Gran Scala project represents the future of Ontinena
Egyptian Gran Scala hotel
|
The Gran Scala project proposes building casino-hotels, theme parks and a racecourse in countryside near the village of Ontinena.
The thirteenth century Church of Saint Mary sits on a hill in the centre of Ontinena, like a beacon for moral guidance.
Many Roman Catholics would associate casinos with deadly sins, so the response of Father Lorenzo, the 80-year-old, bespectacled priest, to plans to build a city of casinos and theme parks next to his village, is surprising.
“In general I think it’s a good idea,” he says.
“I suppose it could bring economic development. But moral development, that depends on the individual.”






