The name
Vanoria
A name and a logo drawn from real land.
Every shape comes from measured data: the name of a piece of land in Calabria, a straight line from sea to sea, the ground profile along that line. Below, the choices one by one.
The name
From Vanucara to Vanoria
V · A · N · U · C · A · R · A · V · A · N · U · V · A · N · O · R · I · A · VANUCARA: MY GRANDFATHER’S LAND, IN POLIA, CALABRIA · VANU: WE KEEP THE ROOT · ORIA: MEMORY AND STORY. IN LATIN ORIRI MEANS TO RISE
The line
A straight line, from sea to sea
CALABRIA · POLIA · N · 114.4° · 33.1 KM · TYRRHENIAN SEA · IONIAN SEA · IN THIS DIRECTION THE SUN RISES FROM THE IONIAN
The ground
The real ground, measured from space
POLIA · 456 M · SERRE · 962 M · TYRRHENIAN SEA · IONIAN SEA · 5 KM · HEIGHTS × 11
The mark
We join the peaks: Λ + V
362 MEASURED POINTS · 12 VERTICES · 8 POINTS: THE MARK
The heartbeat
After the operations on my heart, I no longer take a heartbeat for granted. That is why the Vanoria line beats: in the logo, at the end of the story, at the bottom of every page.
THE LOGO · THE END OF THE STORY · THE BOTTOM OF EVERY PAGE
The letters
One single line, for the letters too
Λ: THE A OF VANORIA, WITHOUT ITS BAR · O: A CIRCLE, LIKE THE SUN · V: THE V OF VANORIA · ONE SINGLE LINE, LIKE THE MARK
In numbers
- From sea to sea
- 33.1 km
- The direction of the line
- 114.4°
- The top of the Serre
- 962 m
- Points in the mark
- 8
OpenStreetMap · EU-DEM 25 m · SRTM 30 m · NOAA