Word: collodi
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Dates: during 1981-1981
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...fairy tale carries special significance for the people of Collodi...
...homage to their classic, Italians last week celebrated the centennial of Pinocchio in the tiny Tuscan village of Collodi (pop. 1,800), where Author Loren-zini spent much of his childhood and whose name he later took as part of his nom de plume, Carlo Collodi. More than 12,000 visitors besieged the picturesque hillside village to tour "Pinocchio Park," a mini-Disneyland featuring outdoor sculptures and mosaics by Italian artists depicting characters out of the 19th century fable like Geppetto the Carpenter and the laughing serpent. Sated with free ice cream, schoolchildren were toted by donkeys past...
...mother's home village on Monte a Pescia. Its rustic beauty was an ideal setting, as Pinocchio once explained to the talking cricket, in which "to chase butterflies, to climb trees and take little birds from their nests." Says Professor Rolando Anzilotti, president of the Carlo Collodi Foundation that promotes the lore of Pinocchio: "The book reflects the flavor of a country town where a child first opens his eyes to the world...