- 1 week ago
Category
📺
TVTranscript
00:00What a sea! A coastline lined with 1,000 islands, mysterious lagoons, miles of sandy beaches,
00:19and impressive cliffs. The Adriatic is as diverse as the cultures it connects.
00:30With people who work and live closely with it.
00:43People who have experienced the vulnerability of nature and want to protect the sea.
00:56The Adriatic. Unique and beautiful. Familiar and yet full of surprises.
01:04The Adriatic Sea connects Italy with five countries on the Balkans.
01:14The Adriatic Sea connects Italy with five countries on the Balkans.
01:20From Italy's spur to the heel, between the Tremiti Islands and Santa Maria dell'Euca, the coastline is characterized by fascinating diving areas and varied natural landscapes.
01:30The Adriatic Sea connects Italy with five countries on the Balkan Peninsula.
01:34From Italy's spur to the heel, between the Tremiti Islands and Santa Maria dell'Euca, the coastline is characterized by fascinating diving areas and varied natural landscapes.
01:46The Tremiti Islands lie off the coast of Apulia, a small natural paradise in the middle of the marine reserve of the Gargano National Park.
02:02The archipelago has experienced an eventful history over the centuries.
02:15In the 11th century, the imposing Santa Maria Amare Abbey was completed on the island of San Nicola by Benedictine monks.
02:23In bloody battles, they defended their faith and property against pirates and robbers.
02:30The island was later used as a place of exile.
02:36Opposite is San Domino, the largest island in the mini archipelago.
02:44Fewer than 100 people live on the Tremiti all year round.
02:47But in summer, diving enthusiasts from all over are drawn to the colorful underwater world.
03:01You can expect a crystal clear sea with corals and numerous other marine creatures.
03:09Encounters with the rare moonfish.
03:11And relics and shipwrecks from several centuries.
03:25The Tremiti even have an underwater saint, Padre Pio, who is revered in Italy.
03:34Diver and marine researcher Adelmo Sorci's boat is moored in the harbor of San Domino.
03:39From here, he and his team set off on their daily dives.
03:51Okay, guys.
03:57Adelmo has been researching the underwater world of the Tremiti islands for over 20 years.
04:01He trains marine biologists, works with universities and is passionate about preserving the island's unique natural environment.
04:11The Tremiti islands are extraordinary because they always have something extraordinary that it is worth a deep dive.
04:24So, every time they are wonderful.
04:26Every time we do an immersion, a study or a project, we are wonderful about the fact that there are still many things to discover.
04:33So, I think it's here.
04:34I think it's here.
04:35Okay, okay, perfect.
04:36I'm close to the ground.
04:37Up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up.
04:38Up, up, up, up, up.
04:39Up, up, up, up.
04:40Up, up, up, up, up.
04:41Up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up.
04:47Together with marine biologist Enrico Quadrone, Adelmo is researching the effects of human noise on the underwater world.
04:55Part of the marine reserve where boats are allowed to enter and moor is under their special observation.
05:01So, let's see.
05:02Let's see.
05:03Let's see.
05:04Let's see.
05:05Let's see.
05:06Let's see.
05:07Let's see.
05:08Let's see.
05:09Let's see.
05:10Based on recent studies, we have seen that the fish, not only the cetacee, but the marine mammals, emit sounds.
05:19We, humans, especially with our boats, cause excessive sounds that can alter, for example, the biology of a marine species.
05:30They can alter, for example, the reproductive, communicative, and also visibly, for example, during our immersions,
05:36we have seen that an excessive noise of a boat, of an embarkation, can create the movement of a boat of fish.
05:45Enrico and Adelmo want to get the first underwater microphones ready today.
05:50In the protected area of the Tremiti Islands, marine life is safe from overfishing.
06:01Intensive fishing is prohibited.
06:03But, here too, it has become louder underwater in recent years.
06:07The researchers used the hydrophones to record the waves in recent years.
06:35The researchers used the hydrophones to record the sounds of the fish and the ship's noise.
06:47They're trying to understand how this affects the behavior of different animals and their communication.
06:52This is the first study of a pure research, essentially.
07:05But in the future, these results will be used for a better treatment of the marine marine environment.
07:10For example, we can see that certain species of fish are much more sensitive to the acoustic airway than other.
07:17As for example, the cernia bulula, during the reproduction period,
07:25emetting acoustic signals, especially the male.
07:29Thanks to these acoustic signals, it communicates with the female,
07:33indicating the reproduction period.
07:36We will try to understand if acoustic ventilation,
07:40they create damage and cover the sound emitted by this species,
07:47which is used during the reproduction period.
07:52San Domino is also known as the Green Island because of its many pine trees.
08:10But the real green lung of the island grows under water.
08:18Seaweed.
08:20Because many people are still unaware of the role it plays,
08:23Adelmo organizes workshops and training dives on the subject of seagrass beds.
08:29The Posidonia is very important.
08:32It has many functions.
08:34The most important thing is to absorb CO2 and carbon dioxide,
08:39to provide oxygen to the environment, to reduce the cost of the soil,
08:43but it is also an ideal habitat for many forms of life,
08:46besides being nutritious.
08:48Many acreships use this prateria to hide, to reproduce,
08:52and therefore, a kind of habitat is very important.
09:00The beauty of the area causes a boom in the high season.
09:03Up to 500 boats are moored close together off the islands.
09:08Their anchors tear out the roots of the seagrass and destroy entire meadows.
09:17Once uprooted, the plants die.
09:20Animals that retreat and mate here lose their habitat.
09:27Adelmo and his team discovered entire seagrass graveyards during their dives.
09:31They then joined forces with researchers from the University of Ancona to find a solution.
09:39Following the example of artificial coral reefs,
09:42they want to attach rock towers made of glass and clay to the seabed.
09:46These two and a half meter high structures are to become the basis for aquatic plants,
09:53a substitute habitat for fish and a base for buoys.
09:58These models that we have created can be a form of reference to the anchorage of port boats,
10:07because they can also function as an element of environmental regeneration,
10:12as well as support for anchorage of the boats.
10:15This would allow us to avoid throwing the anchor at the bottom,
10:20which is one of the most serious problems, especially in this marine protected area.
10:23The project now only needs to be approved by the National Park Administration.
10:29The relationship between marine conservation and tourism is also ambivalent on the Tremiti Islands.
10:37The Gargano National Park lacks the money for many projects,
10:40such as preserving the historic 19th century lighthouse on the small island of Caprara.
10:48This makes the commitment of people like Adelmo all the more important.
10:53We are looking for, together with other people, to try to recover,
10:59to transform what was always been the eye, the light of the navigators,
11:04in a laboratory that protects the sea.
11:06Therefore, from here, the faro assumes another important task
11:12to try to give the eye, the light of the future of our environment.
11:17The long sandy beaches of the Varano Lagoon stretch south of the Tremiti Islands.
11:38The landscape is also part of the Gargano National Park,
11:41which covers around 1,200 square kilometers.
11:47The sea and the Varano Lagoon are connected by canals.
11:50As it is fed by freshwater springs, olive trees and caper bushes thrive on its shores,
12:04even if they are occasionally washed over by salt water.
12:07The lagoon is also a paradise for local and migratory birds.
12:28Marine biologist Lucrezia Cilenti has been researching the lagoon for 25 years,
12:33studying its biodiversity and state of health.
12:37In 2007, she made a worrying discovery.
12:40The aggressive, voracious blue crab, originally native to the U.S.,
12:45had invaded the Adriatic.
12:48In the years that followed, it multiplied rapidly and ate the fisherman's fish.
12:53Lucrezia decided to help and declared war on the crab.
12:57I've always wanted to contribute so that my scientific research
13:02had an impact on the socioeconomic tissue of my country.
13:08When an emergency comes to an emergency,
13:11I always put myself in the ability to find solutions.
13:18Lucrezia has developed some strategies to help fishermen deal with the blue crab.
13:24Hello, Gianni.
13:27Then?
13:29I'm here with you.
13:34Gianni Di Mauro is one of the fishermen she advises and meets regularly.
13:39How did you get the fish?
13:41Really?
13:42Yes, yes.
13:43How did you get the fish today?
13:46How did you get the fish today?
13:47Well, we took a dozen of the fish.
13:50The blue crab arrived in the Adriatic from the American East Coast
13:55in the ballast water of large ships
13:57and has found ideal living conditions in the warmer sea.
14:02You have a problem with the fish?
14:03Yes, unfortunately they are strapped because they are really voracious.
14:17I granchibou, unfortunately,
14:21to get rid of the fish,
14:26and to get rid of the fish,
14:29I'll show you a little bit.
14:32This is what they buy.
14:35They get rid of the fish.
14:38There are also vineyards,
14:42along the coast east and south of the lagoon
14:45where there are many vineyards,
14:47and they excavate, find them,
14:49and break them and eat them.
14:57This aggressive crab
14:59has spread across large parts of the Mediterranean
15:01and simply eats everything it can get its claws on.
15:05The losses for the fishing industry are immense.
15:19The European community says
15:21to eradicate invasive species like this,
15:24but to eliminate invasive species in water
15:27is impossible.
15:29So we need to adopt a biological control.
15:37Lucrezia Cilenti has proposed several solutions.
15:41These include placing metal cages
15:43and connecting channels between the lagoon
15:45and the sea to catch targeted females.
15:49That's because when the females' eggs are ripe,
15:55they're drawn to the saltier water
15:57and leave the lagoon for the Adriatic.
16:05Blue crabs reproduce very quickly.
16:09The females can spawn several times after fertilization.
16:13Blue crabs семьes
16:41Pescando le femmine, noi andiamo ad abbassare il tasso riproduttivo.
16:45Back in 2017, the marine biologist had an idea
16:48to simply eat the intruder just like they do in the U.S.
16:54Possiamo ottenere la polpa di granchio,
16:56che ha un notevole valore commerciale
16:58e sono anche buone da mangiare.
17:04In America, blue crabs are also kept in breeding facilities
17:08and are often caught when they shed their skin
17:10and have no shell for a short time.
17:20Il granchio blu, gli altri pescatori lo vedono come una minaccia,
17:25proprio perché non ha mercato.
17:26Io, personalmente, lo vedo come una risorsa.
17:30Se non c'è la gioventù a portare avanti un po' la laguna,
17:37rimane tutto così.
17:39Sappiamo che il granchio è gradito,
17:42ma non riusciamo a commercializzarlo come in altre realtà lo fanno.
17:46Ma pian piano, anche grazie alla Cilenti,
17:48riusciremo sicuramente a trovare una buona via, un buon mercato.
17:56Gianni was able to win his first customers for the blue crab.
17:59Lucrezia supports him and all those who are trying to bring the crab to market.
18:06She's campaigning nationally and internationally
18:09for a rethink on how to deal with the intruder.
18:12She also invents new blue crab gourmet recipes.
18:20She deliberately uses popular local ingredients such as samphire, the sea asparagus.
18:25The cabbage is salty, spicy, and tastes a bit like the Adriatic Sea.
18:34The marine biologist lives directly on a canal in the lagoon.
18:46Her garden has become the base for her blue crab campaign.
18:50Here, she develops show-cooking performances together with friends.
18:54Today, they're making a new recipe that Lucrezia has come up with.
19:11Blue crab meat in a sauce of onions and yellow tomatoes.
19:18Libera Falco and Lucrezia Enrico are part of her show-cooking team.
19:22Once the ingredients have been fried, the crab meat is added.
19:28The crab meat is lightly fried and stewed with plenty of stock.
19:47The capelli d'angelo, or angel-hair pasta, is added directly to the sauce where it is left
20:00to stand for a while.
20:01Finally, the sea asparagus provides a strong flavor.
20:14This is what I brought this morning.
20:15It's very good.
20:17Together with her friends, Lucrezia still has a lot planned.
20:22Lucrezia!
20:23Ehi!
20:24Ehi!
20:25Siete arrivate!
20:26Ciao!
20:27Il mio sogno è quello di avere una società più organizzata e cooperativa, che collabora
20:35e che mette a frutto la propria esperienza, le proprie conoscenze, mettendola a disposizione
20:41di tutti.
20:41Ma deve ancora asciugare.
20:43Sì, adesso si asciuga un po'.
20:45E per lanciare un messaggio che facciamo tutti parte di questo pianeta, nessuno è escluso,
20:51compresi noi.
20:52Quindi bisogna adattarsi ai cambiamenti e accettare anche l'alieno.
20:57Wow!
20:58Che bello!
20:59Che bello!
21:00Ehi!
21:01Ehi!
21:02Che bello!
21:03Eh, lasciatemene un po'.
21:05Non è che a mangiarlo, possibilmente, non facciamo come prima.
21:08Luca, alla fine sei tu, eh!
21:10È vero!
21:11Luca, che ha il boccone in bocca!
21:13Che bello!
21:14Ma io voglio...
21:15Ehi, voglio...
21:16Ehi, voglio...
21:17Ehi, voglio...
21:18Ehi, voglio...
21:19Ehi, voglio...
21:20Ehi, voglio...
21:21Ehi, voglio...
21:22Ehi, voglio...
21:23toloso!
21:28Ehi!
21:30Noi!
21:31Ehi, voglio...
21:32Ehi, voglio...
21:33Ehi, voglio...
21:34Ehi, voglio...
21:35Ehi, voglio...
21:36Ehi, voglio...
21:37Ehi, voglio,
21:38Ehi, voglio...
21:39Casimo...
21:40Ehi, voglio...
21:41Ehi, voglio...
21:42Ehi, voglio...
21:43Inoltre mi è il caesino dell'Itoopera,
21:45e le pollo di nonno di Verano,
21:48ed è un pollo di verde,
21:50più di più dalle del verano.
21:52Sandy beaches alternate with small bays
21:55and dense coastal forests.
22:02Viesta is also known as the Queen of the Gargano
22:05due to its beauty and historical significance.
22:10The town's history and culture
22:11are closely linked to fishing.
22:14Whole shoals swam so close to the coast
22:16that the fishermen didn't even have to go out to sea.
22:22Instead, they built trabuki,
22:32unique wooden structures,
22:34also known as Giants of the Sea.
22:45For a long time, they were the symbol of the Gargano.
22:52But in recent decades, many of them have fallen into disrepair
22:56and were in danger of disappearing altogether.
22:59One of them is the Trabucco di Cala Molinella.
23:02For 10 years, engineer Matteo Silvestri
23:14has been working with an association
23:15to preserve the trabuki.
23:17He spent his childhood on them.
23:20He has made it his life's work
23:22to save these historic buildings.
23:23One of the most beautiful things
23:27in the end are the rumors.
23:30There are the sensations
23:32of when you're turning the organs.
23:34So, the stridolio of the cords that are pulled,
23:37the cords that are in tension,
23:39the wood and the trabuki.
23:41It's like if you're talking about it.
23:43The huge schools of fish
23:48that once swam directly off the Adriatic coast
23:51gave people the idea
23:52of hanging such large nets in the sea.
23:55Trabucco, la parola deriva da una parola francese,
24:01traboschette, trabocchetto, the trap.
24:04La fase di pesca era una fase di pesca di avvistamento.
24:08Un trabuccolante si posizionava sull'antenna
24:11e aspettava il passaggio del pesce.
24:14Quando vedeva questo branco arrivare,
24:16dava il segnale e girando questi argani
24:19si alzava questa grande rete
24:21e il pesce rimaneva tutto intrappolato
24:23all'interno della rete del trabucco.
24:26E poi si andava tutto a raccogliere.
24:2877-year-old fisherman Natale Masella
24:31has been doing this since he was a child.
24:34Otto famiglie potevano vivere su un trabucco.
24:38Otto famiglie, perché all'epoca i pesci c'erano,
24:41ma tanti c'erano di pesci.
24:43Allora, se pescava anche la notte,
24:47c'era il cambio,
24:49quattro di giorni e quattro di notte.
24:51Perché c'è la pesce, diciamo.
25:00Matteo has collected donations
25:02and helps the fishermen with maintenance.
25:06Perché c'è qualche pesce?
25:08Sì, sì.
25:10Since the beginning of intensive fishing
25:12in the Gargano in the 1970s,
25:14there have been fewer and fewer fish.
25:17The trabuccolanti
25:18can no longer make a living
25:20from this work,
25:21nor can they maintain the trabucchi
25:23on their own.
25:24Before retiring,
25:25Natale also worked as a baker.
25:28Now, he fishes together
25:29with his colleagues Giuseppe Lanese
25:32because he enjoys it
25:33and to prevent the mechanism
25:35from rusting.
25:36When major repairs are needed,
25:38Matteo's association helps.
25:40The jellyfish,
25:41small anchovies and bream
25:43are allowed back into the sea.
25:45Little is caught in the summer.
25:47Then, most of the larger fish
25:49avoid the coast
25:50because of the many bathers and boats.
25:52Matteo has also founded
26:06an academy
26:06so that trabuccolanti
26:08like Giuseppe and Natale
26:09can pass on their knowledge
26:11so that the tradition
26:12of trabucco building and fishing
26:14is not lost.
26:15For over 10 years,
26:19Matteo has spent
26:19all his free time
26:21preserving the giants
26:22of the sea.
26:23What do they mean to him?
26:26This is a very personal answer.
26:28I do all this
26:31because I have
26:32the same name of my grandfather.
26:34My grandfather
26:35was a trabuccolant.
26:37So when I returned
26:38from the university,
26:39I felt I was in the need
26:41to give a voluntary contribution
26:43so that these fishing structures,
26:46these fishing machines,
26:47these historical goods
26:48would not disappear.
27:00In the meantime,
27:01Matteo and his association
27:02have been able to help
27:03rebuild nine trabucchi.
27:13One trabucco that benefits
27:20from Matteo's initiative
27:21is the trabucco di Punta Lunga
27:23by Anna Ranieri.
27:26Matteo helps her
27:27whenever she has a problem.
27:30Ciao, Anna.
27:30Ciao, Matteo.
27:33Che è successo?
27:34C'è un problema
27:34all'asta del coppo.
27:36Ora vediamo se
27:36riusciamo a risolverlo.
27:38Certo, ci riusciamo a sicuramente.
27:39Certo, come no?
27:41Ok.
27:41Certo, se poi serve
27:42chiamiamo Natale
27:43e vediamo se ce lo viene aggiustato.
27:45Se non ci riusciamo a metterlo.
27:46Ok?
27:47Allora, vedi,
27:48quando si tira su,
27:49ha la tendenza a raggirarsi.
27:51Quindi c'è pericolo
27:52che girandosi così,
27:53pesce cadde giù.
27:54Ok, fammi vedere.
27:55Ok, molla giù.
27:56Abbas, abbas, abbas, abbas.
27:59Gira.
27:59Vediamo, vai, vai.
28:00The wooden arm
28:01with the landing net
28:02which takes the fish
28:03out of the large net
28:04has been attacked
28:04by the sun
28:05and salty air.
28:07Ok.
28:09Quindi, Anna,
28:09secondo me,
28:10il concetto è questo
28:11è che questo qua
28:12è veramente troppo sottile
28:13e quindi,
28:14essendo così piccolo,
28:16flette
28:16e si va a girare.
28:17Questo io lo rifavi
28:18tutto nuovo.
28:20In 2015,
28:22Anna was able
28:23to rebuild
28:23her family's trabuco
28:24with funds
28:25from the association.
28:27Her father
28:27had had to give it up
28:28with a heavy heart
28:29for financial reasons.
28:32Anna works
28:32a few nights a week
28:33as a geriatric nurse
28:34so that she can devote herself
28:36to the trabuco
28:37during the day.
28:37Il trabuco
28:39ha anche una sua filosofia
28:42il fatto che tutto
28:43è collegato
28:44tutto è in equilibrio
28:46quindi io penso
28:48che questa aiuta
28:49anche interiormente
28:51a vivere
28:52per me il trabuco
28:53è stato una palestra
28:55una palestra di vita.
28:59Per me il trabuco
29:00è un posto magico
29:01tra la terra
29:02il cielo
29:04è il mare.
29:19Adventurously built
29:20on the cliff top
29:21di Trabuco
29:22di Punta della Testa
29:23a very special
29:24giant of the sea
29:25awaits
29:26its restoration.
29:34Il trabuco di mio nonno
29:40è un trabuco
29:40molto difficile
29:41da raggiungere
29:42di conseguenza
29:44è un trabuco
29:45molto difficile
29:46da ricostruire
29:47ora mi manca
29:49solo quello
29:50per finire
29:51tutta la mia opera.
29:56Ci vorrà più tempo
29:57ma sicuramente
29:59ricostruiremo pure quello
30:00e ritornerà
30:01ad appropriarsi
30:02di quell'angolo
30:04di roccia
30:05che ha sempre
30:05contraddistinto
30:06quella parte
30:07di Gargano.
30:17Together with
30:18many like-minded
30:19people
30:19Matteo
30:20ha drafted
30:20an application
30:21to have
30:21the Trabuco
30:22listed
30:22as a
30:23UNESCO
30:23Cultural Heritage
30:24Site.
30:32South of the Gargano
30:58it gets more crowded.
30:59easy to reach
31:01from the international
31:02airport
31:02the coast
31:03around Bari
31:03is a popular
31:04vacation destination
31:05with numerous hotels.
31:08Polignano Amare
31:09has been perched
31:09on high limestone
31:10cliffs
31:11since ancient times.
31:13The area
31:14is divided
31:14by so-called
31:15blades
31:16erosion furrows.
31:18The most famous
31:19is the Lama Monachile
31:20where there
31:21is a small beach.
31:22Incidentally
31:30the Roman bridge
31:31is not popular
31:32because of its history
31:33but because
31:34social media
31:34influencers
31:35have discovered
31:36it as the
31:36perfect selfie spot.
31:48Polignano Amare
31:49is considered
31:50one of the most
31:51hospitable towns
31:52in the world.
31:53The historic
31:54old town
31:55is full of life
31:56all year round.
32:02If you are prepared
32:03to walk
32:04a few more kilometers
32:05after visiting
32:06Polignano
32:06you'll be rewarded
32:08with a piece
32:08of untouched coastline.
32:11The Costa Ripagnola
32:12is known
32:12for its
32:13truletti
32:13stone houses
32:14that farmers
32:15have been building
32:16as shelters
32:17since the 15th century.
32:20Because the sea
32:22also washes up
32:23lots of plastic
32:23here
32:24conservationists
32:25meet to collect
32:26garbage.
32:30Katia Bianco
32:30runs the
32:31Pastore della Costa
32:32Association
32:33the shepherds
32:34of the coast.
32:36Together with
32:37Alessandro Ruttigliano
32:39she's committed
32:40to protecting them.
32:41after several campaigns
32:50the Association
32:50succeeded in having
32:52the area declared
32:53a regional nature
32:53park worthy of
32:54protection.
32:56However there's still
32:56no administration
32:57to organize the
32:58maintenance.
33:00For me
33:01it's inconceivable
33:02to leave
33:03a place
33:04in the
33:05degrade
33:05so
33:06to me
33:07I like to
33:07think of
33:08leaving
33:08the kids
33:10in the future
33:11a better place
33:12so I'm
33:13working
33:13for five years
33:15to do
33:16these
33:16campaigns
33:17of
33:17sensibilization
33:18just because
33:21everything comes
33:21from education
33:22so I like
33:23to understand
33:26that we have
33:27to be the first
33:28to put our hands
33:30and make
33:31our hands
33:32better.
33:38More than
33:3920 people
33:39responded to
33:40the call
33:41of the
33:41Pastore della Costa
33:42even though
33:43it is very tiring
33:44work in the
33:45blazing sun
33:46at 38 degrees.
33:52This
33:57natural area
33:58is the only
33:59in the province
34:00of Bari
34:00to remain intact.
34:03You can see
34:03a natural
34:04that was
34:05so many years
34:06ago.
34:07This area
34:08should remain
34:08protected
34:10and also
34:10protected.
34:22on the wild
34:31Costa Ripagnola
34:32some prehistoric
34:33caves have been
34:34preserved
34:34alongside the
34:35Truleti
34:35among cacti,
34:37figs,
34:37and olive trees.
34:47Sometimes
34:47young people
34:48meet here
34:49in the evening.
34:50They don't
34:50always take
34:51their garbage
34:52with them.
35:20Investors
35:20are planning
35:21a vacation
35:22resort
35:22in this
35:23historic
35:23nature
35:23reserve
35:24of all
35:24places
35:25and also
35:25want
35:26to convert
35:26some
35:26of the
35:27Truleti
35:27near the
35:28caves
35:28into
35:28vacation
35:29apartments.
35:30The
35:35pastoral
35:36We
35:36have been
35:36protected
35:37these
35:37places
35:38because
35:38the
35:39man
35:40of
35:40human
35:40modifies
35:41everything.
35:42So
35:42to leave them as they were, is the best thing.
35:47Here is an intervention of conservation, but not of restructuring.
35:51So, in these years we tried to block
35:54with exposed to the tribunals, and we are able to do it.
35:58In these 5 years we have not done anything yet,
36:01and now, thanks to us, this place is safe.
36:05Shepherds and farmers once sought shelter for themselves,
36:08their tools and their animals in the Trulletti,
36:11converting them into mini bungalows would mean changing the image of the coast forever.
36:15Even the stretch of beach would no longer be there for everyone.
36:23The pastori continue to fight.
36:25They refuse to be intimidated despite massive hostility
36:28from those who make a lot of money from tourism.
36:31We ask that we don't have anything else to do,
36:43because this place can be taken only as a park,
36:48as a museum, as something that tells us about life
36:53which was actually carried out until a little while ago.
36:58So, this is our battle, let's say.
37:05The truck for the second load is already waiting at the campsite
37:08on the edge of the natural beach.
37:10That's how much garbage they collected today.
37:12It's indifferenzial.
37:13So, this one, I don't have to close.
37:16Let's close.
37:24I'm very happy.
37:25I'm tired, but happy.
37:26I'm happy and excited.
37:28Because what I wanted was to be able to
37:33take all the immonditions left in these months.
37:37So, the mission is complete.
37:39Katia and Alessandro are also involved in the hinterland of the coast,
37:45where grapes are grown intensively.
37:48Many trees have been felled for this purpose.
37:51Together with around 40 friends,
37:53they have purchased a piece of forest to save it from deforestation.
38:02They look after the forest and make it available
38:04to anyone who wants to go for a walk,
38:06have a picnic,
38:08or meet up under the old oak tree,
38:10which is still standing thanks to the conservationists.
38:25Further inland, almond, olive, and fig trees characterize the landscape.
38:32Half an hour's drive from the sea is a special orchard
38:35with fig trees from all over the world.
38:46It was created by Paolo Belloni.
38:51His partner, Ornella Pavadello, helps with the harvest.
38:54Yes.
38:55I see that you agree with them.
38:57But they are high, Paolo.
38:59I don't know.
39:00Yes, yes, I'll come.
39:01Come on, come on.
39:04Paolo started his fig collection in 1994.
39:07There are now over 600 fig trees growing here from all over the world,
39:12from Afghanistan, Bosnia, France, Portugal, and many other countries.
39:16Today, he and Ornella start by harvesting the Portuguese black fig,
39:22which has ripened quickly in the last few hot days.
39:26The fig tree has always fascinated me.
39:31I find the plants, like to say,
39:34the plants that go on the streets,
39:37I can collect them, no one doesn't say anything.
39:40It's a little anarchic plant, no?
39:43I don't know, these aspects.
39:45And then it's an infinitely generous plant.
39:48It's a plant that, in some varieties,
39:50makes two different fruits,
39:52in different times, on the same tree.
39:54Where do you find it?
39:59Some varieties have only survived
40:01because Paolo planted the last specimens in his garden
40:04and propagated them.
40:12He was a photographer in Milan
40:14when he learned, in the early 1990s,
40:16that some of his beloved fig varieties
40:18and many other plants
40:20were threatened with extinction.
40:22He simply had to act.
40:24I did 13,000 km in a car
40:34and 12,000 km in a train
40:36to go to Italy
40:38to understand if it could work.
40:40I did Bocconi,
40:42University of Economics in Milan,
40:45and they told me
40:46that a project stands in place
40:48if it works
40:50between the three and the five years
40:52when he started.
40:54I spent 15 years
40:55to bring him to the conservatory.
40:58But I have a single life.
41:00This was what I wanted.
41:02This was what I wanted.
41:04Paolo finances the garden
41:06through the sale of fruit,
41:07guided tours and workshops.
41:11Gianluca Calella
41:12and Davide Fomarola
41:14are completing a voluntary social year.
41:18Their tasks include preparing specialties
41:20such as dotato figs,
41:22stuffed with lemon peel and almonds,
41:26a variety that is well suited to drying.
41:30Hello Paolo.
41:31Hello Paolo.
41:32Oh.
41:33I've found them a little bit.
41:34Today there's a lot of wind.
41:36If we can't make them
41:39it will be a great thing
41:41because they dry before.
41:43Oh,
41:45we've had a lot of winter.
41:46There is a lot of winter.
41:47We've had 15 days.
41:49I've got to make them
41:50a little bit.
41:51I want to make them.
41:52There are almost 60 kg
41:56of figs secs
41:57to marry.
41:58Yes,
41:59I'm also very good.
42:02Oh yes?
42:03I'm very dangerous with you.
42:06A farmer brought Paolo
42:21the last tree he could find
42:22of the luff,
42:23a type of fig from Piacenza,
42:26asking him to save the variety.
42:28Paolo does this by grafting.
42:39To do this,
42:40he cleans a piece of branch
42:41from a large tree.
42:43He then inserts a shoot
42:45of the fig variety
42:46he wants to preserve.
42:48When you harvest,
42:51you maintain exactly
42:55from the harvest point
42:58the DNA of the plant
43:01you took and inserted.
43:11Rescuing the endangered varieties
43:13works well.
43:14Figs are uncomplicated.
43:16The shoots usually grow quickly.
43:19The grafted tree usually bears
43:21two varieties of fruit each year.
43:23Panache figs from France,
43:25for example,
43:26ripened alongside
43:27marangiana figs from Apulia.
43:36The first goal is to
43:39transmit to the future generations
43:41this huge heritage
43:44that has been selected
43:46over the years
43:47over the years
43:48of hundreds of generations
43:50of farmers
43:51and that we are
43:52throwing away
43:53at an impressive speed.
44:01A persimmon tree
44:02from Nagasaki
44:03stands in the center
44:04of the garden
44:05in the middle
44:06of a labyrinth
44:07of plants.
44:08It's descended
44:09from a tree
44:10that survived
44:11the US atomic bombing
44:12of the city
44:13on August 9, 1945.
44:18As a sign of peace,
44:20its seedlings
44:21were offered
44:22to gardens
44:23all over the world.
44:24Paolo is now
44:25nurturing a descendant.
44:27How much
44:28there's a place
44:29for all this concept
44:30that the land
44:32is big
44:33and everyone
44:34can have their own place.
44:35in the south of Apulia,
44:49the sea has dug caves
44:50into the karstic cliffs.
44:52Many of them are now underwater
44:54because the sea level
44:55has risen.
45:01In the south of Apulia,
45:02the sea has dug caves
45:03into the karstic cliffs.
45:06Many of them are now
45:07under water
45:08because the sea level
45:09has risen.
45:16The Grotta Cinzulussa
45:17is one of the few
45:18that can be visited.
45:22Student Maria Rosaria Antonelli is one of a group of young people who have been captivated
45:38by the cave.
45:40They give a guided tour of the Cinzulusa and tell its eventful history.
45:45It was used from the prehistoric, as a refuge from the Uomini, from the Messapi, from the Romans.
45:52The first real exploration is the exploration that we take as a cardinal,
45:58and it is the 1793, brought up by the last Vescovo of Castro,
46:03who thought of finding the temple of the Minerva temple.
46:08So his workers had started to excavate, to explore the Cinzulusa,
46:14until they arrived in the last room for such a public, which is the Duomo.
46:19But in the Duomo, they were able to find what the Vescovo expected.
46:25Instead, human remains from several centuries ago.
46:30Many of them are on display in the National Museum of Taranto.
46:34Some of them had to be left in the cave as they had already melted into the limestone.
46:44The Cinzulusa takes its name from a legend, according to which a cruel count imprisoned
46:50his daughter here.
46:52Fortunately, she was freed by a good fairy.
46:55When she left the cave, her clothes were left hanging in tatters, called Cinzuli in local
47:01dialect, and stuck to the walls and the stalagmites growing out of the ground.
47:09150 meters of the cave are open to the public.
47:18The guides talk about special features of the remaining cave rooms in their guided tours.
47:22We, young people who have taken care of the situation in the last 3 or 4 years, are trying
47:29to bring a little higher step throughout the history of the cave.
47:34Santa Maria de Leuca is the southernmost point of Apulia.
47:55In ancient times, Greek sailors gave the city the name Loikos because of its radiant light.
48:03It means white light.
48:08The villas date back to the 19th and 20th centuries when Santa Maria de Leuca was a popular seaside
48:14resort for wealthy families.
48:22They built little houses on the beach so that they could keep to themselves while bathing and
48:26not lose their elegant pallor.
48:38One of the highest lighthouses in Europe stands on a rocky outcrop.
48:43The Faro Capo Santa Maria de Leuca is around 48 meters high.
48:59Antonio Maggio has been watching over his Faro for 27 years.
49:05His duties include the care and maintenance of the beacon.
49:12Each Faro has its own nominative.
49:17This Faro should make 3 lights in 15 seconds.
49:21Let's say that the complete circle starts from this point, with half a second of light,
49:262,5 seconds of eclipse, half a second of light, 2,5 seconds of eclipse, half a second of light,
49:338,5 seconds of eclipse, the period of 15 seconds.
49:38And no one will find any other Faro with this nominative.
49:42After this 20th and 6th, I sometimes I enjoy it.
49:46I say to someone who says that the nominative of this Faro is right to scherz,
49:51I say welcome to Santa Maria de Leuca.
50:07Antonio can see two seas from the lighthouse.
50:15At this point here, Punta Meliso, there is a division of two seas that start from Punta Meliso
50:21in the direction towards Greece.
50:23And we have a left is the Adriatic Sea and a left is the Mar Ionio.
50:26At this point here, on Punta Meliso, we can see a few different currents.
50:32Then the human imagination says that I am seeing the cross of the seas,
50:37the seas that cross.
50:38Antonio lives in his lighthouse and is on site most of the time.
50:50Although a computer now controls the operation,
50:56he wants to be able to react quickly in an emergency.
50:59Even if a failure is no longer life-threatening,
51:13no GPS technology can replace the effect of the beacon.
51:17But the light of the fire is something that the navigators give their heart.
51:26When they arrive, even if they see 25 miles,
51:29they see 25 miles in the fire.
51:31They say that they are already arrived at home,
51:33they are already arrived in a safe port.
51:35But not from the people in the parts of the UN Abdullah festival düster incident to the UNF love over the UNF love over the UNF love down
52:00by the UNF love down to each other.
Comments