In the work, inspired by the Tabula Peutingeriana, the paths of the Appia and Trajan appear stylized associated with a series of places, technologies, architecture, historical, artistic and cultural events that are depicted by drawing, especially looking at medieval, Byzantine, Persian, Armenian and Chinese miniatures. The artist thus combined in his work the practices of the scribe and the miniaturist of monastic memory. A journey that highlights salient events and people appeared over twenty-three centuries coming to the present day and showing all the vitality, and the extraordinary, of Regina Viarum.

“The chance to work in Mappia has been one of the most beautiful things that I’ve had in recent years. I was able to immerse myself in an extraordinary story by transforming great narratives into miniatures and scriptures. A unique opportunity to live a few months in the quiet of my scriptorium in a forest in the hills of Rimini and from there travel in time and space. We all know the Via Appia but thanks to a project like this I was able to discover a multitude of stories and places that make it more and more alive every day. Let’s not forget how the Via Appia was the bridge with the East and in Mappia there are characters like the great Ottoman cartographer Piri Reis, Hannibal and his elephants, Frederick II, the brigand Fra Diavolo and many others.” The first inspiration for Mappia was the wonderful “Tabula Peutingeriana”. It is a 12th-13th century copy of an ancient Roman map showing the roads of the Roman Empire, from the British Isles to the Mediterranean region, and from the Middle East to the Indies and Central Asia. The Tabula consists of 11 scrolls gathered in a strip of 675 x 34 centimeters.

The Tabula provided travelers with all relevant information about the location of the most important cities and places of rest (mansio) of the road network of the Roman Empire, as well as the series of daily stops on major travel routes.

Together with the mic and the Municipalities every month Mappia will be presented on display in one of the cities involved (Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Benevento, Venosa and Brindisi) in conjunction with the release of Mickey Mouse that every last Wednesday of the month will dedicate a story to the Appia. This association with Mickey seems like a fantastic thing to me and I feel childish joy. In each place, along with the exhibition, there will be presentations of the number of Mickey Mouse, meetings, workshops, conversations and sometimes performances. You want with these practices do a job on the territory involving anyone there lives or transits. Mappia is therefore also a process and a sharing.”