Science and legend: Vesuvio's wines

Piero Farabollini; Francesca Romana Lugeri; Piero Farabollini; Francesca Romana Lugeri

doi:10.3934/geosci.2021006

AIMS Geosciences

2021, Volume 7, Issue 1: 113-126. doi: 10.3934/geosci.2021006

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Science and legend: Vesuvio's wines

Piero Farabollini ¹,
Francesca Romana Lugeri ^{2
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1.
University of Camerino. Dip. Earth Sciences. Via Gentile III da Varano, 62032 Camerino MC. Italy
2.
ISPRA Roma. Dip. Geological Survey of Italy. Via V. Brancati 48. 00144 ROMA Italy

Received: 19 February 2021 Accepted: 04 March 2021 Published: 15 March 2021

This article is dedicated to the Campania region (South West Italy), a complex region both for environmental and cultural components: in particular, our attention is focused on the volcano, which, by representing its contradictions, becomes its icon. Through an examination of the relationships between the land settings and the geological history of the places, we move on to consider the link between the territory and one of its most symbolic products: on the slopes of Vesuvio, are cultivated those vineyards composing the so-called Lacryma Christi, a wine of ancient history, whose name is a reflection of legends and myths, deeply linked to tradition. Trying to explain the origins of the various elaborations of reality, characterized by resorting to the supernatural, the following pages want to offer a path that allows the observation of social and natural reality from multiple perspectives.
- Campania region,
- Vesuvio,
- wine,
- landscape,
- myth,
- science
Citation: Piero Farabollini, Francesca Romana Lugeri. Science and legend: Vesuvio's wines[J]. AIMS Geosciences, 2021, 7(1): 113-126. doi: 10.3934/geosci.2021006

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Abstract

This article is dedicated to the Campania region (South West Italy), a complex region both for environmental and cultural components: in particular, our attention is focused on the volcano, which, by representing its contradictions, becomes its icon. Through an examination of the relationships between the land settings and the geological history of the places, we move on to consider the link between the territory and one of its most symbolic products: on the slopes of Vesuvio, are cultivated those vineyards composing the so-called Lacryma Christi, a wine of ancient history, whose name is a reflection of legends and myths, deeply linked to tradition. Trying to explain the origins of the various elaborations of reality, characterized by resorting to the supernatural, the following pages want to offer a path that allows the observation of social and natural reality from multiple perspectives.

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