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The exhibition on Dalmatian exiles from Istria and Fiume has been inaugurated at the Vittoriano.
The Exhibition of Dalmatian Exiles from Istria and Rijeka (MEDIF) opened on Friday, October 24, in the presence of the Minister of Culture, Alessandro Giuli. A unique tale of images and testimonies recalling the tragedy of the foibe and the 350 Italian exiles forced to leave their homeland to preserve their cultural and historical identity. Eighty years after the end of the Second World War, the story of the exiles from Rijeka, Dalmatia, and Istria finds its home in the Vittoriano, a museum that is the beating heart and living memory of our homeland. Today, it is led by Director General Edith Gabrielli, a member of the exhibition's scientific committee. Through documents,...
The renewal of the ADIM-LCZE bodies
The Association of Italian Dalmatians in the World - Free Municipality of Zadar in Exile has released its October 2025 newsletter - The Dalmatian, containing the electoral guidelines for the renewal of the statutory bodies, as approved during the recent Dalmatian Rally in Senigallia (AN). ADIM-LCZE President Antonio "Toni" Concina's eloquent editorial reads, "To the polls, folks!" Enough talk!... Zadar is calling!... So, everyone, vote quickly and wisely, following the precise guidelines below. ADIM-LCZE must restart quickly, also to strongly support the reborn "Girolamo Luxardo" Italian Community of Zadar, which expects our support and assistance. This time...
The Madonna dell'Esilio altarpiece in the Giuliano-Dalmata district of Rome has been restored.
A major restoration project presented, overseen, and implemented by the Rome Provincial Committee of the National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia, and funded by Law 72/2001, has been completed. The project involved the recovery and enhancement of the altarpiece depicting the Madonna dell'Esilio, an oil painting by the Zadar-born painter Andrea Fossombrone, which was donated in 1950 by the Bracco family of Lussino to be placed in the parish church of San Marco Evangelista, in the Julian-Dalmatian district of Rome. The necessary restoration work has been fully completed, and on Monday, October 13th, the altarpiece was officially unveiled inside the church...
62nd AFIM-LCFE meeting in Fiume
The Association of Italian Fiume citizens in the World - Free Municipality of Fiume in Exile is organizing the 62nd meeting of the association, which will take place in Fiume from October 29 to November 3, 2025, with the following program:
For more information: info@fiumemondo.it
For more information: info@fiumemondo.it
Positive results for the Bancarella at the 57nd Barcolana
October 13, 2025 - Over 1.800 sailboats in the waters of the Gulf of Trieste graced the 57nd edition of the Barcolana, now the largest regatta in the world. Among the many boats competing seriously or simply enjoying a pleasant Sunday at sea, Victoria – Algheroexperience, owner Salvatore Taccini's vessel, also made a strong impression. She flew the flag of Fertilia, a city of welcome and inclusion, and the symbol of the National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia, finishing 312th overall and 37th in her category. Participation in the sporting event sealed the calendar of...
The FertiliArt Award was awarded to Minister Calderone
"The Arsia mining tragedy must be known throughout Italy, and the Ministry of Labor will do its part by awarding the Star of Merit for Labor in memory of that massacre of 185 compatriots," said Minister of Labor and Social Policies Marina Elvira Calderone, who today received the FertiliArt 2025-2050 award at the Bancarella. Eastern Adriatic Book Fair, currently taking place on Riva III Novembre in Trieste within the Barcolana Village. Trieste's Mayor, Roberto Dipiazza, spoke on behalf of the city, conveying greetings to the distinguished guest of the event organized by the National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia...
Trieste and Alghero join forces in the name of Fertilia
Trieste, the moral capital of the Exodus, and Fertilia, the city where it was founded that welcomed hundreds of Istrian, Fiume, and Dalmatian exiles to Sardinia, are consolidating a relationship of collaboration and cultural planning at the institutional level. Trieste's mayor, Roberto Dipiazza, visited the village north of Alghero for the inauguration of the Egea Ecomuseum, dedicated to the history of the Exodus and to Egea Haffner, the famous "girl with the suitcase," whose photo has become a symbol of the abandonment of their homeland by 350.000 Julian-Dalmatians. In 2023, Dipiazza welcomed the crew of the Klizia vessel, which had...
The events at the stall inside the Barcolana Village have begun.
The events of the Bancarella, the Eastern Adriatic Book Fair, have begun. After stopping at the Turin International Book Fair and Librixia, the Brescia Book and Culture Fair, in 2025, it is now taking place within the Barcolana Village on Riva III Novembre in Trieste. This edition is being held in collaboration with the Egea Ecomuseum in Fertilia, the museum dedicated to the Julian-Dalmatian exodus and named after Egea Haffner, the little girl with the suitcase "Julian Exile No. 30.001," immortalized in the photograph that became an icon of the exodus. The events were introduced by the Association's President...
La Bancarella. Eastern Adriatic Book Fair at the Barcolana Village
Sport, culture, history, art, and identity blend together in the waves of the Barcolana, the world's most popular regatta, and converge at the Bancarella stand. This Eastern Adriatic book fair is hosted in Trieste within the Barcolana Village near Riva Tre Novembre by the Multimedia Documentation Center of Julian, Istrian, Rijeka, and Dalmatian Culture and the National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia. Alongside the Bancarella, the People's University of Trieste is also bringing its cultural contribution to the Barcolana Village, with a stand designed to celebrate its 125th anniversary and showcase its latest publications and...
Pula Arena September 2025
There Was a Turning Point. The cover title and accompanying photographic synopsis for this issue of L'Arena di Pola are certainly not the introduction to a fairy tale, but the treatment of a painful page in history, our history above all, a compendium of facts and events endured by the Julian-Dalmatian people. September 15, 1947, Monday: at midnight the following day, the Treaty of Paris would come into force. 138 pages, concluding with the words: Done at Paris in the French, English, Russian, and Italian languages, this tenth day of February, nineteen hundred and forty-seven. February 10 – September 15, 1947, a watershed moment in history and in too many lives: that blink of an eye that brought...
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