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Flowering Camelias Fall Show in Sant’Andrea di Compito
SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER 2022
9.30 am / Departure from the Compitese Cultural Center
Trekking – Excursion with guide
Ring route Sassabodda-Ruota-Pieve di Compito (3 h). Free participation with reservations required by writing to centroculturalecompitese@gmail.com or calling 0583 977188. Minimum threshold of 5 members.
10 am-6pm / Opening hours to the public
VI Exhibition of autumn flowering camellias
10-15.30 / Meeting at the Camellietum ticket office
Guided tours of the Camellietum
For all exhibition ticket holders, free visit with a botanical guide to discover the flowering of the camellias sasanqua and sinensis. Visiting hours: from 10 to 11, from 11 to 12 and from 14.30 to 15.30.
10-17 / Antica Chiusa Borrini
Guided
tour Free visit to the tea plantation accompanied by Guido Cattolica , the first Italian grower.
10-15 / Departure from Camellietum Compitese
Treasure hunt – “Borgo delle Camelie”
Free participation (groups or individuals) for holders of the entrance ticket to the exhibition (5 stages foreseen, prize guaranteed to those who complete the route).
10-12 am / “Alle Camelie” agricultural cooperative – Pieve di Compito
Frantoi open
Visit to the olive groves during the harvest accompanied by the agronomist Iacopo Mori .
12-17 / Compitese Cultural Center
A look at Japan
Japanese paper workshop with Meiko Yokoyama and washi paper market exhibition.
12.30-15.30 / Compitese Cultural Center
AUTUMN LUNCH
Typical dishes of the local tradition and wine tasting
Menu of the day : Frantoiana Lucchese soup *; stew with bitter olives; platter with local cured meats and cheeses *; fettunta with oil nòvo *.
3 pm-5pm / “Alle Camelie” agricultural cooperative, “La Visona” social oil mill, Compitese social oil
mill Open
mills Visit to the mills during the milling of olives for the extraction of extra virgin olive oil.
15-17 / Sinensis Auditorium
Jazz Concert – Francesco Massagli Trio
Tommaso Iacoviello (trumpet)
Nino Pellegrini (double bass)
Francesco Massagli (piano)
By the Ass. cultural “Free Sensi”
SUNDAY 23 OCTOBER 2022
9.30 am / Departure from the Compitese Cultural Center
Trekking – Excursion with guide
Ring route Sassabodda-Ruota-Pieve di Compito (3 h). Free participation with reservations required by writing to centroculturalecompitese@gmail.com or calling 0583 977188. Minimum threshold of 5 members.
10 am-6pm / Opening hours to the public
VI Exhibition of autumn flowering camellias
10-15.30 / Meeting at the Camellietum ticket office
Guided tours of the Camellietum
For all exhibition ticket holders, free visit with a botanical guide to discover the flowering of the camellias sasanqua and sinensis. Visiting hours: from 10 to 11, from 11 to 12 and from 14.30 to 15.30.
10-17 / Antica Chiusa Borrini
Guided
tour Free visit to the tea plantation accompanied by Guido Cattolica , the first Italian grower.
10-15 / Departure from Camellietum Compitese
Treasure hunt – “Borgo delle Camelie”
Free participation (groups or individuals) for holders of the entrance ticket to the exhibition (5 stages foreseen, prize guaranteed to those who complete the route).
10-12 / Compitese Cultural Center
Open mills – Panel test
Analysis of the sensory characteristics of new oil carried out by a panel of tasters registered in the register of the Tuscany Region.
11-12 / Piazzale della Torre d’Assistamento
Guided
tour Visit to the Watchtower (with the possibility of climbing to the top) and to the Romanesque Church of San Pietro al Forcone, today Oratorio Santa Lucia. With Tatiana Di Martella Orsi, Compitese Cultural Center.
11.30 am / Auditorium Sinensis
“Compitese 2023, from the international pre-congress of the camellia to the future of the camelieto”
Gianmario Motta , President of the International Camellia Society (ICS)
Daniele Bosi , Director of ICS Italy and President of the Friends of the Camellia and surroundings
Augusto Orsi , President Compitese Cultural Center
12-17 / Compites Cultural Center
Market of artisanal self- productions
12-17 / Compitese Cultural Center
A look at Japan
Japanese paper workshop with Meiko Yokoyama and washi paper market exhibition.
12.30-15.30 / Compitese Cultural Center
AUTUMN LUNCH
Typical dishes of the local tradition and wine tasting
Menu of the day : Frantoiana Lucchese soup *; stew with bitter olives; platter with local cured meats and cheeses *; fettunta with oil nòvo *.
13.30-15.30 / Compitese Cultural Center
Entertainment for children – Gigetto the elf
Traveling animation with juggling show, workshops and construction of toys with recycled material, games for young and old. With Gigetto boredom goes for a ride.
2.30pm-3.30pm / Compitese Cultural Center
Open mills – The new oil of Tuscany
Results of the tasting panel, awarding of the best oil and presentation of the characteristics of the new olive oil of Tuscany. Paolo Scialla, agronomist of the Italian Farmers’ Confederation and oil taster, spoke.
15-17 / Sinensis Auditorium
Jazz Concert – Francesco Massagli Trio
Tommaso Iacoviello (trumpet)
Nino Pellegrini (double bass)
Francesco Massagli (piano)
By the Ass. cultural “Liberi Se nsi”
