Dear Friends Readers of L'ARENA DI POLA,

Dear Members of AIPI-LCPE Odv,

in the spirit of the new 12 chapters, which opened with 2023, in the first issue of our monthly magazine our renewed wish for a good continuation, respecting memory and hope for the future.

The summary:

• National Flag Day: the declaration of the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella

• A natural tricolour – by Lorenzo Salimbeni

• Italy and the Western Balkans – national conference in Trieste

• Istria Nobilissima Art and Culture Competition: Silvio Quarantotto among the award winners – by Annamaria Crasti

• Istria and Magredi

• Magazzino 18 in Bergamo – In the BGBS2023 Italian Capital of Culture project

• The calendar of online conferences for February from ANVGD in Milan

• It was January 19, 1944 – the first bombing of Pola by Viviana Facchinetti

• Unredeemed Istrian Alpini in the First World War – by Lorenzo Salimbeni

• Remembering the Julian-Dalmatian Fallen in the Russian Campaign – by Elena Depetroni

• 96 times happy birthday to photographer Ugo Borsatti

• Recognition to Prof. Spazzali

• Stories of the sea, of men and of ships: commanders of Fiume and Istria at war – by Rodolfo Decleva

• Capodistria from the historical geographical commentaries of Mons. Tommasini – edited by Annamaria Crasti

• The little song of our dialect – from the anthology of stories left to us by Roberto Stanich

• The poems of Graziella Semacchi Gliubich

• Crossed Tragedies – by Viviana Facchinetti

• ANVGD and the Day of Remembrance

• Towards the Day of Remembrance – by Stefano Pilotto

• The Race of Remembrance returns

• Veneto Region Competition

• The Remembrance Award

• Giorgio Tombesi, the MP who said no to Osimo – by L. Salimbeni Communications Manager ANVGD

• Pope Benedict XVI beatified Don Bonifacio – by L. Salimbeni Communications Manager ANVGD

• Your letters

• Affectionate thoughts for those who remain close to us in our memories

• Overview of events and places around the world, with news and gleanings

• Marina Parladori's itineraries – The acropolis on the Adriatic

• The columns: with Istrian tradition in the kitchen edited by Gemma Pizziga, with Istrian surnames edited by Marino Bonifacio, with photos from the drawer of memories

• Young people united in Europe and sport: EYOF 2023

• 100 of these days: meeting with the centenarian Ida Ottochian – by Viviana Facchinetti

Happy reading and see you next time

Your director,

Viviana Facchinetti

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