Versuta, Sant'Antonio

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Pasolini’s haunts
Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Friuli:
the path of a lifetime

The itinerary starts in Casarsa –  the artist’s mother’s

town, where Pier Paolo Pasolini spent several years
of his childhood and many summer holidays – and
ends once more in Casarsa, in the cemetery where
the writer was laid to rest next to his family. In
between, a life devoted to writing and thinking,
where Friuli is present through memories, in
connection with his mother and in the language. His
first collection of poems, published in 1942 and
dedicated to Casarsa, “the best childhood” and his
first theatrical drama I Turcs tal Friûl (The Turks in Friuli)
written in May 1944 but not published until 1976
were in the Friulian dialect. Not even Pasolini the
filmmaker forgot his homeland: it was in Grado
lagoon where his film ‘Medea’ starring Maria Callas,
was set.

The proposed route, which moves around Casarsa,

includes some of the more symbolic places of
Pasolini and his development.

In Casarsa della Delizia, you can visit his mother’s

house, now home to the Pier Paolo Pasolini Study
Center. Pasolini also loved painting: the centre has
some of his Indian ink paintings on display.

The second stop is the Santa Croce church, this is

where Pasolini led friends in cleaning and restoring
frescoes by Pomponio Amalteo. There is also a
plaque commemorating the Turkish raid in 1499
which was the inspiration for his theatrical drama I
Turcs tal Friul.

Nearby, the small village of Versuta with the

beautiful Sant’Antonio Church is testament to
Pasolini’s experience during WWII. Here, the
Academiuta di Lenga furlana (Friulian Dialect
Academy) was born, almost a literary salon
attended by Pasolini and various friends, with the
aim of giving the Friulian dialect value by awarding
it literary dignity.

The Versuta church, the nearby Versa canal and

the surrounding countryside were remembered and
celebrated by Pier Paolo Pasolini in his work ‘Poems
in Casarsa’.
 
However, the small village of San Giovanni di
Casarsa, is linked to the poet’s political endeavours,
where he put up self-inspired wall posters on current
events, polemical writings and essays focusing on
his political struggle. in Italian and Friulian language.
.

Finally, visit the poet’s tomb in the Casarsa

cemetery (by the entrance on the left), and don’t
be surprised if you meet other visitors; Italians or
foreigners, who come to pay homage to the poet
by reading his poems.
 

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