Orto Cinico is a project to restore and care for an old, abandoned family plot of land.

I have chosen to look after and protect it, and to turn it into a living monument to freedom, beauty and culture.

Currently, the 3,333.28 square metre plot is divided into three areas to be cleared and prepared, and I will be helped in this by a young man I met by chance near my home, as if sent by fate (I really have no idea where to start).

There is a huge amount of work to be done: clearing the woodland, cutting back dead branches, clearing the bushes and vines that my grandfather used to grow, mowing the grass, putting up a fence (I’ve realised that some people come in looking for truffles, which I wouldn’t know how to pick anyway), digging a well, creating a vegetable patch, an herb garden, a woodland with a food forest, a pond, a barrel-shaped house inspired by Diogenes, and much more.

The idea is to create a safe haven of beauty and harmony where anyone who wishes to spend a day or more in peace, in contact with nature, beauty, art or simply with themselves, is welcome.

I have trained in Metaphysics and Philosophical Analysis (I have a PhD), in coaching and counselling, and I would like to bring my events, training courses and sessions to this place, to be held in contact with nature.

I am also a performer, so I would love to host lots of art and artists and engage in many collaborations.

Creating this place is very important to me: I left academia because I no longer identified with its ideology, and I would like to create a safe space to connect anyone who feels the need with culture and personal and spiritual growth.

I’m launching a YouTube channel where you can follow my story and all the updates, or message me privately to find out what’s new.

I look forward to seeing you and hope to meet you soon and welcome you to Orto Cinico