It is entitled Premonition of Love (in Japanese Koi No Yokan) and is a work with which Amalfi intends to pay homage to historical and heroic agriculture. But more specifically, the dual soul of the Coast to which the ancient maritime republic gives its name. That is, the peasant and maritime souls that merge into an inseparable pair. It bears the signature of master Andrea Roggi and has been set up at the entrance to the town on the occasion of the first National Assembly of Rural Landscapes of Historical Interest organised in collaboration with the Municipal Administration, led by the mayor Daniele Milano, and scheduled to take place in Amalfi from 17 to 19 November 2023 with the intention of raising awareness among institutions at various levels on the main challenges and threats that historical agriculture is facing at this historic moment in time to demand concrete actions aimed at maintaining, protecting and promoting these landscapes that boast Masaf recognition.

Amalfi, wide open to the sea like a natural amphitheatre of houses and terraces clinging to the rock, tells the international tourism that for ten months of the year it hosts in its maze of alleys and stepped streets, its dual vocation as a maritime and rural town.

A status that finds its synthesis in Maestro Roggi's sculpture Premonizione d'Amore (Premonition of Love), a work that is the result of a reflection on time. The roots correspond to the past since they draw nourishment from the earth, that is, from what exists before us, such as culture and tradition. The trunk corresponds to the present and takes on anthropomorphic traits since it is the only existential segment within which we can act. It is not enough simply to act, however, Master Roggi seems to tell us: we must act with love. This is why the trunk consists of two individuals immortalised in a passionate embrace. Finally, the branches, which sprout from the trunk as a relative and natural continuation, represent the future, i.e. the effect of the encounter between past and present. They are laden with fruit, since the values and education received in the past, combined with the actions dictated by love performed in the present, determine a virtuous, positive future.

The work, positioned at the entrance to the Lungomare dei Cavalieri, will remain in Amalfi until next spring when new sculptures by the master Andrea Roggi are scheduled to be installed. They will form part of a larger exhibition planned by the councillor in charge of culture, Enza Cobalto, in collaboration with the Ravagnan Gallery in Venice, which in Amalfi has curated the installation of Catalano's travellers, monumental works that, until last 5 November, were a great success, especially among the tens of thousands of tourists hosted in the town.