On 26 June 2026, in the hamlet of Lizori, the Antonio Meneghetti Scientific and Humanistic Research Foundation organised Lizori. Drawing and Seeing, an event marking fifty years since the restoration of the village began in 1976, led by Antonio Meneghetti together with a group of friends.

Held under the patronage of the Municipality of Campello sul Clitunno, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the University of Perugia, the Order of Engineers of the Province of Perugia and the Order of Architects of the Province of Perugia, the event brought together people who had personally contributed to the reconstruction of Lizori, scholars who now explore its experience through academic research and teaching, and participants from the local area.

The meeting was opened by Pamela Bernabei, President of the Foundation, who identified the significance of the day in the very composition of the audience: “This evening, I am standing before people who have experienced very different moments in the history of Lizori: some contributed directly to its reconstruction; others are here to study it, interpret it and carry its experience forward. It is precisely this meeting between different generations and areas of expertise that we wanted to create.”

Looking back at the experience that began in 1976, Pamela Bernabei recalled that the restoration was not simply the sum of individual projects. Those who restored their own homes also contributed to rebuilding the shared spaces and reviving the village as a whole: “Each person worked on what was their own, but was also building for everyone.” That choice continues to shape the way Lizori is cared for, studied and lived today.

Institutional greetings were then given by Simonetta Scarabottini, Mayor of Campello sul Clitunno; Silvia Meniconi, Deputy Director of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the University of Perugia, who highlighted the scientific collaboration developed with the Foundation; and Stefano Tini, who attended in his capacity as Vice President of the Order of Architects of the Province of Perugia. Sergio Guerrini, Deputy Mayor of Campello sul Clitunno, was also present.

In her address, Mayor Scarabottini described Lizori as a village that, when cared for, is capable of generating “relationships, culture, work and quality of life.” She reviewed some of the achievements made possible through public–private cooperation, including the restoration of Palazzo Trinci, the castle lighting project and the encounter between the area’s traditional craftsmanship and a contemporary vision of living. In this history, she recognised Umbria’s distinctive “industrious beauty”: a beauty preserved through work and the participation of the community.

The floor then passed to the scholars.

Marco Filippucci, from the University of Perugia, addressed Representing in Order to Know: Integrated Strategies for Landscape Enhancement, highlighting the relationship between representation, knowledge and the development of tools capable of supporting the enhancement of both the village and its surrounding landscape.

Fabio Marcelli, from the University of Perugia, situated The Village of San Benedetto da Norcia, Pissignano and Lizori within the thousand-year journey of a sacred and vital place, tracing its historical depth and continuity within the territory.

Emanuela Chiavoni, from Sapienza University of Rome, presented Revealing the Intangible through Drawing, showing how drawing can make even the less visible dimensions of a place perceptible: its relationships, atmospheres, memories and ways of being inhabited.

The event also included the presentation of Viaggio a Lizori. Paesaggio, percezione, disegni (Journey to Lizori. Landscape, Perception, Drawings), a boxed set comprising two accordion-fold volumes by Fabio Bianconi and Marco Filippucci, illustrated by Claudio Patanè and published by Fiorina Edizioni. Created for the fiftieth anniversary, the work unfolds like a map, inviting readers to continue the journey through their own gaze, drawing and personal perception of the landscape.

The presentation of the boxed set gave concrete form to another passage from Pamela Bernabei’s address: “A place does not remain alive simply because it was saved once. It remains alive when, over time, someone continues to choose it.”

The evening concluded with refreshments, allowing speakers, guests and members of the audience to continue their conversations and share a convivial moment in the spaces of the village.

The meeting brought a tangible continuity into view: those who had brought the houses and shared spaces back to life met those who now study Lizori through drawing, research and the interpretation of the landscape. The fiftieth anniversary therefore showed that the experience of the village does not belong only to the past: it continues to generate knowledge and new ways of enhancing the local area.

The Mayor concluded: “Fifty years ago, someone saw a possible tomorrow. Today it is our turn to look farther ahead and, with the same care, draw the future we want to share.”