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Codarin (President of FederEsuli) on "Pandora's Box" on Radio Capodistria
Renzo Codarin, President of the Federation of Associations of Istrian, Rijeka, and Dalmatian Exiles, spoke on Radio Capodistria's program "Pandora's Box." Interviewed by Stefano Lusa, Codarin addressed various topics: the new relationship between exodus associations and the indigenous Italian community in the eastern Adriatic; the significant message conveyed by the experience of GO!2025, the first cross-border European Capital of Culture; the recognition of mutual memories between Italians and Slovenians on the Adriatic border, both victims of the era of totalitarianism; the return of Carpaccio's altarpiece to Piran; the need to expand the...
ANVGD President Codarin on Telequattro
The President of the National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia, Renzo Codarin, was a guest on Tuesday, August 5th, on the program "Trieste in diretta" on the television network Telequattro. Among the various topics discussed, journalist Umberto Bosazzi discussed with President Codarin the exhibition on Trieste's refugee camps held in Muggia last February, the reception of Adriatic refugees in the rest of Italy (with references to Bologna, Aosta, Naples, Fertilia, and Rome), Julian-Dalmatian emigration around the world and therefore the fruitful relationships with the Giuliani nel Mondo Association, and the documentary productions for which...
La Bancarella, a showcase of Italian culture in the Eastern Adriatic
The Multimedia Documentation Center of Julian, Istrian, Rijeka and Dalmatian Culture (CDM) of Trieste has created a short video presentation of La Bancarella. Eastern Adriatic Book Fair, which highlights not only the historical - cultural - political importance of an event that has its roots in the city of Trieste, but also the founding values and objectives for the future: La Bancarella 2021 Speakers: - Renzo Codarin, President of the Multimedia Documentation Center - Lidia Bastianich, Exile from Pola - Roberto Dipiazza, Mayor of Trieste - Gianni Oliva, Journalist and Historian - Giuseppe Parlato, President of the Ugo...
From tourism to cuisine, passing through art and literature at the Bancarella
Second day of the Bancarella, the exhibition organized by the Multimedia Documentation Center of Julian, Istrian, Rijeka and Dalmatian culture (CDM) with the support of the Provincial Committee of Trieste of the National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia, in the name of entertainment. The theme of the day was in fact "Tourism between history and future networks". During the day, a dive into the holiday fashions of the past was made through the vision of the Eastern Adriatic Lands by the Italian Touring Club. Only one event for the morning, concerning Venezia Giulia in the historical guides of the Italian Touring Club. Talking with the architect Emanuele...
FederEsuli received by the Mayor of Trieste Dipiazza
Cordial and friendly meeting on Friday 30th July in the blue living room of the town hall of Trieste where the mayor Roberto Dipiazza received the president of the Federation of Associations of Istrian, Fiume and Dalmatian Exiles Giuseppe de Vergottini, accompanied by the president of the National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia Renzo Codarin. The Federation of Associations of Istrian, Fiume and Dalmatian Exiles includes: the National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia, the Association of Istrian Communities, the Association of Fiumani Italiani nel Mondo (formerly Free Municipality of Fiume in Exile), the Association of Polesani Italiani nel Mondo (formerly Free Municipality...
Ceremony of the Day of Remembrance at the Basovizza Foiba
On Wednesday 10 February, the usual ceremony of the Day of Remembrance at the National Monument of the Foiba in Basovizza (TS) took place with a limited number of attendees due to the Covid emergency. The Mayor of Trieste Roberto Dipiazza, the Bishop of the Julian diocese Giampaolo Crepaldi, the President of the Committee for the Martyrs of the Foibe Paolo Sardos Albertini, the President of the autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia Massimiliano Fedriga and the Prefect of Trieste Valerio Valenti spoke. The President of the Multimedia Documentation Center for the Julian, Istrian, Rijeka and Dalmatian Culture Renzo Codarin declared that «the speeches of the authorities who attended were...
The story of Norma Cossetto and Nino Benvenuti for schools
A handout by Guido Rumici and two comics published by Ferrogallico to learn about the history of the eastern Italian border The National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia and the Association Giuliani nel Mondo represent a solid hub of aggregation in contemporary Trieste; their common roots are born in the Julian-Dalmatian Exodus and, while the first branches out in Italy with committees and delegations, the other expands throughout the world with its clubs. Both of their spatial dimensions are characterized by a particular propensity for the formation of culture, which they convey in neighboring environments through pamphlets, periodicals and studies...
February 10, 2021 between Remembrance and European perspective
The President of the National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia Renzo Codarin on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance 2021 sends a message to the institutions by choosing to do so through the platform of the Multimedia Documentation Center of Julian, Istrian, Rijeka and Dalmatian culture. At the center of his speech is not only the drama of the Exodus, but also the recovery of its roots founded on the national historical memory to fit into the European perspective and the challenges of the globalized world.
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Omissions and justifications in “And then the Foibe?”
Eric Gobetti's new publication "E Allora le Foibe?" has caused perplexity and dismay in the world of Istrian, Fiume and Dalmatian exiles, since the announcement of the title. Reading the booklet confirmed the expectations: although it is published by a prestigious publisher like Laterza, it is a justificationist work, represented however as an effort to "understand" the murderous logic implemented by Tito's partisans. Once again the narration can be said to begin on July 13, 1920 with the burning of the Balkans in Trieste: there is no hint of "understanding" the tensions between Italians and Slavs fomented by the Austro-Hungarian Empire in its...
Don Ettore, a priest close to the Exodus community
The arrival of thousands of Istrian refugees after the Second World War and the charisma of the Bishop of Rovinj Antonio Santin, a true defensor civitatis in the final phase of the conflict, contributed to transforming the secular Trieste into a city more sensitive to the Church. In the diplomatic uncertainties that characterized the Cold War in Venezia Giulia, starting from the never-established Free Territory of Trieste to the Treaty of Osimo, passing through the bloody days of November 1953, the Diocese represented one of the few stable, lasting and sensitive points of reference for the citizens. In this climate...
