June 14/15, 2025 – First Maremme Cross-Border Hiking Festival, Rocchette di Fazio (Southern Tuscany) – Schedule

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Below is the festival schedule. For a detailed presentation of the event see also: https://www.pibinko.org/ftemaremme-presentation/. For more information and confirmation of participation: festivalescursionismomaremme@gmail.com or +393287178272 (phone/Whatsapp).

Saturday, June 14

  • 3PM –Hike: Bellafredda, Rocchette and its gorges (circular hike about 4 km, medium-easy level)
  • 6PM – Pieve di Santa Cristina (Rocchette di Fazio)
    Book presentations
    A piedi nel Far West (Effigi) and 111 luoghi delle Maremme che devi proprio scoprire (Emons) by Irene Pellegrini. Moderator: Laura Fontani
  • 8PM – Refreshments

Sunday, June 15

  • 10AM – Hike: From Rocchette di Fazio to Semproniano and back (about 7 km, medium-easy level)
  • 3:30PM – Hiking in the Maremme: some best practices
    • Damiano Fabbri (Stay Freedom, San Giovanni in Tuscia) – The experiences wiht the Cammino dei Villaggi and Cammino Terramare
    • Stefano Mecorio (author) – Hike storytelling and the “Consorzio dei camminatori indipendenti”
    • Marco D’Aureli (anthropologist) – The Simulabo experience and narrative trekking
    • Paolo Guardala and Maja Borer (Amici della Via Clodia) – Via Clodia in Latium and the Mola di Oriolo experience
  • 6:30PM – Closing “Aperitivo”

The festival comes from an idea by Irene Pellegrini –travel and migration sociologist, hiking guide, and writer- who also acts as the festival director. The event is supported by municipality of Semproniano, the social promotion association La Piazzoletta, Sentieri Liberi – Murci and by the pibinko.org network.

Photo credits: Sentieri Liberi – Murci

The JBCM goes in Documentary Mode with Susan Gluth

Compositions

Today (May 9) with the Jug Band Colline Metallifere we have been in the psychedelic Tattistampa headquarters for an afternoon of shooting with Susan Gluth, a German film maker. Some interviews and some soundtrack for a project which will be completed towards the end of the year…for the moment we prefer not to disclose more information, but we invite you to stay tuned. For more information and booking: micalosapevo@pibinko.org or +393317539228.

The map of “ball” locations

Interactive Maps

Starting from the core of hamlets in Southern Tuscany, where palla eh!/palla a 21 is played, together with other localities we have interacted with for the game since 2007, here is an interactive map of “ball” (as in the variants of “jeux de paume“) places. We know that we start with gaps in regions where there are many locations (Piedmont, Spain, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Latin America, etc.), but this is an open exercise.

To add a new location to the map, or to correct/integrate the existing information: micalosapevo@pibinko.org or whatsapp +393317539228.

Clicking on a point you may see additional information, if available.

If you like this map and you would like to support it: micalosapevo@pibinko.org or +393317539228 for more information.

last update: Apr. 18, 2025

On foot in the “Far West”: Culinary Itineraries in Maremma

Announcements

“A piedi nel Far West” (On foot in the “Far West”) by Irene Pellegrini was published a few weeks ago. We are glad to announce this, as the book also contains a presentation of the pibinko.org network from various angles, and it is always interesting for us to see how other people describe our story.

In any case we encourage you to discover all of the itinerary, from Tuscia (Northern Latium) to Val di Cecina (the Southernmost part of the Pisa province). For more information about the book (in Italian): https://www.cpadver-effigi.com/blog/a-piedi-nel-far-west-irene-pellegrini/

The Ancient Game of Palla Eh! meets the Canary Islands in Gavorrano (Southern Tuscany)

Compositions
Some of the teachers from the Gavorrano school with the palla mentors and the ball.

In the context of an Erasmus+ student exchange project between the Istituto Comprensivo di Gavorrano in Southern Tuscany, and the Valleseco institute from Gran Canaria, on April 3 there was an educationa afternoon on the ancient game of palla Eh! or palla a 21. This followed a first event on February 7, where the Italian students were taught the basics on the game. In this second meeting, the notions were relayed to the Spanish students, and some demonstration games were held. The mentors were represented by a selection of players from Associazione Palla eh! from Vetulonia and Andrea Giacomelli from the pibinko.org network in relation to historical, geographical, and social aspects of the game.

The school gym was not the typical setting for the game (see some shots below, together with this report, which was also proposed to the students) as it is seen in the Summer tournaments in Tirli, Scalvaia, Ciciano, Piloni, Torniella e Vetulonia. However it was very important and interesting to “export” the game in locations where it is not known, hoping that this might lead more people to approach the game.

These two meetings follow a line of outreach about the game with a track record of almost 20 years, and previous experiences in Chicago, Verona, Mantova, Suvereto, Civitella-Paganico, Milano, Sassofortino, etc.

After the Gavorrano experience, we will now be waiting for the summer tournaments in the Tuscan hamlets, with activities starting at the end of June.

For more information about the game of in the pibinko.org network: https://www.pibinko.org/palla-a-21-or-palla-eh/ , micalosapevo@pibinko.org or +393317539228.

Momenti dai tornei estivi di palla degli anni passati