On September 2, 2023, in front of several hundred people, we unveiled the statue dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Professor's death. La Contea Gentile is the result of a mixture of countless tales and fantastic stories, but his works have had a great impact and an undoubted importance in the creative development of this place.

50 years after his passing, it was right to pay homage to him with a memory that everyone, coming to the shire, could admire: the bronze bust of the writer towering on a Majella stone column sculpted with leaves and flowers, symbols of a paradisiacal place in the land of half.

The bust was sculpted by the Anglo-Saxon artist Steve Paterson while the column was turned and sculpted by Antonello Palmerio, a sculptor from Pretoro (Ch), a few kilometers from the Contea Gentile, thus uniting England and Abruzzo. During the inauguration, elven songs were sung in his honor with harps, violins and flutes and it was one of the most emotional moments that the Contea Gentile has ever experienced, and will always remain engraved in our hearts.

When you walk along the gentle paths of Contea Gentile, stop for a moment in front of this statue and thank with your heart a man who gave us a wonderful world.