The Rural
Temple

One of the Collective’s primary objectives is the construction of the Rural Temple, a hillside expanse hosting various creations conceived as universes, all animated by a common flow of positive creative energy – and all designed to give rise, as a totality, to a magical place.

Walking along the paths of the Rural Temple, we find simple structures dug into the hillside – pavilions of silence flanked by large boulders. Moving on, cool and soothe yourself in the expansive pool among the rocks, indulge yourself with the intoxicating scents of the many surrounding flowers and aromatic plants, and fix your gaze on the majestic seed tower in the near distance.

As we look about the park, we see the vegetable plots inspired by traditional rural Italian gardens. And then we come across the Pyramid, a symbol of rebirth, below which we can descend and enter the natural cold cellars. Enjoy a moment of mental and spiritual repose on the fragrant meditative platform, or let yourself be lulled into divine daydreams in the hammocks that sway amidst the ancient olive trees in even older groves. What’s more, you can give yourself over to the pleasures of the wines in our underground cellars – or enjoy them in the Colletivo restaurant, along with the wonderful fruits of the earth that the Rural Temple produces. In the evening, take in the immense, natural spectacle of the magical sky and its endless constellations, from out in the surrounding fields or lying inside an entrancing transparent sphere.

The Rural Temple is both a strongly-rooted and constantly evolving place. This is where magic happens, where you experience wonderful moments and exceptional ambiences that nourish body, mind, and soul.

The Manifesto

The members of the Collective have decided to commit themselves to this location, to planning specific strategies and actions with the aim of promoting real change.

The goal is to revive this little patch of paradise, encourage people to return and to adjust their way of life in a new, decidedly positive direction.

The founding partners of the Collective undertake to redistribute any profit derived from our work here until at least 2030. All proceeds will be reinvested to create and maintain jobs, develop our products, promote the local area through cultural and commercial actions, preserve the surrounding natural environment, grow the value of the local/regional agricultural sector, and facilitate cultural awareness.

We want to restore life in this location through art, culture and agricolture.

We create to live, not to possess.
We, together with our work, are determined and destined to leave our mark here.

The Collettivo

The Castelboom Collective consists of figures from cultural circles, the worlds of fashion, culinary art and research, together with artists and musicians, architects and designers, chefs, philosophers and anthropologists. Each individual is a carrier of skills connected to and linked by the soil and the culture; and all united by our love of nature and beauty.

The Mainstays

The mainstays of the Temple are respect for the individual and the surroundings, care for and attention to the beauty of agriculture and finally, the importance of the act itself, in the sincere cultivation of awareness, which aim is to leave a legacy, one tangible yet ethereal, to those who will follow.