Why is the ancient city of Italy always full of charm? Historic plastic surgery rooms grow from the ruins, and people insist on guarding history.

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Why is the ancient city of Italy always full of charm? From the contemplation of beauty, architecture seems to grow out of the earth. The Italians stubbornly guarded the rooted old house and had to be reborn in place even after the branches were cut off.

On Highway 24, L'Aquila can be identified from a distance. Countless slender jibs of cranes crisscross the sky, and the city built by the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II in the 13th century is now an open-air operating room for historic plastic rehabilitation.

From Rome to the east, the round hills are like a group of cats on the ground, and the olive trees next to each other on the top of the hill look like the thick curly hair of an ancient Roman statue; the climbing mountain gradually reveals rugged rocks, but the grass is full of grass and is like an imperial rice ball sprinkled with seaweed powder. The charm of Castle Peak makes people forget the cruel side of nature. Just like Taiwan's Central Mountains, the Apennines running through the north and south are the backbone of the Italian peninsula, but lazy cats occasionally turn over.

A strong earthquake late at night on April 6, 2009 killed more than 300 people and injured thousands in the central mountain city of L'Aquila. The beautiful ancient city of more than 700 years has changed beyond recognition.

A "cultural rainbow" that can learn from nature but give full play to human creativity (Photography / Zheng Jieyi)

Countries lend a helping hand and support each other after trauma

The absence of L'Aquila is not only a pity for Italy, but also a loss of human history. Not only France helps to repair the church, but the United States also helps. Eni, an Italian energy company, sponsors American landscape artist Beverly Pepper to plan the reconstruction of Sun Park. She pointed to the blue sky and green space surrounded by the mountains. "this space has its own meaning, and the task of the artist is to understand its meaning, not to think it is omnipotent." Art is not only a distant view, but also a part of the life of the residents. Summer is an open-air theater and winter is a skating rink. "this is the gathering place of the neighbors, and we meet again in nature."

After the trauma of mountain collapse, L'Aquila people continue their predecessors' wisdom combined with modern science and technology to help each other find a way to settle down, and the charm of the mountain city is still Tian Chang Di Jiu (Eternal Dumpling).

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