2021-07-10

== 2021-07-10 == Cà de Monti I had been to Cà de Monti for the first time. Until that moment, I could only imagine the place through the pictures collected over the last weeks. While driving alone, both the car and the excitement, I covered the remaining kilometres left to reach the village from Tredozio listening “MFSB – Mysteries of the World”, a funk/soul tune from 1980 with no voices but an elegant groove. I couldn’t resist filling the gaps left by the bass lines and the heavenly arches with some spoken words, wondering about mysteries, indeed. The specific mystery for me, at that moment, was to define the reasons why this place was abandoned 6 years ago, but I knew I would find my answers once getting to know Mr. Billi, whose appearance was still undefined to me. As far as I knew, the spaces of Cà de Monti were later used as a rural accommodation and restaurant, until the doors closed permanently facing a long neglected period. While grass and plants were already taking over the sidewalks, the prominent stone walls were standing in a likely perpetual state of being, imposing his masses above the flourishing manifestation of nature’s reappropriation of the land. Inside, everything was apparently in its place: beds, sofas, tables and chairs. Some clothes were hanging on a chair at the entrance of the upper building. Cà de Monti looked like a place just left by someone in rush, but the impenetrable layer of dust told another story.