Two Polish Writers in Calabria: Zofia Sokołowska and Kazimiera Alberti

Calabria is an almost unknown land to Polish people, even though many of them visited Sicily (particularly in the eighteenth century) without showing however great interest in this region. Zofia Sokołowska, writer, a friend of Maria Konopnicka is the first Polish tourist who looks at this region with curiosity and describes in detail the train journey from Reggio to Salerno. Kazimiera Alberti, half a century later, remained there for a couple of weeks and discovered another Calabria, its natural beauties as well as historical and cultural aspects. Both descriptions of the journey to Calabria deserve attention and reflection given the commitment of the two authors to present its over-temporal values.