Why is July 9, 1409 considered a historical date for Dalmatia? With a plaque placed on the church of San Silvestro in Venice, it will be remembered for posterity, after the inauguration ceremony that will take place on Friday, November 29 at 10 am. On the plaque this inscription: "On July 9, 1409, in this church the act of transfer of the rights to ZARA and DALMATIA to the Venetian Republic by the Kingdom of Hungary was signed, consolidating the ancient ties between Dalmatia and Venice destined to last for centuries. The Dalmatian Society of National History placed 29 – 11 – 2013". After the ceremony attended by numerous guests and authorities but especially the...

The idea had been in the air for some time: a public meeting between the Association of Italian Partisans and the National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia of Padua. Two worlds that are in some ways parallel and that have proposed different approaches to the issues of February 10. To then reach a conclusion that is the title of the meeting that will take place tomorrow, FRIDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2013 at 16.45:XNUMX pm in the SALA ANZIANI of PALAZZO MORONI, namely "They called us fascists, they called us communists; we are Italians and we believe in the Constitution". Speakers in the debate include Maurizio Angelini, coordinator of ANPI Veneto, Italia Giacca, President of ANVGD of Padua, Adriana Ivanov,...

Authoritative and disorganized, but above all in love with the history of Venice, the lawyer Ivone Cacciavillani after dozens of works on the subject has recently presented his latest volume "Istria veneziana" in Trieste, in the context of the Bancarella - Salone del libro dell'Adriatico orientale. It is an essay that started, in 2012, the editorial collaboration between the Associazione Coordinamento Adriatico and Leone Editore that wanted to publish the volume with the belief of being able to have an ever greater impact on the promotion and knowledge of a part of Italian history almost always excluded from the context and national historiographical events. With this work, which...

In a single room, the affection of the authorities and that of the people for Simone Cristicchi, the ghost and the archivist of Magazzino 18, the show that was so successful in Trieste at the opening of the season. Yesterday morning, in the Salotto Azzurro, the mayor Roberto Cosolini wanted to give the actor-author-singer a plaque from the Municipality of Trieste for “Magazzino 18” with the following motivation “as a sign of gratitude from the Municipality of Trieste for the show Magazzino 18, a clear and delicate testimony of the painful past of our people”. The ceremony was attended, among others, by the deputy mayor Fabiana Martini, the councilor Elena Marchigiani, the...

Presentation of the book “Female Characters in Fulvio Tomizza’s Fiction” at the Università Popolare di Trieste On Tuesday 12 November, at 17 pm, at the Università Popolare di Trieste (Piazza del Ponterosso 6), the presentation of the book “Female Characters in Fulvio Tomizza’s Fiction”, edited by Irene Visintini and Isabella Flego, will take place. The publication is part of the non-fiction series of Italians from Istria and Quarnero “L' identità dentro”, published by EDIT Publishing House, co-published with the Community of Italians “Fulvio Tomizza” of Umag, financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Italian Republic, for the...

It is a light, well-documented and well-calibrated ensemble that was put together for the comic-theatrical comedy “Un calicetto con Suppè”, recently staged in Trieste as part of the Bancarella - seventh edition of the Salone del Libro dell'Adriatico orientale. The audience, very numerous and involved, crowded the stage under the elegant architecture of the Tergesteo, for a dive into local history based on some of the most famous operetta music and many plots with a certain "Dalmatian excellence". In this case, it is the specific one of an identity hidden by a stage name, Franz Von Suppè, a fact that is understandable if you think that "our" was called...

Holy Mass in memory of Licia Today, November 5, 2013, at 19.00:XNUMX pm, in Trieste in the church of the Beata Vergine del Soccorso (Sant'Antonio Vecchio) a Holy Mass will be celebrated by Don Paolo Rakic ​​to remember Licia Cossetto one month after her passing.

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Today is November 4th. 95 years ago the Great War ended, which the Italian Army, "inferior in numbers and means", had "conducted uninterruptedly and bitterly for 41 months", while the centuries-old Austrian enemy "went up the valleys that it had descended with proud confidence, in disarray and without hope". The historical event of the Risorgimento ended and national unity was achieved with the reunion of Venezia Tridentina, Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia with the Fatherland. Today, in the historical climate of European unity, even in the spirit of the new times, it is right to remember those tragic and noble events, where the entire Italian people, including the volunteers...

There are certain affections that defy time. The presence of the Contrada in the theaters of Istria and Fiume is part of a long and complex contact that has lasted for decades and has created solid bonds. The other evening in Trieste the last performance of “Two pairs of Vienna silk stockings” by Lino Carpinteri and Mariano Faraguna was staged, directed by Francesco Macedonio. On stage Ariella Reggio with Massimiliano Borghesi, Gualtiero Giorgini, Adriano Giraldi, Maria Grazia Plos, Marzia Postogna, Maurizio Zacchigna, Laura Antonini sets and costumes by Andrea Stanisci music by Livio Cecchelin. In the stalls a large audience, the loyal Triestini but also guests from Udine,...