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The last Google Camp in Selinunte, when Silicon Valley came to party with us

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On 29 July 2019 Silicon Valley moved to Sicily for a few days. In Selinunte, near Trapani, in the largest archaeological park in Europe. To host the Google Camp, a format that started in 2016 in Agrigento.

Already on July 27 on the local news of the Republic they titled: “Selinunte is preparing for the Google Camp, rumors about the arrival of Barack Obama”. And then: “The organizational machine for the Google Camp 2019 started in total secrecy. The watchword for the event of the year in Selinunte is top secret. The certainty is that the gala dinner will be set up, for the second year in a row, in front of the temple of Hera and that, for the occasion, the archaeological park will close its doors to tourists for one day ”.

The day of the start of the Camp Repubblica always titled: “In Selinunte everything is ready for Google Camp. Mark Zuckerberg is coming tonight ”. And then: “40 jets have already landed in Palermo, more than 100 private planes are expected until Sunday. Voices increasingly insistent on the arrival of Barack Obama. According to rumors among the guests also Tom Cruise and George Clooney. Strict security measures: the police asked the residents of the seaside village and the owners of a hotel overlooking the temple not to look out of the windows and on the terraces during the event “.

The following day the report of La Sicilia added many details: “It was the notes of the British musical group Coldplay last night that entertained the exclusive guests of the Google Camp 2019 at the archaeological park of Selinunte closed for the occasion at 2 pm The songs were also heard outside the site in the seaside village of Marinella di Selinunte. The particular furnishings installed, the play of lights and the rotating stage on which the singers performed created a suggestive atmosphere between temples E, G and F where guests, at the end of a pleasant aperitif, they played an equally tasty gala dinner. The dishes served were cooked on the spot where two huge kitchens were set up. Imposing security measures prepared to defend the many VIPs of the international jet set who attended, including Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank. Expected (and perhaps already arrived …), among others, the founder of Facebook Mark Zuckemberg and Barack Obama, but also Hollywood stars such as Tom Cruise and George Clooney and among the Italians John Elkann with his brother Lapo ”. According to Rai News there was also Prince William but the event had such charm and mystery that you could associate any name and we would have believed it.

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Last summer the pandemic has interrupted the tradition of Camp and this year too it will not happen. Who knows if it will come back or if it belongs to those things that the virus has taken away forever.

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