BIOGRAPHY
Siro Brugnoli was born in Ronciglione, a small town in the province of Viterbo, on 13 April 1939. His father Ferdinando was a successful forest industry entrepreneur and his mother Antonietta was a primary school teacher. On Palm Sunday 1943 he began to suffer the first symptoms of his disease, urgently transferred by his parents to the “Policlinico Umberto I” in Rome, the doctors diagnosed a violent form of spinal polio that forced him to stay for a long time in the steel lung and caused irreversible paralysis of his lower limbs and left arm. When his symptoms finally receded, he was admitted to the orthopedic institute "Principe di Napoli" in Ariccia where a long period of rehabilitation began In February 1944, after about a year of hospital stay, he was finally discharged and could come back home where a slow and inexorable ordeal began: a life to face with the great difficulties of disability. Siro Brugnoli has reacted to the many hardships of life caused by the terrible consequences of his illness with courage, determination and vigor and has managed to overcome unimaginable obstacles despite being a person with a disability. In his early years he attended the most exclusive society salons and had romantic relationships with beautiful and famous women such as Isabella Biagini, Marisa Mell and Alida Chelli, just to name a few. With his biomedical companies specialized in telemedicine he has managed to build over the years a small economic empire, he built "Siroland" in Malindi , an area with swimming pool composed of numerous private villas, "Sirohouse", a mansion with several rooms perfectly equipped to accommodate disabled guests, and "Kiboko River Camp", a luxury lodge on the banks of the Galana River, at the gates of the Tsavo National Park in Kenya, designed by Italian architects with exceptional accessibility for the disabled people. Siro Brugnoli met famous men and women, experienced playboys, and figures from the worlds of culture, politics, sports, and entertainment,on his path, and with them he often formed solid bonds of friendship and faced tragic and hilarious situations. The terrible disease that struck him on Palm Sunday in that now-distant 1943 and ravaged his body has never stopped him, and even today he lives every minute of his life intensely, with optimism, joy, and generosity, giving nothing away to the unfortunate fate that forced him to live with a disability. In short, Siro Brugnoli is an example of intelligence, courage, strength, and determination, and can revel in a magnificent life journey, recounted in an authorized biography and a documentary film that can be downloaded free of charge from this site.
Siro Brugnoli was born in Ronciglione, a small town in the province of Viterbo, on 13 April 1939. His father Ferdinando was a successful forest industry entrepreneur and his mother Antonietta was a primary school teacher. On Palm Sunday 1943 he began to suffer the first symptoms of his disease, urgently transferred by his parents to the “Policlinico Umberto I” in Rome, the doctors diagnosed a violent form of spinal polio that forced him to stay for a long time in the steel lung and caused irreversible paralysis of his lower limbs and left arm. When his symptoms finally receded, he was admitted to the orthopedic institute "Principe di Napoli" in Ariccia where a long period of rehabilitation began In February 1944, after about a year of hospital stay, he was finally discharged and could come back home where a slow and inexorable ordeal began: a life to face with the great difficulties of disability. Siro Brugnoli has reacted to the many hardships of life caused by the terrible consequences of his illness with courage, determination and vigor and has managed to overcome unimaginable obstacles despite being a person with a disability. In his early years he attended the most exclusive society salons and had romantic relationships with beautiful and famous women such as Isabella Biagini, Marisa Mell and Alida Chelli, just to name a few. With his biomedical compani -
-es specialized in telemedicine he has managed to build over the years a small economic empire, he built "Siroland" in Malindi , an area with swimming pool composed of numerous private villas, "Sirohouse", a mansion with several rooms perfectly equipped to accommodate disabled guests, and "Kiboko River Camp", a luxury lodge on the banks of the Galana River, at the gates of the Tsavo National Park in Kenya, designed by Italian architects with exceptional accessibility for the disabled people. Siro Brugnoli met famous men and women, experienced playboys, and figures from the worlds of culture, politics, sports, and entertainment,on his path, and with them he often formed solid bonds of friendship and faced tragic and hilarious situations. The terrible disease that struck him on Palm Sunday in that now-distant 1943 and ravaged his body has never stopped him, and even today he lives every minute of his life intensely, with optimism, joy, and generosity, giving nothing away to the unfortunate fate that forced him to live with a disability. In short, Siro Brugnoli is an example of intelligence, courage, strength, and determination, and can revel in a magnificent life journey, recounted in an authorized biography and a documentary film that can be downloaded free of charge from this site.
Siro Brugnoli was born in Ronciglione, a small town in the province of Viterbo, on 13 April 1939. His father Ferdinando was a successful forest industry entrepreneur and his mother Antonietta was a primary school teacher. On Palm Sunday 1943 he began to suffer the first symptoms of his disease, urgently transferred by his parents to the “Policlinico Umberto I” in Rome, the doctors diagnosed a violent form of spinal polio that forced him to stay for a long time in the steel lung and caused irreversible paralysis of his lower limbs and left arm. When his symptoms finally receded, he was admitted to the orthopedic institute "Principe di Napoli" in Ariccia where a long period of rehabilitation began In February 1944, after about a year of hospital stay, he was finally discharged and could come back home where a slow and inexorable ordeal began: a life to face with the great difficulties of disability. Siro Brugnoli has reacted to the many hardships of life caused by the terrible consequences of his illness with courage, determination and vigor and has managed to overcome unimaginable obstacles despite being a pers-
-on with a disability. In his early years he attended the most exclusive society salons and had romantic relationships with beautiful and famous women such as Isabella Biagini, Marisa Mell and Alida Chelli, just to name a few. With his biomedical companies specialized in telemedicine he has managed to build over the years a small economic empire, he built "Siroland" in Malindi , an area with swimming pool composed of numerous private villas, "Sirohouse", a mansion with several rooms perfectly equipped to accommodate disabled guests, and "Kiboko River Camp", a luxury lodge on the banks of the Galana River, at the gates of the Tsavo National Park in Kenya, designed by Italian architects with exceptional accessibility for the disabled people. Siro Brugnoli met famous men and women, experienced playboys, and figures from the worlds of culture, politics, sports, and entertainment,on his path, and with them he often formed solid bonds of friendship and faced tragic and hilarious situations. The terrible disease that struck him on Palm Sunday in that now-distant 1943 and ravaged his body has never stopped him, and even today he lives every minute of his life intensely, with optimism, joy, and generosity, giving nothing away to the unfortunate fate that forced him to live with a disability. In short, Siro Brugnoli is an example of intelligence, courage, strength, and determination, and can revel in a magnificent life journey, recounted in an authorized biography and a documentary film that can be downloaded free of charge from this site.
Siro Brugnoli was born in Ronciglione, a small town in the province of Viterbo, on 13 April 1939. His father Ferdinando was a successful forest industry entrepreneur and his mother Antonietta was a primary school teacher. On Palm Sunday 1943 he began to suffer the first symptoms of his disease, urgently transferred by his parents to the “Policlinico Umberto I” in Rome, the doctors diagnosed a violent form of spinal polio that forced him to stay for a long time in the steel lung and caused irreversible paralysis of his lower limbs and left arm. When his symptoms finally receded, he was admitted to the orthopedic institute "Principe di Napoli" in Ariccia where a long period of rehabilitation began In February 1944, after about a year of hospital stay, he was finally discharged and could come back home where a slow and inexorable ordeal began: a life to face with the great difficulties of disability. Siro Brugnoli has reacted to the many hardships of life caused by the terrible consequences of his illness with courage, determination and vigor and has managed to overcome unimaginable obstacles despite being a person with a disability. In his early years he attended the most exclusive society salons and had romantic relationships with beautiful and famous women such as Isabella Biagini, Marisa Mell and Alida Chelli, just to name a few. With his biomedical companies specialized in telemedicine he has managed to build over the years a small economic empire, he built "Siroland" in Malindi , an area with swimming pool composed of numerous private villas, "Sirohouse", a mansion with several rooms perfectly equipped to accommodate disabled guests, and "Kiboko River Camp", a luxury lodge on the banks of the Galana River, at the gates of the Tsavo National Park in Kenya, designed by Itali-
-an architects with exceptional accessibility for the disabled people. Siro Brugnoli met famous men and women, experienced playboys, and figures from the worlds of culture, politics, sports, and entertainment,on his path, and with them he often formed solid bonds of friendship and faced tragic and hilarious situations. The terrible disease that struck him on Palm Sunday in that now-distant 1943 and ravaged his body has never stopped him, and even today he lives every minute of his life intensely, with optimism, joy, and generosity, giving nothing away to the unfortunate fate that forced him to live with a disability. In short, Siro Brugnoli is an example of intelligence, courage, strength, and determination, and can revel in a magnificent life journey, recounted in an authorized biography and a documentary film that can be downloaded free of charge from this site.
BOOK
In this complete and detailed authorized biography, consisting of over three hundred pages and accompanied by beautiful photographs, Mario Altieri retraces, without any apologetic objective, the entire extraordinary life of Siro Brugnoli. From tragic childhood to the painful achievements of adolescence, from youth, dotted with scandalous and funny episodes, to the adventurous years of maturity up to the senility made difficult by post-Poly syndrome. The meticulous work that allowed the creation of this biography lasted several months, and required the recording of numerous hours of audio interviews, scrupulous historical research, a careful examination of the epistolary and photographic material of the Brugnoli family, the consultation of personal and journalistic sources and the meeting with friends, relatives and collaborators of Siro Brugnoli. Each topic was analyzed with the utmost objectivity without omitting the sometimes critical reflections of the author.
DOCUFILM
In this docufilm, selected and awarded by prestigious international film festivals, Siro Brugnoli describes his incredible existential journey in a long interview conducted in his luxurious Roman residence by the actress and journalist Claudia Carlone. The narrative is accompanied by numerous filmed testimonies among which stand out those of the famous actress Barbara Bouchet, the journalist, actress and writer Olga Bisera and the coffee industrialist Alfredo Danesi, kidnapped in Rome in October 1975 by the Marseillais gang. To complete the work, a series of documentary insights and a poignant fiction, created by director Mario Altieri with the contribution of an extraordinary cast, which retraces the most painful passages of Siro Brugnoli's life from 18 April to 23 November 1943, up to the dramatic and moving ending.
Director: Mario Altieri
Interview by: Claudia Carlone
Cast (in alphabetical order): Alberto Cipolla, Anna Bernardini, Entela Dedia, Federico Saliola, Filippo Basetti, Manuela Velini, Matteo Esposito, Monica Menchi, Silvano Cappellini, Silvio Zanoncelli
Duration: 54’
Video format: Full Hd
AZIENDE
AZIENDE
KIBOKO RIVER CAMP
Tsavo Road - Kulalu Galana Ranch (Kenya)
Immersed in one of the most iconic settings of the Galana River, Kiboko River Camp is increasingly in symbiosis with the river, that gives the entire coastal hinterland unforgettable landscapes and the survival of thousands of wild animals. The most scenic area is along the Galana River, which flows year-round and offers a corridor of lush vegetation amidst an often harsh and arid landscape. Built in African style and with local materials, thanks to the help of two important Italian architects, local consultants and a dedicated workshop of artisans and workers, Kiboko River Camp today presents itself as a totally African camp, the perfect place to reconnect with the real soul of this amazing land. Everything at Kiboko River Camp expresses elegance and comfort, but the real luxury is to stand by a river that has flowed the same for thousands of years.
• 5 standard luxury tents of 64 square meters each, suitable for up to 4 adults.
• 1 large deluxe suite tent with 4 rooms, suitable for up to 7 adults.
• 1 private infinity pool on the Galana River with easy access, non-slip steps and a lift for people with disabilities.
• Accessible bathrooms, floor-level showers, grab bars, and plenty of room for people with disabilities to maneuver.
• Gentle ramps and barrier-free spaces throughout the property.
• Restaurant with a 180-degree panoramic view of the Galana River, featuring a wood-fired oven for authentic Neapolitan pizza, available exclusively upon request.
• Jeeps equipped with ramps to allow guests with disabilities to access the vehicle using their own personal wheelchair, at any time during their stay.
SIROHOUSE
Casuarina - Malindi (Kenya)
Siro House is an exclusive, fully accessible 8-bedroom villa located in the beautiful coastal town of Malindi, just minutes from the pristine shores of the Indian Ocean. Surrounded by lush tropical gardens, the villa blends refined comfort, traditional Swahili charm, and thoughtful design to welcome all guests – including those with reduced mobility – in total relaxation and elegance.
• 8 spacious, air-conditioned bedrooms, each with a private en-suite bathroom and tasteful, locally inspired décor.
• Bright and airy open-plan living area, with lounge and dining space opening onto a large veranda.
• Fully equipped kitchen, easily accessible for all guests.
• Private swimming pool with wide steps, anti-slip surfaces, and a pool hoist (jouster) for safe
and easy access for guests with disabilities.
• Wheelchair-friendly bathrooms with roll-in showers, grab bars, and wide maneuvering spaces.
• Step-free access throughout the property, with gently sloped ramps and extra-wide doorways.
• High-speed Wi-Fi, full air conditioning, and 24/7 security system with surveillance.
