Dear Friends Readers of L'ARENA DI POLA,
Dear AIPI-LCPE Members,

It is the fifth Christmas that sees us together, ever more cordially in contact. With the best wishes of all of us, attached to the paper edition of this issue, you will receive as a Christmas gift, the 2022 calendar. It is a special calendar, because it offers a collection of some beautiful and significant reproductions of Leonardo Bellaspiga's inks, in which to find - quoting the presentation of his daughter Lucia, the well-known correspondent of Avvenire, but above all our dear friend - the charm of a thousand-year-old history, which in the lands of Istria, Fiume and Dalmatia has woven cultures, languages ​​and architectural styles, creating a unique whole in the world.
With a heartfelt wish for a MERRY CHRISTMAS, here are some previews of the summary of the December issue being distributed:

• Greeting message from President Graziella Cazzaniga Palermo
• “A year of operations that comes to an end” in the greeting of the president of FederEsuli Giuseppe de Vergottini
• 50 years of the “temple of exiles” in Trieste
• Remembering Laura Antonelli – ANVGD Roma initiative at the Casa del Cinema
• The Exodus in an audiobook by Carlo Colombo – innovative collection of memories and testimonies
• The martyrdom of Norma at the Circolo dei Lettori in Turin
• From Grožnjan to Dubai – Kristian Marusić's path to success
• From Pola the traditional greeting of Bruno Cergnul
• The ANVGD greeting message - a journey of completed projects and ongoing programs
• Recognition to Caterina Spezzano
• The events of the Eastern Border and the world of school
• D'Annunzio's companions buried with him at the Vittoriale – by Lorenzo Salimbeni
• A memory of Christmas 1949 in Fertilia
• The January calendar of video conferences of the ANVGD Committee of Milan
• El capoto – from the anthology of stories left to us by Roberto Stanich
• The dialect poems of Graziella Semacchi Gliubich
• Saint Nicholas in the poetry of Sergio Fantasma, exiled from Pola •
• 2021 a year together – the front pages of the Arena and the signatures of those who collaborated with us
• Receive the Pula Arena with a book
• Greetings from the world
• Your letters
• The ANVGD president replies to Moni Ovadia – by Renzo Codarin
• Affectionate thoughts for those who remain close to us in our memories
• Alessandro Altin's first birthday without Alessandro
• Bruno and Nevia Russo about to celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary
• The memory of Christmas 1945 and 1946 in Istria – by Annamaria Crasti
• Overview of events and places around the world, with news and gleanings
• Marina Parladori's itineraries: fragments of everyday life in Lussinpiccolo
• 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
• Venice, art and Istria – by Daniele D'Anza

Happy reading and see you next time!
Your director,

Viviana Facchinetti

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