In the municipality of Macerata, a field without herbicides is inhabited by these romantic insects. Until June 15th it is open to the public in a three -stage itinerary
In Montecassiano, in the province of Macerata, as every year Enzo Piermarini accompanies adults and children along the «Lucciole route». A magical journey, which starts from mid -May e lasts until about mid -June and crosses a hectare and a half of protected earth, almost hidden, where these insects they continue to dance and shine in the nighta respect that Enzo’s family has always had for this place.
History He started in 1973when his grandfather and his father, speaking one evening in the country house just purchased, make a solemn promise: never pesticides, never disturbing, Never substances on the ground in front of them. Enzo, then a child, now retired electrician, continues to observe this wonder.
Since then, that pact has been respected, and the fireflies have never gone away. They concentrate there. Every year, since 2017, The route unfolds in three stagesto keep the simple emotions of the past alive.
It starts from Old well with the pulleywhere the drinks are kept in fresh: orange for children, sparkling wine of the Euganean Hills for adults. They pull them up for a shared toast.
Then you enter the Gallery of biodiversity71 meters long, created with pruning that shade and protect the natural habitat of the fireflies. Here, between the perfumes of wood and the breath of the air, you walk immersed in a bright silence.
The third stage is on a treewhere Enzo as a child went up to collect the mulberry leaves that served as a food for animals. Now above there is a small wooden house, with the glass floor, for admire the cable trunk which still feeds the lifeblood from the earth today.
You climb three at a time, the others await e Meanwhile they listen to the music of the plants: a tool that transforms the caresses on the notes into notes, the variation of the sap into sounds, as if it were A secret melody of nature.
Enzo It welcomes about fifty people in the eveningnot more, to preserve the magic of the place and experience. To book, You have to write to him on WhatsAppat 338-8379533. To be precise, the place is located in Sambucheto 6, in Montecassiano.
“At the beginning someone left me an offer, but it embarked me a lot,” he says. “Now I put a box. I don’t keep anything for me, I donated everything to charity to various associations ».
Enzo is 65 years old and has built a small success story, but he doesn’t want to do it above: “Nobody” explains “he can choose where to be born. How can I pay a child to see the fireflies? I was lucky enough to grow in this special place, I want to return some wonder to the world ».
