“You cannot visit the Castellana Caves at this time, but you can learn about them to prepare for the visit!”. With this assumption, the Castellana Caves launch the hashtag on their social channels Facebook and Instagram #whileyouarehome, offering a virtual journey inside them, through history, geology and curiosities.
For those forced to stay home during this period, for those who are out of school but want to learn, for those who have had to slow down their work, for those who love to travel but can't now, the Castellana Caves are opening their doors virtually, focusing on their history, the tourist route and hidden corners, the curiosities and memories of those who work there. Employees and collaborators of the Castellana Caves srl, all involved to tell the story of the caves from the point of view of those who experience them every day and are forced to stay away from them during this period.
This initiative also offers an opportunity to contribute to the dissemination of knowledge, especially during this time when there's time to devote to culture through study, reading, and learning more, but also to plan future travel while we wait for things to return to normal.
Meanwhile, the Board of Directors of Grotte di Castellana srl (president Victor Casulli, vice president Francesco Manghisi and advisor Maria Lacasella), currently engaged in identifying and suggesting solutions to support workers in the tourism sector, communicates: Still filled with a sense of loss and emptiness, at this challenging time in the life of our karst site, we wish to express our closeness and solidarity to all workers and collaborators of the Castellana Caves Company. The entire Board of Directors, together with the Municipal Administration, trade unions, consultants, and regional and national political groups, is constantly monitoring government activities, suggesting regulatory solutions that can ensure concrete and tangible support for those workers in the tourism sector who will inevitably be negatively impacted in the immediate future. The entire Board of Directors of the Castellana Caves Company remains constantly available (in the ways currently permitted) to each individual worker for any information and/or clarification. Let's stay united! #everythingwillbefine.
