AnticaMente

AnticaMente 2025: the third edition over two weekends

The 2025 edition of AnticaMente chose an extended formula: four days spread over two weekends, June 28-29 and July 5-6, 2025. The heart of the event remained the Lombard Citadel of Arpaia, in the Sannio area of Benevento, with the historic center reopened to visitors and restored to the atmosphere of the past.

The structure built by the Officina Sociale Pro Arpaia APS association, based on the MaratonArt project linked to the Vanvitellian Celebrations, was confirmed: homemade pasta workshops and workshops for children, re-enactments of ancient games, exhibitions and visual paths on the history of the village and its springs, guided tours of the monuments and walls, crafts, traditional food, and the traditional Arpaia serenades of the «A'sciuriata», with concerts closing the evenings.

As always, access was free, and the event continued to combine the promotion of local memory with a focus on inclusion and the participation of the various realities of the Caudine Valley.