It consists in poems engraved on stone in original language and translated in Italian that famous contemporary poets, guests of the town, have written for Arpino. This initiative is co-ordinated by the writer Giuseppe Bonaviri.
The pages of this book are located in the four quarters into which the old town centre is divided: outside Porta di Saturno (at Colle) there is a poem by Giuseppe Bonaviri “il bianchissimo vento” (The White Wind); in via Vittorio Colonna, by the Church of S.Antonio, it is possible to read “Pietre”(Stones) by the Sweden Lars Forssell and “Scritto nella pietra” (Written on Stone) by Kjell Espmark; in via Caio Mario, near Ladislaus Castle (at Civita Falconara) there is “A volo d’uccello” (Bird’s flight) by the Russian Valentin Berestov; in via M. Tullio Tirone (at Arco) there is “Applauso per Arpino” (Applause for Arpino) by Pedro J. de la Peña.
And again, “La musica dell’arpa” by Lei Shuyan (China, 1997/98) near the church of Suffragio in Panaccio; “Ascolta la Ciociaria” homage to Libero De Libero” (1988) near Pontelungo on the Tulliana Road; “L’aquila tranquilla” by Wladimir Mikes (Rep. Czecha, 2000) in Salita dell’Arco; “A Saturno conditum” by Sandy Hutchinson (Scotland, 2001) in piazza Gioacchino Conti; “Il sogno” by Silvia Baron Supervielle (France, 2002); “L’usignolo di maggio” by Ursula Koziol (Poland, 2003) in via Civita Falconara; “Il grande libro di Arpino” by Dante Marianacci (Italy, 2004) at Collecarino; “I capelli di Arianna” by Ioan Flora (Rumania, 2004) in via Vittoria Colonna; “Dio dell’Alleanza” by Papa John Paul II (2004) at Civitavecchia; “Bar Fabbrizio” by Matthias Politycki (Germany, 2005) in Municipio square.