{"id":1576,"date":"2016-11-21T12:42:56","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T11:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecomuseomalesco.it\/casa-giovan-maria-salati\/"},"modified":"2017-06-13T14:22:07","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T12:22:07","slug":"house-giovan-maria-salati","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ecomuseomalesco.it\/en\/house-giovan-maria-salati\/","title":{"rendered":"The House of Giovan Maria Salati"},"content":{"rendered":"[spb_row wrap_type=”content-width” row_bg_type=”color” color_row_height=”content-height” bg_type=”cover” parallax_image_height=”content-height” parallax_image_movement=”fixed” parallax_image_speed=”0.5″ parallax_video_height=”window-height” parallax_video_overlay=”none” row_overlay_opacity=”0″ row_padding_vertical=”0″ row_padding_horizontal=”0″ row_margin_vertical=”0″ remove_element_spacing=”no” inner_column_height=”col-natural” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”] [spb_single_image image=”732″ image_size=”medium” frame=”glowframe” intro_animation=”fade-from-bottom” full_width=”yes” lightbox=”no” link_target=”_self” caption=”The House of Giovan Maria Salati” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”] [\/spb_row] [spb_column width=”2\/3″ el_position=”first”] [spb_text_block title=”The House of Giovan Maria Salati” pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”]\n

The House of Giovan Maria Salati is located in Via Eria, in Malesco.<\/span><\/span>
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Walking along the streets of the village, it is easy to find a marble slab on the wall of a house: in 1989 the Municipality dedicated a commemorative plaque to Giovan Maria Salati<\/strong> to honor his memory.
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Why honor his memory?
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Are you wondering who is Giovan Maria Salati<\/span> and why dedicate him a gravestone?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Giovan Maria Salati was born in 1796 in Malesco and emigrated to France as a young soldier of Napoleon.
\n<\/span>In 1817,<\/strong> the navy rifleman was captured by the British, who locked him in a prison in Dover<\/strong>, United Kingdom, on the shores of the ocean.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dover’s position is the reason why Giovan Maria Salati passed to history: Dover, indeed, is located in the southeastern part of the UK island, Kent County, and is the location of one of the m<\/span>ost important ports of the nation, thanks to its incredible proximity to France<\/strong>.
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Giovan Maria Salati: the first man who crossed the English Channel
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The White Cliffs of Dover and Calais are separated by 34 km and exactly these 34 km were swimmed by Giovan Maria Salati to escape his jailers<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This endeavour made him the first man in history who crossed the English Channel<\/strong> by swimming in 1817 and still today, for this crossing, he is considered the pioneer of the long-distance swimming, according to the Italian Swimming Federation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Swimming was not the specialty of Giovan Maria Salati: until the departure with the Napoleonic army, he was shepherd in Malesco and learned how to swim in the cold rivers of the Valle Vigezzo. <\/span>When he arrived in France, became a chemneysweeper, as evidenced by the testimonies of the time.<\/span><\/p>\n

He had a priest son, who he\u00a0 followed in his relocations until the Saint Brice sous Foret village, where he died in 1879.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n[\/spb_text_block] [spb_text_block title=”Notable Buildings in Malesco” pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”1\/1″ el_position=”first last”]\n

The House of Giovanni Maria Salati<\/span><\/span> is among the remarkable buildings that can be admired by going through the streets of Malesco.<\/p>\n

Each of them gives to the village a piece of history and contributes to create this unique corner of Valle Vigezzo.<\/p>\n

Among the remarkable buildings of Malesco you can visit<\/p>\n