Gradara is a city of peace and love, a meeting place for different cultures and nations, said at a briefing in Tskhinval the mayor of the Italian city Filippo Gasperi.
"I am glad that I am in South Ossetia, and I hope that Gradara will also be the meeting place fot us," Gasperi said.
The mayor told about the sights of the city, about the fortress, where in ancient times there was a love story of Paolo and Francesca, which became the basis of the famous "Divine Comedy" by the great Dante.
"We have a beautiful historical castle, which is shrouded in legends," said the mayor of the Italian city. "We believe that our fortress is the center of the world."
Gasperi has specified that the city's population is 5 thousand people, but the number of tourists exceeds a million.
The head of the Italian city expressed his gratitude to the South Ossetian colleague Alan Kochiev for the invitation and the opportunity to visit South Ossetia, and also thanked the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia in Italy, Mauro Murgia, without whom, he said, a meeting with representatives of the RSO would not have become possible.
