The most famous Italian actress of the nineteenth century was born in Cividale del Friuli on January 29, 1822. But the artist is also partly an illustrious daughter of Capodistria, where her father was born. There was a time when Capodistria considered Adelaide Ristori, one of the most famous artists of her time, the first Italian actress to act in America, as a sort of glory of hers. On her eightieth birthday - in 1902 - she received thousands of messages of good wishes from all over the world and a visit from King Vittorio Emanuele III. Born "by chance" in Cividale del Friuli, Adelaide, to Antonio Ristori from Capodistria and Maddalena Pomatelli from Ferrara, two modest comedians of...