Homomorto. This is the name of the little village that, coming from Florence, you cross before arriving at the Mausolea. And it is a paradox worthy of the best Tuscan humor, for a place where people study how to live well and long. In the grand entrance of the 17th-century villa in Soci (Arezzo), owned by the Camaldoli monks, there is the scent of incense and much silence, as per the rule of the monks who still live at the monastery a few kilometers away. After a few seconds, Franco Berrino comes down the grand staircase. Over a black T-shirt, he wears a Short dark blue cotton kimono with large cap sleeves. “It’s a gift that comes from Japan,” says theepidemiologist, 78, for more than 40 years director of the Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine at the Milan Cancer Institute . It is now my uniform when I am here. It’s convenient, you see. I can also keep my arms warm on cooler days like this.”
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