Sergio Ragone

A journalist, storyteller and digital strategist, Sergio Ragone was born and raised in Basilicata. For more, search for Sergio Ragone or Luogo Ideale on Instagram, visit luogoideale.wordpress.com or youtube.com/@sergiolino/videos, or google universo sud luoghi ideali.

Telling stories, making connections

It all began with a journey. Not in the rhetorical sense of the term, but with real steps, into emptying villages, along silent streets, alongside faces filled with expectation and questions. It was the summer of 2015, and I had an urgent need: to tell the story of Basilicata not as a remote place, but as a space of possibility. Thus was born #IdealPlace — more than a project, a gentle obsession. A way of saying that even in territories considered peripheral, new words are being generated, visions capable of touching the heart of Italy’s transformations. Not just beauty, but …

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