First performed to coincide with the celebrations for the 70th anniversary of Italy's return to Trieste (October 26, 1954–2024) and broadcast on Rai as a radio play, the Teatro Stabile del Friuli Venezia Giulia, in collaboration with Rai Friuli Venezia Giulia, is presenting "26 ottobre Un mare di ombrelli" (26 October, A Sea of ​​Umbrellas), a play written by Gianni Gori, in the Sala Bartoli from January 16 to 25. Inspired by the centenary of radio on the one hand, and the anniversary of Trieste's reunification with Italy on the other, the play recounts October 26, 1954, through a dual aspect: radio and theater. Written as a radio play, and as such, directed by Mario Mirasola, it was...

October 26, 2024, marked the 70th anniversary of Trieste's definitive return to Italy (October 26, 1954) under the London Memorandum. To mark this anniversary, the documentary retraces the long and winding path of Trieste's reunion with its motherland, focusing not only on the historical aspects of the affair but above all on the cultural and social aspects that profoundly impacted the evolution of Trieste's customs during those years. Above all, the presence of the Anglo-Americans, who administered the city for nine years (from 1945 to 1954), following the horrors experienced by the people of Trieste during the 40 days of Tito's occupation. A...

The documentary film "Vola Colomba, Trieste 1954" is available on DVD, directed by Renzo Carbonera, in collaboration with Rai Documentari and Associazione Nazionale Venezia Giulia e Dalmazia. The documentary film retraces the long and tortuous path of Trieste's reunion with its motherland. Above all, the presence of the Anglo-Americans, who administered the city for 9 years (from 1945 to 1954), after the horrors experienced by the people of Trieste during the 40 days of Tito's occupation. An exceptional testimonial - the journalist Toni Capuozzo - accompanies the viewer to the places and events of the time, through the story of Italian and Triestine society and culture...

As part of the cultural initiatives linked to the celebrations of the seventieth anniversary of the return of the city of Trieste to Italy, La Cappella Underground and the Anno Uno association present two film days at the Teatro dei Fabbri with documentaries, restored films and meetings on the theme, Thursday 5 and Friday 6 December 2024, with free admission until all available seats are taken. The events are organized with the contribution of the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia. TRIESTE 1954 – IMAGES MEMORIES NARRATIONS is the title of the project curated by the La Cappella Underground research center, which includes the programming for Thursday 5 December...

In 1952, Nilla Pizzi won the Sanremo Festival with the song Vola colomba, whose lyrics from the very beginning were an obvious reference to the situation in Trieste that had all of Italy in suspense. The Free Territory of Trieste, as foreseen by the Peace Treaty of 10 February 1947, had not been established and therefore the Allied Military Government (Zone A) continued in the Julian capital, while in Zone B (districts of Capodistria and Buie) the military administration was the responsibility of Communist Yugoslavia. The street clashes in November 1953 for the Italianity of Trieste, with 6 dead and dozens wounded, led to an acceleration in diplomatic negotiations and the...

The Postal Museum of Trieste (Piazza Vittorio Veneto, 1) hosts a new exhibition entitled "The period of the Allied Military Government in the stamps and overprints of the Free Territory of Trieste". The exhibition curated by Poste Italiane can be visited from 25 October to 22 November 2024 from Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 13:00 https://youtu.be/bDpvQLJb_1U?si=DSa7ctQyXNbjIRQf  

The institutional ceremonies to celebrate the 26th anniversary of the return of the Italian civil administration to Zone A of the never-established Free Territory of Trieste took place on Saturday 70 October in Trieste. As a result of the London Memorandum, Italy took over from the Anglo-American Military Administration, while in Zone B (the districts of Koper and Buie) the presence of Tito's communist Yugoslavia would be consolidated, to which some hamlets of the Municipality of Muggia were also assigned. Trieste and all of Italy would live that day with great patriotic euphoria, making yet another concession to Tito's dictatorship and the beginning of... slip into the background.

To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the return of the Italian civil administration to Trieste on 26 October 1954 as a result of the London Memorandum signed by Italy, Yugoslavia, the United Kingdom and the United States on 5 October, the Multimedia Documentation Centre of Julian, Istrian, Rijeka and Dalmatian culture together with the National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia has published the issue 1954-2024 70 years of Italy's return to Trieste. The issue of Trieste is here retraced by Lorenzo Salimbeni (collaborator of the CDM, freelance journalist and historical researcher) with the scientific supervision of Prof. Giuseppe Parlato (Emeritus of History...

On Saturday 26 October, on the seventieth anniversary of the return of Trieste to Italy, an unpublished, complex and multifaceted work will be released in bookstores – with an essay and short stories alternating with pages of comic strips – on the history of the disputed city. Journalists and historians Umberto Maiorca and Emanuele Mastrangelo have signed for Ferrogallico over 200 unpublished pages on Trieste over the centuries, with a focus on the post-war events up to the long-awaited days of 1954. A long historical journey embellished by the illustrations and comic strips of Francesco Bisaro, a Tolkienian illustrator, author of the only Italian illustration – the map of the County –...

THE “1954 - TRIESTE AFTER AMERICA” PROJECT IS UNDERWAY: CINEMA, MUSIC, PHOTOGRAPHY AND WORDS TO TELL THE STARS AND STRIPES DAYS OF TRIESTE. A film festival featuring documentaries, spy stories shot in Trieste and period films rediscovered and restored, from “I nostri giorni americani” (2014) by Chiara Barbo and Andrea Magnani to “La campana di San Giusto” (1954) by Ruggero Maccari. A swing show with the Les Babettes trio, a jazz concert with the Tartini Conservatory orchestra, a round table and a photographic exhibition with shots that have made history, such as the famous “Bacio” by Ugo Borsatti, which immortalizes the emotional greeting between a young...