Ladies of Asolo

A building projection screened using two sides of the Reata Tower within the castle grounds of Asolo, as part of the Italian Fantadia Festival.

The beauty of art, the magic of the landscape and the ideal refuge for the body and the soul, attracted many famous people to Asolo, in different times, who loved it and lived in it. Of these, there were three women; Caterina Cornaro, Eleonora Duse and Freya Stark, who were unconnected by time but deeply tied to this town. Travellers, enterprising, nonconformist and intellectuals of international fame that contributed to elect the image of Asolo as a place ideal for its beauty and its high quality.

Caterina Cornaro, ex queen of Cyprus, exiled to Asolo in 1489, was able to create a castle, that still bares her name, a beautiful Renaissance court. Eleonora Duse, of international theatre, used to come to relax in Asolo from the hard work of the stage and also, chose Asolo as her final resting place. Freya Stark, explorer, writer and photographer, felt privileged to set Asolo as her goal of returning from her journeys and she too is buried here, in the cemetery of S.Anna.

The multivision of about 10 minutes, explores the extraordinary stories of these ladies and was presented at the end of each Teatro Duse session as a final surprise for the public.

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