The bells are an ever-present part of Papiano life, marking the time and the major events. But I still haven't really got the hang of them! Here's what I have spotted so far...
There's the simple chiming of the the hours and the half hours, somewhat charmingly about 30 seconds behind Cerqueto the next village and a few seconds ahead of Castello delle Forme.
Then there are the extra chimes. So, first you get the regular ones for the hour and the half hour..a short pause, and then.....
Every day just after the 12 chimes for mid-day, there's a short peal of the deep bell, presumably calling in the 'contadini' from the fields for 1pm and pranzo. This was what we heard on that second viewing in September 2011.
Every evening at 08.30pm, the deep bell tolls for about 2 minutes. This is the Angelus being rung. It just stops you and makes you pause. Best of all if you are on the terrace with a glass of wine in hand..
On Fridays at 16.30 there's a rather short but joyful rising peal, which I have dubbed 'the weekend is coming'. And then at 16.45 there's an even shorter 'really...it's soon'.
Finally the Sunday bells..the one not to be missed at 09.30am...that's the full 4 minute peal you can hear in the blog post 'Sunday bells in Papiano' by clicking Here. And there's a chaser at 09.45 in case you haven't left for church yet!
Which then just leaves us with the ad hoc peals. There's a somewhat mournful off-beat ring when someone dies..thankfully you don't hear this too often. On the Tuesday after Easter you also get the procession to Madonna dei Bagni See video which is a very important day in the calendar of Papiano.
And then of course there's Easter. The one time the bells fall silent from Thursday to Easter Sunday. You wouldn't think so, but you really do welcome them back on the Sunday.
The bells have become part of you.
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