The famous La Sonrisa hotel restaurant, well-known location of the TV program "The Castle of Ceremonies", has been confiscated as sanctioned by the Court of Cassation. In the structure, located in Sant'Antonio Abate, in the province of Naples, the episodes of the TV series broadcast on Real Time and dedicated to weddings and other occasions were recorded. Now the owner family is thinking of appealing to the Court of Strasbourg.
But those who fear for their future are above all the more than 200 families who gravitate around the activity between seasonal workers, permanent workers and temporary workers, after the golden years of the era of Antonio Polese, the owner known as "Boss of ceremonies" on TV .
The troubles began in 2011 with the first complaints of building violations carried out starting in 1979 on an area over 40 thousand square metres. Now the definitive confiscation of the properties and land on which the accommodation facility stands has arrived, destined to be acquired in the real estate assets of the Municipality. There are two options available to the municipal administration: demolish it or use it, but only for public utility purposes.
For now, however, the business continues, the court has entrusted the company to the Polese family precisely to guarantee continuity of employment. But as soon as the Municipality takes over, what will happen? The mayor Ilaria Abagnale explains that she wants to proceed in close collaboration with the institutions, the next step will be a meeting with the prefect and the heads of the prosecutor's office. «It is an important accommodation facility for our territory - says Abagnale - a point of reference for the whole area and which for years has offered work to hundreds of families, not only from Abagnale». Among the hypotheses, keeping the accommodation facility open by entrusting its management to private individuals, through a public tender that excludes the current owners.
(Unioneonline/ss)