The title of the exhibition expresses an urgency: to return and awaken to our origins.
In a world that moves too fast, only the bond with nature — slowing down, listening to silence, reconnecting with memory and with the earth — can reawaken our ability to feel and to be moved.
The artworks placed among the trulli are living presences: they invite pause, listening, and dialogue between the ancient craftsmanship of past generations and the creative sensitivity of the present.
“In this place, where every stone holds a story, my mission is to continue creating a space of hospitality, beauty, and inspiration. If the encounter between art and memory manages to evoke even a single authentic emotion, we will have fulfilled what this place has done for over three hundred years: leave a deep mark on the heart of those who pass through it.”
— Rosalba Cardone, owner of Leonardo Trulli Resort
The exhibition unfolds as a path marked by six artistic presences and six inner moments:
the awakening of matter, memory, life, humanity, dance, and the cosmos.
The works of Silvia Della Rocca, Giuseppe Maiorana, Stefano Bombardieri, Stefano Pierotti, Sauro Cavallini, Gianfranco Meggiato, and Fulvio Bifarini create an itinerary in which each step invites a different reflection.
Matter becomes origin, memory becomes root, life asks for protection, humanity rediscovers its fragility, dance opens to freedom, and the cosmos brings everything back to a greater order.
The aim is to offer visitors an experience that goes beyond simple aesthetic contemplation.
The exhibition is a path to be walked — a dialogue between art, nature, and architecture — capable of transforming the landscape into a place of listening, wonder, and awareness.
In this encounter between past and present, the stone speaks again.
The trulli, the olive trees, and the sculptures become guardians of a new narrative, where tradition does not remain still but opens to the future through the universal power of art.
At the center of this story stands the symbolic figure of Leonardo, a man deeply connected to his land with the simplicity and strength of someone who knows every breath of it.
He belonged to a small world made of a farmhouse, a solitary trullo, and an authentic land — not rich in appearance, but rich in soul.
Before leaving this world, Leonardo entrusted this place to Rosalba, now its refined hostess, giving her an ideal promise: to preserve its identity without hindering its evolution.
Over time, this promise has taken shape.
The original trullo has become part of a stone village; the farmhouse has transformed into a place of hospitality, calm, and beauty; the land continues to live through the vegetable garden, vineyards, century‑old olive trees, and the natural rhythm of the seasons.
Nothing has been erased: every element has been preserved, reinterpreted, and brought into a new light.
In this landscape, contemporary art becomes the voice of the earth.
The sculptures do not impose themselves on the place — they belong to it: emerging among the olive trees, conversing with the trulli, guiding the visitor’s gaze, and transforming the path into an intimate and symbolic experience.
The symbolic return of Leonardo thus represents the confirmation of a promise kept:
to safeguard the authentic soul of this land and, through art, give it a voice capable of speaking to the world.
