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

Around the white of the karst stone, the red of the sumac intertwines with the color of the evergreens ... it is the natural tricolor of autumn, which has framed shared moments in the pages of the October Arena, with history, news and feelings.

Some previews of the summary:

the 67th anniversary of the return of Trieste to Italy
October 26, 1954: lights and shadows in the memory of that day by Anna Maria Crasti
Commemoration of the Dead in Pula
The national competition February 10th
The emotions of Furio Benussi: Istrian origins, winner of the Barcolana for the fifth time
the dedication to the Barcolana in the verses of Stefano Pilotto
The Second Post-War Period and the Never-Ending Drama of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia: XI National Seminar for Teachers in Trieste
Infoibate truth presented in Bergamo
The anniversary of the foundation of the Alpine Corps
Concina – Dipiazza meeting in the Town Hall in Trieste
The Servigliano refugee camp
Nova Gorica and Gorizia European Capital of Culture 2025: the meeting Mattarella Pahor
The centenary of the Unknown Soldier
The AIPI-LCPE Members' Meeting - the minutes
The announcement for the National Competition has been released on 10 February
About the Blue Princes and Princesses – from the anthology of stories left to us by Roberto Stanich
The dialect poems of Graziella Semacchi Gliubich
Pula in the Venetian Era – The intervention of the historian Robert Matijašić during the cultural meeting of the Polesani during the presentation in September of the volume “Statutes of the Municipality of Pula – XIV – XV century”
Venice, Istria and the art of Daniele D'Anza Curator Ca' Rezzonico, Museum of 18th-century Venice
ANVGD Rome and Society of Fiumani Studies – A Qualified Role
Your letters with memories, thoughts and emotions
The memory of Monsignor Angeli
And the tragedy broke out violently – an autobiographical book soon to be published, dedicated by Piero Tarticchio to the memory of his father thrown into the sinkhole
Debunking the Myth of Tito – by Lorenzo Salimbeni
A loving thought 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 cliffs of the Istrian coast – Strunjan
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
In memory of Norma
The tragedy of Norma Cossetto and the thought of Vittorio Sgarbi
Happy reading and see you next time!

Your director,

Viviana Facchinetti

The Pula Arena, monthly magazine of the Association of Italians of Pula and Istria – Free Municipality of Pula in Exile, can be requested in PDF format by writing to redazione.arena@yahoo.it