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Remembering the Jewish community of Piran
Jews in Piran have never been numerous, but until the 40s they were an almost constant presence. The future Morpurgos, the Jewish family that also took their surname from Maribor, also passed through here. This was explained by historian Boris Hajdinjak in his exhaustive speech that retraced Jewish history, also touching on our territory. Inspired by Zlatka Vokač Medic's novel “Marpurgi” and the homonymous exhibition set up in the Library this month, the director of the Maribor synagogue tried to illustrate the complex facets of the Jewish religion, their different origins and their fates. Istria represented the...
A monograph on the cathedral of Isola d'Istria
The monograph “Il duomo di Isola d'Istria-La chiesa parrocchiale di San Mauro” by Daniela Tomšič was presented at Palazzo Manzioli. A publication edited by “Il Mandracchio” that represents the fruit of over five years of work and the collaboration of several professionals from various sectors, in addition to the author, such as Samo Štefanac, who attended the presentation. “It was not an easy job”, admitted Tomšič, thanking the participants for their trust and patience in the project promoted by Silvano Sau, who passed away five years ago, but who we find in the preface with a text taken from his personal archive that recalls the 460 years of...
