Marino Curnis Explained

Marino Curnis (born 7 May 1973) is an Italian writer, poet, musician, language student and traveller.^[1] He is known mainly because of his travel on foot from Bergamo, Italy, to Iran.^[2] His trip was called Eurasia Pedibus Calcantibus.^[3] It covered 6.000 kilometres over 13 months (9 January 2006 – 7 February 2007).

Early life

Marino Curnis was born in Bergamo, Italy. In 2003, he started to learn Esperanto and he earned first and second level diplomas. He has a Nursery Assistant School Diploma and a two-year course at Liceo specializing in humanities.

Travelling

He has taken many journeys on foot.

In the Alps he ascended: Punta Rossa (Aosta, mt.3660), Pizzo Coca, Pizzo Camino, Pizzo Tre Signori and Corno Stella.. He twice trekked "Sentiero delle Orobie Orientali".^[4]

In 2003, he walked along the "Camino de Santiago do Compostela" in the North of Spain, from St.Jean Pie-du-Port (France) to Santiago do Compostela (1021 km in 37 days).

In 2006 he walked from Bergamo, Italy to Iran in 13 months, through 9 nations (Italy, Austria, Hungary, Roumania, Bulgaria, Turkey,^[5] Moldavia, Ukraine, Iran) and along 6000 kilometres.^[6]

In 2007, he trekked Annapurna, from Besisahar to Pokhara (Nepal).He covered 230 kilometres in 18 days. During this trek he climbed Thorung-La, 5416m above sea level.

In 2016, he walked from Rome (Italy) to Amboise (France) in 2 months, covering about 2000 kilometers following the footsteps of Leonardo da Vinci, who did this probable itinerary in 1516.^[7]

In 2018, Marino walked the Appian Way from Rome to Brindisi and over to Leuca, 750 kilometers in less than a month.

Other Travellings

• 17/10/1998-24/01/1999 INDIA: Mumbai (Bombay); VARANASI (Benares).
• 20/06/2001-20/08/2001 GERMANIA: Waldkirchen, Bayern.
• 27/09/2001-26/11/2001 NEPAL: Pathiani Town, Chitwan.
• 26/11/2001-05/01/2001 INDIA: da Darjeeling a Pushkar, India del nord.
• 06/02/2001-06/03/2001 (SPAIN): Lanzarote, Islas Canarias.
• 31/05/2003-05/04/2003 FRANCE: Paris.
• 06/04/2003-12/05/2003 SPAIN: Camino de Santiago do Compostela
• 13/05/2003-22/05/2003 PORTUGAL: Porto; Lisboa.
• 14/07/2003-30/07/2003 INDIA AND NEPAL: New Delhi; Pathiani Town.
• 28/11/2003-13/12/2003 PORTUGAL: tour con mezzi pubblici.
• 09/01/2006-10/02/2007 EURASIA PEDIBUS CALCANTIBUS: Italia-Iran on foot.
• 16/10/2007-15/12/2007 NEPAL: tour and trekking of Annapurna.
• 17/05/2016-17/07/2016 LEONARDO 1516: Rome (Italy)-Amboise (France) on foot.
• 15/10/2018-11/11/2018 APPIA A PIEDI: Rome (Italy)-Brindisi and then Leuca (Italy) on foot.

Bibliography

• Marino Curnis, Esploratore Involontario, Lupo&SoleEdizioni, 2003. Languages: Italian.
• Marino Curnis, Il Sogno Calpestato, Tera Mata, 2008. Languages: Italian.
• Marino Curnis, ORME-Visioni&Poesia di un Viaggiatore, Lupo&SoleEdizioni, 2008. Languages: Italian, Esperanto.
• Marino Curnis, Il Circuito dell'Annapurna, Lupo&SoleEdizioni, 2009. Languages: Italian.
• Marino Curnis, Amor ch'ha nullo amato amar perdona, Lupo&SoleEdizioni, 2009. Languages: Italian.
• Marino Curnis, XIX, Lupo&SoleEdizioni, 2009. Languages: Italian, Esperanto, English.
• Marino Curnis, Il Codice Aramaico – il Vangelo dei due Messia, Lupo&SoleEdizioni, 2014. Languages: Italian.
• Marino Curnis, Torniamo a Giocare – Novanta e più Giochi Antichi e Nuovi per tornare a giocare, Lupo&SoleEdizioni, 2015. Languages: Italian.
• Marino Curnis, Mamme e cuccioli (Stella Stellina), Lupo&SoleEdizioni, 2015. Languages: Italian.
• Marino Curnis, Karina e Karano, Lupo&SoleEdizioni, 2015. Languages: Italian.
• Marino Curnis, Giochiamo a DADI, Lupo&SoleEdizioni, 2015. Languages: Italian.
• Marino Curnis, Il cammino di Leonardo, Lupo&SoleEdizioni, 2017. Languages: Italian.
• Marino Curnis, Raccolta Delle Lettere a Leonardo da Vinci Custodite Nel Castello Reale Di Amboise, Lupo&SoleEdizioni, 2017. Languages: Italian.
• Marino Curnis, Itinerari Leonardeschi: 16 Itinerari a Piedi da Roma a Milano all’ombra di Leonardo da Vinci, Lupo&SoleEdizioni, 2017. Languages: Italian.
• Marino Curnis, La figlia di Heidi, Lupo&SoleEdizioni, 2017. Languages: Italian.
• Marino Curnis, La Via Appia a piedi- Vol.I, Ediciclo Editore, 2019. Languages: Italian.
• Marino Curnis, A piedi sull'Appia antica, Andrea Pacilli Editore, 2019. Languages: Italian.

References

1. Web site: senato.it – Legislatura 15 Atto di Sindacato Ispettivo n° 4-01239. senato.it.
2. https://archive.today/20130204175554/http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action;jsessionid=290D64C4CE539FE2F2DE8CE64A0ABB74?pageNo=1514&category=&dt=2007&newsId=39525&columnistId=0 Today's Zaman
3. Web site: Press Review from all over the world . https://archive.today/20130104015517/http://www.marinocurnis.com/Condivis/Media2006.html . dead . 2013-01-04 .
4. Web site: Lo Scarpone n.7 July 2006 Page 39 Club Alpino Italiano. 14 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120125180951/http://www.cai.it/uploads/media/LO_SCARPONE_LUGLIO_10.pdf. 25 January 2012. dead.
5. Web site: İtalya’dan adım adım Japonya.
6. Web site: Runtheplanet.com. runtheplanet.com.
7. Web site: MASS MEDIA 2016 – marinocurnis. Marino. Curnis. marinocurnis.altervista.org. 30 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160711035809/http://marinocurnis.altervista.org/Condivis/Media2016.html. 11 July 2016. dead.

External links

• Marino Curnis Official Website