We are on the bike path that runs along the Adda, the shore is occupated by ducks, and seagulls. There are toys, sports equipment and benches on which to sit and and admire the beautiful view: on one side the Adda, omn the other Mount Resegone. We also see an iron silhouette of the boat with the characters from the Betrothed, and a stone with the inscription “Addio Monti”
The Addio monti is a passage from chapter eight of The Betrothed written by Alessandro Manzoni. Here Manzoni reports Lucia’s thoughts while she is leaving, sadly, on a boat, her beloved country.
She turns her farewell especially to the mountains, compared to the faces of her dear acquaintances, to streams that remember the sound of her friend’s voice, to the scattered villas, to the church where she was to be married, at her native house and the house of her betrothed, Renzo. The stone is located at the ancient mouth of the Bione
ADDIO MONTI PARK
Addio monti park is located in Pescarenico and includes the stone and a giant bench 2 meters high, which offer a spectacular view of the lake, where you can admire the nests of the local fauna. There are also
spaces for pic-nic and a playground. During the summer time various events are organized.
To reach the park, along with the car, visitors can travel using other means of transport like trains, and buses.
THE TEXT
“Farewell mounts, mouth of waters, and elevated to sky; peaks unequal, notes to those who grew up among you, and impressed in their mind: streams from which are distinguished roar, like the sound of familiar voices. White villas located on the mountains, like flocks of sheep.
How sad is the step of those who go! To the imagination of the one who goes away with the hope of finding fortune: He was astonished that he had made a decision and would turn back, if he didn’t think that one day he would return rich. The air seems heavy and dead he goes into the turbulent cities: it
seems that the houses bloom in the streets and they take his breath away. In front of the buildings, watched by the stranger, he thinks about the camp of his country, to whom he has already set his eyes,and he will buy back to his mountains”