Initiatives for the 130th anniversary of the National League

Initiatives for the 130th anniversary of the National League

On Thursday 8 July, the press conference to present the celebrations for the 130th anniversary of the founding of the Association took place at the headquarters of the National League.

Present were the president of the National League Paolo Sardos Albertini, the councilor for Environmental Protection, Energy and Sustainable Development Fabio Scoccimarro, representing the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, the councilor for Schools, Education, University and Research, Decentralization Angela Brandi, representing the Municipality of Trieste and the president of the Committee 130 Diego Guerin.

During the press conference, the Organizing Committee of the events for the celebration of the 130th anniversary was presented, composed of Commander Diego Guerin (president), Prof. Stefano Pilotto, Prof. Diego Redivo, Dr. Andrea Sardos Albertini, Mr. Fulvio Sluga, Knight Giorgio Maranzana and Dr. Nicole Matteoni.

President Sardos Albertini then spoke and, in addition to recalling the most important moments, actions and figures in the history of the Association, he wanted to recall that the National League was awarded the Gold Medal for Merit in School, Culture and Art, the Fourteenth-Century Seal of the Municipality of Trieste, and the Civic Merit of the City of Trieste with the following motivation:

As a sign of gratitude for the commitment shown since its foundation in 1891, for the preservation of the Italian soul of Trieste during the time of the Habsburg Empire, for the reunification of Trieste with Italy after the Second World War and for the claim of the right to work so that Trieste definitively acquires the role of moral capital of all Italians of the Eastern Adriatic.

The Little One – 09/07/2021

After the speeches of the institutional authorities present, Commander Guerin presented the events scheduled:

September 1 – October 31, 2021, Piazza della Borsa

Setting up of an exhibition and promotional structure (seed-box) for meetings, distribution of materials, presentation of volumes, display of exhibition panels.

13 or 14 September 2021

Pilgrimage to the tomb of Dante Alighieri in Ravenna (700th anniversary of the death of the Supreme Poet) in memory of the one carried out in 1908 in which the silver ampoule was donated and the lamp with Istrian oil was lit (pending confirmation).

30 October 2021, 10.00 pm

Laying of a laurel wreath at the Famedio of the “Dante Alighieri” classical high school in memory of the Fallen for Italianness of Trieste.

30 October 2021, 11.00 pm

Teatro Lirico “Giuseppe Verdi”, official ceremony of the 130th anniversary of the foundation of the National League: greeting from the president of the National League, lawyer Paolo Sardos Albertini, greeting from the authorities, official speech, awarding of merits.

November 5rd, 2021, h. 17.00

Laying of a laurel wreath at the plaque placed in the pronaos of the Church of Sant'Antonio Nuovo in memory of the Fallen of 5 and 6 November 1953, Gold Medals for Civil Merit.

November 5rd, 2021, h. 18.30

Teatro Lirico “Giuseppe Verdi”, concert open to the public (admission by reservation).

8 – 22 November 2021, Municipal Art Hall

Inauguration of the historical-documentary exhibition, at the Sala Comunale d'Arte in Piazza dell'Unità d'Italia, commemorative postmark.
Presentation of the publication by Prof. Diego Redivo “Art, culture, ceremonies: Dante emblem of the National League” (room to be defined).
Presentation of the publication by Dr. Valentina Petaros “Dante’s Legends in Istria” (room to be defined).

8 - 21 December 2021

Inauguration of the historical-documentary exhibition at the “U. Veruda” Hall of the Municipality of Trieste.

December 20, 2021

Ceremony in memory of the sacrifice of Guglielmo Oberdan at the Shrine and closing of the celebrations for the 130th anniversary of the foundation.

The poster for the 130th anniversary of the National League was later presented to the press, a work by artist Paola Ramella that fits into the most traditional iconographic trend of the League and which sees the juxtaposition of images and symbols that are significant for the history of the Association. A female figure, the mother country Italy, holding a lit brazier, the words “alere flammam” and, in the background, the five monuments representing the unredeemed cities, Gorizia, Trieste, Pola, Fiume and Zara.

The event concluded with a musical moment, proposed by the saxophonist Giovanna Mastella, a student of the “Tartini” Conservatory of Trieste, who performed some pieces by Debussy, Morricone and Bozza.

The celebrations for the 130th anniversary of its foundation are held in co-organization with the Municipality of Trieste and with the patronage of the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia.

Interview of the web TV TriesteCaffè with the President of the National League, Avv. Paolo Sardos Albertini:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BzZsMBfjEc

Artistic analysis of the poster for the 130th anniversary of the National League,
work by Paola Ramella

The work is part of a series of images created over the one hundred and thirty years of life of the National League which depict and include within them recurring symbols and phrases which the author of the present work Paola Ramella was inspired by and of which she became the interpreter.

First of all, for its meaning and chronology, the graphic element of the brazier (with Roman tripod) present since the first engraving made for the National League by Eugenio Scomparini, and also reproduced, among others, by Flumiani and Depero.

The lit brazier is accompanied by the writing “alere flammam” which he created by maintaining the graphics used by Vito Timmel for the National League in his 1926 poster and to whom he wanted to pay this tribute since the figure of this extraordinary, yet unfortunate artist, is a constant source of inspiration in his work.

In the background are inserted the five monuments of the unredeemed cities of the Adriatic coast, which are repeatedly reproduced and sometimes replaced by the corresponding coats of arms, in the postcards and commemorative calendars of the National League.

The monuments refer to the cities of Gorizia, Trieste, Pola, Fiume and Zara and are placed on the Adriatic coast in correspondence with their actual site. The five cities are illuminated by five stars, the element of the star is also recurrent in the iconography of the National League, as the five coats of arms were inserted on the five points.

The personal contribution of the author Paola Ramella to the historical imagery of the National League consists instead in the figure of the Mother Country who, guardian of the flame, stretches out her hand over the brazier whose sparks go to illuminate the distant coast.

It, the Turrita Italy, holds firmly in its hand the shield depicting the coat of arms of the city of Trieste, the only one completely on Italian soil to date.

The silhouette of the female figure is the reproduction of the statue in Piazza Unità which symbolizes salt water on the facade of the Palazzo della Regione, this to indicate the essential interpenetration that land and sea have in the identification of our Homeland.

Finally, Italy wears Roman footwear to symbolize the strength of its support in historical tradition and its origin.

The firmness that the female image must convey is combined, in a cascade, with the roses that descend from the ornamental drape of the brazier, thus introducing the essential element of grace.

Above the commemorative figure of one hundred and thirty years, the tricolour unfurls, paying homage, in its graphic solution, to the beautiful image that Ireneo Ravalico created in 1948.

Source: National League

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