balconies and old men sitting on the sidewalk all day A young Italian priest makes his way in New York City Luigi Portarulo steps through the tall red doors of La Scuola D’Italia into a maelstrom of activity or dashing to classrooms for extracurricular activities A group of students dressed in blue uniforms with Scuola crests on their chests clowns around inside a small classroom Don Luigi (as he is called by some Italians) is dressed in black sweatpants and he is the new catechism teacher at this immersive private school on the Upper East Side of New York City He smiles warmly at the group and then starts today’s lesson—not in a stern way his goal is to get them excited about prayer not an easy task in twenty-first-century America Luigi has charisma and gets them to work together—“insieme,” as he says which Luigi scrawls in both Italian and English on the whiteboard are brand new to most of these young children—not rote prayers that have already been memorized and drained of meaning and Luigi explains it’s an antiquated form of English a language whose modern equivalent he has yet to master The students painstakingly copy his words into their lined notebooks recite the prayers insieme at his direction Half the class will make their First Holy Communion next weekend at the school’s associated church downtown where Luigi is a pastor and will be administering the sacrament to his young charges The oldest and tallest boy in class is eleven-year-old Enrico who has already made his Communion and serves as an altar boy at Our Lady of Pompeii “because he doesn’t scream at us.” The other kids laugh and nod Luigi moved to the United States from Italy with very little knowledge of English He was one of dozens of foreigners filling the empty slots in American parishes amidst the priest shortage (One in six priests in the United States is now foreign-born according to the Official Catholic Directory.) Luigi has been settling into his pastoral job at Our Lady of Pompeii a mostly Italian parish in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village Luigi was born and raised in the small southern Italian town of Bernalda and spent much of his adult life at the Vatican during one of the most turbulent times in recent Catholic history Bernalda is in the remote Basilicata region a forgotten land on the instep of Italy’s boot so isolated and hidden that many Italians don’t really know where it is millions of Basilicatans left the south’s miseria—the systemic poverty and feudal farm system—to settle in America The families of both Francis Ford Coppola and the Cake Boss emigrated from Bernalda Coppola converted a grand nineteenth-century palazzo there into a hotel When Coppola’s daughter Sofia returned to her family’s ancestral town to get married “She is the best cook in Bernalda,” Luigi proudly says Catholicism remains ingrained in the day-to-day culture of Italy paintings and statues of the Virgin Mary and saints decorate many of the street corners Luigi went to church regularly with Enza and with his grandmother he would carry a picture of the Blessed Mother tightly in his fist and refuse to open his hand translates as “carry it” in Italian.) For a first-grade homework assignment was a very sickly baby; he had to have surgery as an infant because he couldn’t hold down any milk and was badly dehydrated Enza says she thinks that maybe his calling began when he was a baby and that he was saved from death for a reason “Maybe it was God’s plan for him to serve Him.” Luigi became an altar boy at his local church as opposed to the Mother Church on the other side of town But while most boys were collecting toy cars Luigi was collecting prayer cards of the saints “He was different than the other boys of his age He would run with enthusiasm to each Mass all weekend.” he read a story in his mother’s copy of Famiglia Cristiana about altar boys serving at a Jubilee Mass at the Vatican and he told his parents he wanted to do it Rome is a world away from provincial Bernalda His parents took him there themselves so he could serve at the Jubilee in 2000 “I thought he would just serve the Mass and come home,” says Bernardino who is named after their town’s patron saint Enza tried explaining that the Vatican might be too far away to live without your parents Pius X Pre-Seminary altar-boy program and enrolled in school at the Vatican the same school for boys who serve in the Sistine Chapel choir but I knew he was in the right place,” says Enza cried in the car for the five-hour ride back home to Bernalda living at the Vatican was both magical and very difficult “I loved the Vatican the moment I arrived,” says Luigi “Every Sunday we received Communion from the pope But I was also homesick”—he uses the Italian word for homesick nostalgia—“especially at night.” Vatican City Luigi would come to know all of its eight hundred residents Luigi lived in a dormitory with three other boys and attended the rigorous school there Luigi would return to Bernalda only for Christmas and for two months in the summer where he played soccer on the Corso with the other boys just like a normal kid But he was considered a bit of a celebrity the unemployment rate for young men was 60 percent The whole town knew about Luigi leaving for Rome first in the United States and then across the globe More than four thousand priests worldwide had been accused of sexual abuse including priests at the pre-seminary at the Vatican from the 1980s and ’90s Enza says she knew about the problems with pedophiles in the Church but never worried about Luigi when she left him at Vatican City “He has always been a very strong person,” she says I would have known if something was ever wrong in his life.” Luigi eventually entered the seminary in Rome majoring in philosophy at Pontificia Università at the Vatican and developing a special affection for the writings of Aquinas and Augustine “Thomas Aquinas tells us that through the knowledge of God with an earnestness befitting a life lived almost entirely at the Vatican “Every man possesses the ability to know and love God.” As Luigi came of age inside the Vatican’s walls In addition to the emotional damage to tens of thousands of abuse victims the sex scandal has rocked the hierarchy of the Church Its effects are felt by the rank-and-file—the priests who have had to carry the burden of the Church’s grave mistakes “Hearing about abuses committed by other priests doesn’t make life any easier for the other priests But it’s very important to be a role model The scandal has of course affected the way the public views both the Church itself and the priests who serve it and it has also discouraged young men from entering the priesthood According to a study from CARA at Georgetown University the number of Catholic priests in the country has dropped by more than half in the past fifty years leading to a shortage in parishes across the country Which is how—and why—Luigi ended up in America Luigi’s journey to the United States began four years ago when he was invited by a Basilicatan family from Our Lady of Pompeii to visit for a few weeks who recruited Luigi last year to carry some of the load at Pompeii and eventually fill his position as pastor Though Luigi is now celebrating the Italian Mass and is leading the large Italian congregation he is still only assisting with the English Mass “When he asked me to take this job in New York Life goes fast and you have to do many experiences,’” Luigi says “But we have a big problem,” says Angelo with a smirk “Luigi is for Intervista and I am for Juventus We love different teams.” Despite this conflict they jog along the Hudson River together some mornings when the sun has barely risen Luigi’s only other fault is that he’s not a very good cook he will ask me to make him some pasta or something Luigi was the captain of the Vatican soccer team and got a reputation as a strong athlete Pope Francis often saw him running in the Vatican gardens and started referring to him as “Sporto” whenever he saw him—the Sportsman Luigi has turned to sports as a universal language it’s as if we speak the same language because we have the same goals and share the same efforts and the same values,” he says Luigi hasn’t found a new league in Manhattan very human and creates an opportunity for people to reflect and understand the readings they’ve just heard,” says Angelo “He’s become very close to the people here and is very generous.” Luigi says his biggest help of all in adjusting to New York has been his faith people would come from out in the world to the Church it’s the job of the Church to go out into the world Enza and Bernardino accept that their son’s dream is no longer to become pope but to serve the people He has worked at a Zulu camp in South Africa he always befriended them first and got to know them as human beings before offering them a sandwich “Luigi’s only attachment to material things is his attachment to the Inter soccer team.” Luigi and Angelo reach out into the community bundling clothing and food donations for homeless people in New York Angelo is free to handle his international duties and to tend to the Scalabrinian Migrant Center located at the parish which helps new immigrants and refugees find jobs he meets with an English tutor in a conference room in the rectory with illustrations of animals amid everyday objects Glancing up now and then for help from his teacher he fills in the words for hedgehog and boar Whenever Luigi slips back into Italian conversation Learning English has been a challenge for Luigi because he is fully immersed in the Italian community in New York City Our Lady of Pompeii offers the only Italian language Mass in Manhattan so it attracts Italians from across the borough including those who aren’t officially registered as parishioners but call the parish their spiritual home the drop in Mass attendance has been as high as 30 percent in some places according to the Catholic Leadership Institute thanks to a strongly devout Italian population the church is packed with more than 150 people: young couples who’ve arrived on Vespas that they leave outside the white stone columns toddlers being chased along the side aisles by their Italian parents and babies crying in the universal language that babies cry in “Not knowing the language is a big drain,” she says “I can tell by his English how tired he is when he’s in his lesson with me.” To make New York feel more like home and to share a bit of his past with Our Lady of Pompeii Luigi had a life-sized statue of San Bernardino shipped over from Italy After it arrived carefully swathed in bubble wrap the church held a San Bernardino festival on May 20 Bernalda celebrates the festival every year at the same time Pompeii’s version was a bit more subdued: it included a special Mass Just as they did when he first went to Vatican City not only to spend some quality time with him and to see America but also to help him adjust to his new environment where Luigi taught catechism to children for ten years and prepared baskets of food for Rome’s homeless Pope Francis always stopped and asked him how his mother was doing Enza was known for baking focaccia for Pope Francis which she brought on her visits to see Luigi a Viennese chocolate-covered cake with apricot marmalade filling When Pope Francis was in the hospital earlier this year Luigi called the Vatican to speak with his doctors and nurses to check in on him “The pope’s personal nurse used to be on my soccer team,” he says but also the exquisite artwork that had become part of his everyday surroundings—the Michelangelos “The beautiful thing is that everything I experienced in the Vatican already belongs to me,” he says The gutter is filled with bottles and trash from revelers the night before Homeless men sleep in doorways and at bus stops and street vendors stands Our Lady of Pompeii its black-and-white bell tower reaching above the shorter buildings and graffitied storefronts which happens to coincide with First Communion day for Luigi and his twelve students are thrilled to be here at Our Lady of Pompeii rather than at brunch somewhere in Manhattan The young communicants are dressed in long white robes with wooden crucifixes dangling from their necks the boys with fresh haircuts and the girls with sparkly barrettes in their hair Luigi stands on an altar adorned with white orchids then steps down to be closer to the congregation delivering a sermon the children can understand He calls all the children by name and asks them if they are ready to receive Jesus into their hearts “Forte!”—“Louder!” The children giggle and yell The young mothers smile widely and take photos even those mothers without children receiving first Holy Communion Alice Zuccoli moved to New York from Rome four years ago with her husband and three sons and attends Italian Mass here regularly even though it’s not her parish or neighborhood she didn’t even know about Luigi’s life in the Vatican something that’s lacking in the fragmented world today is a much-needed example for her sons and for all the people in the parish is the altar boy from Luigi’s catechism class Even though he’s already attended Mass this weekend he’s made another trip to serve Mass at First Holy Communion because “an eleven-year-old wanting to go to Mass twice.” Zuccoli says her children were not so interested in catechism before Luigi arrived “Don Luigi reaches them as no one did before,” she says “He’s sincere and somehow reaches them on a children’s level.” For the first time they come home and ask her questions about their religion When asked about the crisis in the Church over the last decade “There are problems with some in the world “I also know many good priests.” She glances at the altar Helene Stapinski is a journalist and the author of four books including The American Way: A True Story of Nazi Escape published in February 2023 by Simon & Schuster Reproduced with permission from Commonweal “Opening a hotel,” says Francis Ford Coppola We are sitting in the ground-floor bar of Palazzo Margherita After that it’s a matter of incredible attention to detail,” he explains “Here the concept is a 19th-century palazzo with a patina of age But then there are a million details to get right if it’s to work as a 21st-century hotel the details are the things an audience will notice In a hotel it’s everything the guests experience.” Palazzo Margherita has been in production for six years, longer than it took to make Apocalypse Now and Coppola has been closely involved at every stage and goes on to describe choosing everything from china and cutlery to what will be in the mini-bars “I am not just a person who licenses his name.” But then he’s been thinking about Bernalda since childhood having grown up with stories of this “mythical” place We believed it must be like Brigadoon or something.” Over lunch he had given the kitchen staff “notes” on how a “New York mafia dish” of chicken mushrooms and rustic Italian sausage might be improved maybe some oregano and the addition of little artichokes The salsiccia secca should be sliced more thinly And it should be served sizzling on a cast-iron platter our conversation is interrupted by the delivery of a sample shower door: the etching of the hotel’s monogram needs refining For Coppola likes to get things right. It’s an abiding regret, he mentions as an aside, that the paterfamilias in the first two parts of The Godfather is addressed as Don Corleone when correctly he should have been Don Vito (“don” the Oscar-winning production designer who first worked with Coppola in 1972 is on hand to advise on issues such as the positioning of shaving mirrors in the bathrooms Palazzo Margherita is Coppola’s fifth and most obviously luxurious hotel I have stayed at all of them and still consider them among the loveliest places I know: simple (no phones sensitive to their wilderness settings and decorated in impeccable taste In 2009 he also opened a six-room townhouse this one feels appropriately like a palace Its splendid new interiors are the work of Jacques Grange whose last hotel was the recently revamped Mark in New York and subtly recall the great baroque palaces of the Castelli Romani near Rome a kind of stucco made from powdered marble It’s a far cry from the humble village home Coppola stayed in when he first came here in 1962 soon after graduating from the film school at UCLA He’d just won the Samuel Goldwyn Writing Award and “from being totally a pauper” he suddenly had $2,600 as well as a job as a soundman on a movie Roger Corman was shooting in Europe “So of course I bought a brand-new Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider to be picked up at the factory in Milano I took a ferry to Brindisi and drove my nifty sports car to Bernalda.” There he found his grandfather’s first cousin and many other relatives – today he reckons perhaps a quarter of the town’s 12,000 population are relations at some remove or other (another cousin is renovating the palazzo next door) – and so began half a century’s association with the place  “After I made The Godfather,” he continues “I became very famous in Italy and Bernalda made me an honorary citizen There was a whole festa to honour me.” But he never the octogenarian granddaughter of the olive-oil magnate who’d built the property whom Coppola had given a part in The Godfather III a government initiative to encourage development in the south by offering substantial subsidy to projects such as hotels But of course the project turned into something much bigger and complicated than I imagined They wouldn’t let me put a swimming pool in the garden so I had to buy another piece of land for that … ” Walls had to be reconfigured renovated and then replaced over underfloor heating He is audibly bitter that he’s never seen a cent of it: “I still feel the Italian government owes me because I played by the rules.” the resulting hotel is a triumph: a beautiful one-off that feels more like a home than a hotel There’s not even a sign on its ornate façade: just a house number (64) a buzzer and a modest doorway cut into a tall wooden gate Step through it and you find yourself in an elegant courtyard which in turn leads through a balustraded arcade into a luxuriant exotic garden cross-hatched by brick paths and shaded by palm six in the palazzo and three in former stables on the southern edge of the garden There isn’t a restaurant in the conventional sense Rather there’s a huge table that seats 12 in the brick-vaulted kitchen unfussy meals of a kind you might be offered in someone’s home: antipasti meat or fish preceded in the Italian style by a plate of local vegetables and homemade pastries filled with custard or whipped ricotta If the communal table seems too close to the pizza oven those who’d rather dine privately can do so anywhere in the courtyard the grand salone (which doubles as a screening room) their terrace (assuming they’re in rooms 9 or 4 by Coppola and his film-director daughter Sofia There are also two bars: an intimate upstairs one for guests and another public space with its own street entrance a pizza menu and walls hung with monochrome photographs of actors and filmmakers who have worked at the Cinecittà studios in Rome Nor do any of the 30-plus films he’s directed feature in the extensive library of classic Italian or Italy-set movies loaded on to the television in each room find wines from his Californian vineyards on the winelist along with wines grown locally in Basilicata and Puglia and from Château Thuerry in Provence There isn’t a spa or gym (though there are bikes) but the sweeping sands of the Ionian coast lie less than 10 miles away and the hotel has rights to open its own beach club on an as-yet undeveloped stretch they recommend the beach at Riva dei Ginepri where Pythagoras hit on his theorem and now home to a museum of antiquities At a 15th-century castle in lakeside Bracciano the 22-year-old sometime model Petra Ecclestone will tie the knot in a three-day celebration Further south, the film director Sofia Coppola will get married in Bernalda the town from which her great-grandfather emigrated in 1904 Residents of both Bracciano and Bernalda have been watching wide-eyed as preparations for the parties get under way but aside from the similar sleepy surroundings the two weddings could not be more different The guest list for Ecclestone's marriage to the British entrepreneur James Stunt – to be held at Odescalchi castle where Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes married in 2006 – is under wraps but acquaintances include princesses Eugenie and Beatrice Local residents living in the lanes around the castle which has been sealed off for more than a week reported that crews of British roadies were descending on the area to set up a huge firework display and a stage for performances by Eric Clapton and the Black Eyed Peas in front of 250 guests which sits among the clay hills in Basilicata can often be seen sipping a Campari soda at the bar outside the old palazzo he is restoring The Apocalypse Now and Godfather trilogy director has long frequented Bernalda emigrated and where his 40-year-old daughter will marry the French musician Thomas Mars The actors Nicolas Cage and Jason Schwartzman are rumoured to be among the 70 guests who will sit down for a meal in the garden of Coppola's property after the ceremony They will be catered for by a small restaurant The father of the bride has ordered half a lamb's head for each guest – which may prompt puzzled looks and Godfather gags from guests – alongside small parcels of liver and calf's lung a restaurant staff member told the Guardian who has been watching the build-up to the wedding which will reportedly involve scenes from the Coppolas' films being projected on to houses in the town said: "People here are excited about the wedding he comes in to chat in the bars and is well liked." 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A Francis Ford Coppola production set in Italy demands attention. Pay attention, then, because Palazzo Margherita is exactly that. A newly-awarded MICHELIN Key hotel who made his first pilgrimage there at the age of 22 Connected to a homeland by his grandfather and the food \u201cthat was authentic to the same region \u2014 cured and all sorts of specialties from the inner parts of the sheep,\u201d he says that \u201cthe town had come to have a kind of magical dimension for me.\u201d By the time he made The Godfather and acquiring the Palazzo Margherita was almost a foregone conclusion Coppola was invited to the palazzo for a better view of the goings-on But I didn\u2019t know what I\u2019d do with it when I or my family weren\u2019t there.\u201d That ROME — Filmmaker Sofia Coppola went back to her roots for her wedding Saturday southern Italian town where her great-grandfather was born escorted the 40-year-old Sofia down the aisle to a waiting Mars lead singer of the French band Phoenix and the father of their two young daughters The early evening ceremony took place in the garden of the palazzo that the elder Coppola renovated in the historic center of Bernalda a city near the Gulf of Taranto in Italy's Basilicata region according to Mayor Leonardo Chiruzzi who performed the ceremony "Everything went well," Chiruzzi told The Associated Press afterwards lavender tulle dress and Mars a gray suit with a flower in the lapel The bride and her father were preceded down the aisle by the couple's older daughter and other children After Coppola and Mars said their "si" in the civil service she tossed her bouquet and a friend caught it then popped out of the palazzo briefly to greet onlookers Its her second marriage; she divorced fellow filmmaker Spike Jonze in 2003 near the UNESCO-recognized troglodyte settlement of Matera to the north was home to Francis Ford Coppola's grandfather before he emigrated to the United States at the turn of the last century Chiruzzi said the wedding was simple by design "If they wanted to do a Hollywood wedding they wouldn't have done it here," Chiruzzi said by phone on the eve of the nuptials "(They) chose to do it here because it's here — it's here that is beautiful." He stressed the low-key nature of the event The ANSA news agency said guests included Johnny Depp and Talia Shire who is best known for her roles in her brother's "The Godfather" films and as Sylvester Stallone's girlfriend Adrian in "Rocky." A dinner was planned to be followed by cake It was a simple vanilla cake with chantilly cream decorated with white flowers and prepared by the chef at the Magna Grecia hotel in Bernalda "They came in last week and chose the cake," he said by telephone Sofia Coppola's 2003 film "Lost in Translation" won the filmmaker an Academy Award for original screenplay and made her the third woman ever nominated for a directing Oscar Her 2010 film "Somewhere," about an actor who sees the emptiness of his existence through the eyes of his child won the top Golden Lion prize at the Venice film festival last year The elder Coppola has become something of a spokesman for Basilicata a mostly poor region located on the "arch" of boot-shaped Italy he reminisced about his grandfather's tales about Bernalda and extolled Basilicata's unspoiled — and largely unknown — beauty and culture He is planning on turning the Bernalda palazzo where the wedding took place "Palazzo Margherita," into a luxury boutique hotel Nearby Matera is on UNESCO's world heritage list prized as an example of a traditional human settlement that dates from Palaeolithic times caves dug into the soft tufa rock that gives Matera the look of ancient Jerusalem one-room homes and remain a tourist draw today Some have been renovated and turned into trendy hotels but the area remains so ancient-looking that Mel Gibson shot much of "The Passion of the Christ" there As dramatic as the transformation was, some vestiges of the former kitchen remain. The cast-iron doors from the antique ovens, for example, now embellish the lower cabinets. “It’s a very old house, but the kitchen bridges the past and the present,” observes Elizabeth Coppola. “Mick struck just the right tone." lead singer of the French rock band Phoenix and the father of their two young daughters The ceremony took place in the garden of a palazzo which her father near the UNESCO-recognised troglodyte settlement of Matera to the north said afterwards: "If they wanted to do a Hollywood wedding This is the archive of The Observer up until 21/04/2025 The Observer is now owned and operated by Tortoise Media This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Sign up for our daily Newsletter and stay up to date with all the latest news You are receiving this pop-up because this is the first time you are visiting our site You are using software which is blocking our advertisements (adblocker) we are relying on revenues from our banners So please disable your adblocker and reload the page to continue using this site.Thanks red and black grapes of various degrees of ripeness allow us to ensure a steady supply to our customers for approximately 5 months of the year we have uprooted all the traditional varieties and replaced them with those that are most appreciated by the markets of Northern and Eastern Europe Our customers are exclusively foreign: 60% are exported to Norway These are the words of the young entrepreneur Francesco Durante (pictured above) in the province of Matera (region Basilicata I decided to return to my region to continue the family business that had been in the family for decades I was aware of the strong contribution that my family could make to ensure the launch and differentiation in the market Things are going well on the commercial front equipped with two processing lines of 30 units each and some cold rooms allows us to process and ship grapes with extreme speed also because of the proximity to the harvesting sites Our sales channels are both those of the restaurant and large-scale retail trade We offer our customers different types of packaging which can range from smaller formats of 250 g and 500 g to 4.5 kg paper bags." 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Apollonia I had expected a touch of Little Italy mafia tat but the stone-flagged café looked movie-set perfect with just a single grizzled framed note marking its connection with one of the greatest movies of all time I’m in another small town overlooking the same Ionian Sea that I could spy from Savoca watching a screening of The Godfather on the fourth of July Godfather is as good a take as any on the American dream I’m an audience of one in the palazzo’s handsome salon (inspired by another cultural legend Luchino Visconti) until the lights go off and it becomes what the maestro deems a worthy marble-floored private cinema With an Old Fashioned from the family bar ten feet away his groundbreaking approach to lighting turns nearly every Godfather scene into a period piece that fades into the dark And I’m fairly sure my lips pucker and tingle slightly at the scenes from Savoca Margherita is one of the Coppola Hideaways a collection of five lottery-winning dreams if lottery winners had sublime taste in everything The family’s Italian hideaway is hidden in plain sight on the main street of Bernalda in the Basilicata region on the Puglian border each one with more high-ceiling drama than the next there are all kinds of corners to slope off to in the palazzo from the restaurant with its communal table and open kitchen to the frescoed cocktail bar in the inner sanctum to the public bar opening out onto the main street with its portraits of greats from the Italian cinema that exploded in the ruins of Rome after WWII Bernalda is just ten minutes from long sandy beaches bordered by dense sky-scraping pine forests and the noisiest cicadas in the universe Polishing this part of Italy’s boot means you are no more than an hour of dramatic driving from many of the south’s box-tickers Zigzag from the golden streets of Lecce or white coastal fantasy-novel cities like Gallipoli or make the pilgrimage for a dip in Polignano a Mare My accidentally movie-themed trip had started the night before in Matera The third-oldest continuous human settlement in history (only Jericho and Aleppo are older) Matera looks like a lifesize archeological maquette of a dig: a warren of cave dwellings from 8,000 years before Jesus was a boy churches that date back to the first notion of churches and hotels that are all carved from a single giant rock I was there for Matera’s craziest night of the year a bonkers saint’s day apparently dedicated to Saint Firework The city lit up like the Apocalypse Now riverboat scene Savoca had to wait 700 years to make it into the spotlight Matera was 10,000 years old before its day in the sun as the setting for the opening scene of Daniel Craig’s farewell to Bond Coppola’s 19th-century palazzo has the polish of Italy’s posh northern cousins like Villa Feltrinelli but is more accessible The director’s grandfather Agostin was from the town and referred to it as “Bernalda bella” the spectacular onyx-tiled pool ready in the nick of time Technically I’m a beneficiary of Sofia Coppola’s wedding while floating in a Slim Aarons photograph daydreaming under the blazing sun to a Puccini aria from speakers hidden in the kitchen garden composed the music for Godfather’s wedding scene Francis (we are friends now in my head) had stayed a few weeks before could I leave a note asking what the bejesus happened to Pacino actingwith- his-eyes exemplar of restraint from Godfather and Serpico become the hoo-haa shouty parody of himself Palazzo Margherita has a movie collection of 200 of Coppola’s favourites moving picture versions of the Italian and Hollywood headshots in the front bar Myself and Godfather were made in the same year I’m not really into my birthday but I’m going to use the next biggie as an excuse to come back and mill through as much of the collection as possible and act like an extended member of this family glossy content of our large-format magazine in a neater style delivered to your door 2024Francis Ford Coppola’s latest film 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(CBS/AP) - Filmmaker Sofia Coppola tied the knot with her longtime rocker boyfriend The couple said "I do" in an early evening ceremony at Coppola's family's villa in the remote Pictures: Celebrity weddings and engagements  was escorted down the aisle by her famous filmmaker father which was reportedly attended by 80 people "Everything went well," Chiruzzi told The Associated Press afterwards while Mars donned a gray suit with a flower in the lapel popped out of the palazzo briefly to greet onlookers Guests reportedly included director George Lucas who is best known for her roles in her brother's "The Godfather" films and as Sylvester Stallone's girlfriend Adrian in "Rocky." "They came in last week and chose the cake," he said by telephone who won an Oscar in 2003 for the screenplay of her film "Lost and Translation."  She was previously married to fellow filmmaker Spike Jonze 28 (UPI) -- Filmmaker Sofia Coppola and Phoenix frontman Thomas Mars were married in Italy this weekend The bride wore a gown made by Azzedine Alaia. Coppola was walked down the aisle by her father, Oscar-winning director Francis Ford Coppola The guests included filmmaker George Lucas he transformed talking about food into a fine art using his books and television programmes as vehicles for explorations into the inner reaches of human life perhaps the most beloved is his Parts Unknown series In honour of the globe-trotting foodophile we’d like to revisit a conversation he had with director Francis Ford Coppola over some of southern Italy’s finest culinary offerings Bourdain met Coppola while roaming Italy’s sepia-toned heel Having dined on a lunch of pasta with sea urchins one of the delicacies of the nation’s coastal regions he and his camera crew travelled to the hilltop town of Bernalda in Matera Those who watched No Time To Die will recognise Matera as the location for the film’s high-octane bridge chase sequence this sun-soaked province is pleasurably sleepy It also just happens to boast the ancestral pile of Francis Ford Coppola Bourdain met with the Apocalypse Now director at Palazzo Margherita an opulent palace once owned by Benito Mussolini’s Fascist Party and now the property of Coppola Their meal marked a departure from the seafood-rich cuisine Bourdain had been feasting on for most of his stay The pair talked about Coppola’s life and career – touching on his guilt at the success of The Godfather – over a meal of Lampascioni (fried hyacinth bulbs braciole di cotenna (stuffed pig skin rolls) The cotenna frequently appeared on Coppola’s family table as a child lovingly pricking the slice of meat with his fork The conversation soon turned to the filmmaker’s ill feelings about The Godfather with Coppola recalling the isolation he felt when the film made him an overnight success he went from “a young director making a film nobody wanted with a cast nobody wanted,” to a Hollywood mainstay.” With the splendour of their surroundings making itself blisteringly apparent Coppola couldn’t help but bring up his family’s life in Bernalda during what he calls “Mussolini time” And this family [pointing to Palazzo Margherita] was the Podestà We are low-class Italians; they were more high-class Italians.” And with that the strength of the Coppolla family – and all those willing to up-sticks to start a new life elsewhere – is made abundantly clear Without their sacrifices, I doubt Coppolla have had the opportunity to establish himself as one of the nation’s great directors but we owe the Coppola family just as much Fallon/Getty ImagesSave this storySaveSave this storySaveRon Perlman and his StartUp co-star Allison Dunbar recently tied the knot “Kravis” style the couple slow dance to Frank Sinatra's “You Make Me Feel So Young” in an ornate suite at Francis Ford Coppola's hotel Palazzo Margherita in Bernalda long-sleeved turtleneck mini dress by Stone Cold Fox paired with nude sandals and a veil that went down to her waist Perlman opted for a traditional black suit with a blue shirt and a gold tie Following the private Italian ceremony, which actually took place a few months ago, the pair made their marriage official by getting a license in California, per The Sun “They were planning to get married officially in Italy but Allison booked a movie and it screwed their timeline They vacationed in Matera and were still desperate to get married but they unfortunately didn't have enough time to get the correct paperwork done It didn't stop them having their romantic ceremony in nearby Bernalda and it was the perfect day They only shot one video on Allison's phone before running downstairs for the ceremony and invited fellow hotel guests to help them celebrate.” The insider added Allison doesn't have a wedding ring yet but Ron has been secretly wearing a band for a few months now.” She is also reportedly requesting $100,000 to cover her legal fees How Miriam Adelson Went From Big MAGA Winner to Casino Loser in Trump’s First 100 Days Trump’s Lies Are Finally Catching Up to Him The UK Has Found Another Reason to Be Mad at Meghan Markle “It’s About Him”: How Trump Is Perverting the Presidential Photo Stream The Ballad of Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson The Truth Underlying Pete Hegseth’s Job Security Why Are Americans So Obsessed With Protein How Sebastian Stan Became Hollywood’s Most Daring Shape-Shifter Every Quentin Tarantino Movie Meet Elon Musk’s 14 Children and Their Mothers (Whom We Know of) From the Archive: Sinatra and the Mob An offer you can’t refuse Escape the Brexit blues at Palazzo Margherita The multi Oscar-winning director and screenwriter bought the crumbling estate in this sleepy hillside village the birthplace of his grandfather Agostino more than a decade ago and transformed it into a luxe bolthole “He was always talking about ‘Bernalda bella’ who owns several hotels and a California winery filled the nine bedrooms with hand-painted frescoes Murano chandeliers and chic tiled floors (but no horses’ heads NEWS|Obsession of The Day|Sofia Coppola getting married The patron saint of hipster cinema is getting hitched for the second time Of course it will be minimalist. 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The bride will wear a cream-coloured longuette dress (that is rumored to be a creation by Azzedine Alaïa) and very little make-up The groom will look studiously tousled and appropriately rock'n'roll Guests will get elegantly drunk on excellent local wine at the reception no one will lose all composure on the dance floor old people from both families will look on in a benign manner will silently wipe away a tear or two when the officiant says “man and wife” And it's hard not to think of the wedding by applying her utterly recognizable aesthetic to it the small town in the southern province of Matera which has long been turned into a luxury inn The rules of the Southern Italian wedding – loud excessive and the very definition of “big” - may not apply Vittoria Mentasti's Dead Sea takes us to a place where the sky and the sea are one A chat with Kristin Prim, the founder of The Provocateur, the site that publishes letters written expressely by leading women addressing the whole female world. 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Nick Lachey To Wed On TV Again -- This Time With Vanessa Minnillo VIDEO: Kim Kardashian Outraged At Bret Lockett Rumors By entering your email and clicking Sign Up you’re agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy Kate Moss Marries Jamie Hince Model Wives Celebrity Smooches just one day before news broke that Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are allegedly headed toward a divorce the singer was spotted house-hunting on her own in Beverly Hills Tom Cruise is living up to his Top Gun image by splashing a fortune choppering his new female “best pal” around Britain – after he “fell in love” with the way she's overcome her disability Opt-out of personalized ads A DIVISION OF MYSTIFY ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK INC Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Service People may receive compensation for some links to products and services Offers may be subject to change without notice L’Orsa Bernalda è lieta di annunciare l’ingaggio del nuovo tecnico per la stagione 2021-22 si tratta di Cesare Rispoli: tecnico reduce dall’esperienza in B e in A2 alla guida dell’Orsa Viggiano Rispoli vanta una lunga carriera da giocatore nel futsal dalla massima serie fino alla C1: gli appassionati lucani lo ricorderanno ai tempi d’oro trascorsi nella Iula Matera nella Libertas Scanzano (poi Eraclea) nella Futura Matera nel stesso Bernalda Futsal e nell’Orsa Avis Borussia Queste le prime parole dell’“Imperatore” (così è soprannominato nel mondo del calcio a 5) dopo il ritorno a Bernalda: “Questa opportunità è nata scambiando giusto due parole con Alfredo (Plati presidente dell’Orsa Bernalda) lui è un amico da tanti anni e il mio ritorno era nell’aria da qualche stagione E’ il destino che ha voluto il mio rientro a Bernalda: una città che vive il calcio a 5 come poche e soprattutto c’è voglia di crescere tra l’altro c’è un Palazzetto bellissimo e la gente Intanto l’Orsa Bernalda ripartirà dai suoi giovani tutti riconfermati come Manuel D’Amelio Proprio sulla linea verde il neo tecnico bernaldese pone l’accento: “Mi ha convinto ad accettare la proposta del club il progetto di crescita dei giovani atleti locali questo è un progetto ambizioso perché la società è da sempre molto ambiziosa Cercherò di mettere a disposizione la mia professionalità l’esperienza maturata in questi anni e le mie motivazioni con l’obiettivo di migliorare i nostri ragazzi” E’ tempo di sfogliare un immaginario “album dei ricordi” scavando nelle pieghe della memoria sulla sua precedente esperienza da calcettista con la maglia rossoblu: “Il ricordo principale è legato al PalaCampagna che si trasforma in una bolgia piena di tanti tifosi che incitano i propri beniamini Lo ribadisco: Bernalda vive emozioni forti per il calcio a 5 anche estreme come me che sono un guerriero Per questo mi rispecchio nell’ambiente bernaldese!” La curiosità ci avvince in particolare per conoscere come sarà l’Orsa Bernalda targata Rispoli: “Sarà un prosieguo del lavoro svolto in questi anni con l’Orsa la mia ideologia è sempre quella di creare gioco entrando nella testa di ogni giocatore per farlo rendere al massimo delle proprie possibilità Negli ultimi tre anni con l’Orsa ho visto atleti molto motivati che sono riusciti a crescere lottando insieme per un unico obiettivo: il gruppo deve essere la nostra arma migliore sacrificio e voglia di non mollare mai questo sarà la nostra squadra; per questo non ci poniamo limiti perché giocheremo partita per partita e già a metà campionato valuteremo la nostra reale forza e dove saremo in classifica” Il messaggio finale è d’obbligo per i tifosi bernaldesi pronti a riabbracciare l’Imperatore: “Mi sento vicino a loro perché mi accomuna il “sangue caldo” quindi ci troveremo bene tra l’altro loro già mi conoscono e a Bernalda sono stato trattato bene dall’inizio fino alla fine della mia esperienza l’auspicio è quello di regalargli le grandi soddisfazioni che meritano ritrovo nell’Orsa Bernalda anche il mio mentore Nino Todaro e Mimmo Siviglia che è sempre stato un grandissimo presidente e mi ha sempre trattato con i guanti bianchi questo aspetto mi carica ancora di più a livello motivazionale e sono certo che troveremo la giusta quadratura” Website powered by Welan, un marchio di WeNetwork SRL Copyright © 2025 | WordPress Theme by MH Themes