Apice is a small center on the border between the Avellino province and the province of Benevento. Today it is divided into Apice Nuova and Apice Vecchia since, following the earthquake of 1962, the municipal administration decided to move the entire population to a new part of the territory. From that moment on, everything has remained unaltered: time seems to have stopped in a snapshot of 40 years ago. At the entrance to the old town there is a Norman castle dating back to the 8th century that surrounds the entire town and opposes other buildings to the way it is preserved. Going through the many lanes, up the narrow streets, you can notice how the environment has been altered only by the ineluctable flow of time and nature that, decidedly, begins to recover its spaces. You can walk through these streets, look into the houses and realize how everything was as it was. Looking through the cracks of the houses and the muddy walls, moving into the different rooms, one imagines what was, as those seemingly quiet lives were shaken by a sudden and ruthless phenomenon such as an earthquake can be: an idea of interrupted life that It is time-consuming and today allows you to look away from everyday life, to dream of moments that have never lived. Signs of hand-drawn shops are still intact, the houses are ruined and invaded by the weed; Well-preserved cellars and old cars parked in the garage
Apice is a small center on the border between the Avellino province and the province of Benevento. Today it is divided into Apice Nuova and Apice Vecchia since, following the earthquake of 1962, the municipal administration decided to move the entire population to a new part of the territory. From that moment on, everything has remained unaltered: time seems to have stopped in a snapshot of 40 years ago. At the entrance to the old town there is a Norman castle dating back to the 8th century that surrounds the entire town and opposes other buildings to the way it is preserved. Going through the many lanes, up the narrow streets, you can notice how the environment has been altered only by the ineluctable flow of time and nature that, decidedly, begins to recover its spaces. You can walk through these streets, look into the houses and realize how everything was as it was. Looking through the cracks of the houses and the muddy walls, moving into the different rooms, one imagines what was, as those seemingly quiet lives were shaken by a sudden and ruthless phenomenon such as an earthquake can be: an idea of interrupted life that It is time-consuming and today allows you to look away from everyday life, to dream of moments that have never lived. Signs of hand-drawn shops are still intact, the houses are ruined and invaded by the weed; Well-preserved cellars and old cars parked in the garage