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Cristicchi's Magazzino 18 conquers Bergamo, Italian Capital of Culture
“Via Pola – City of Exodus”. This is what a toponymic sign on the southern outskirts of Bergamo says. The council houses on that street and the surrounding streets formed the Julian-Dalmatian hamlet that finally provided a residence for hundreds of Istrian, Fiume and Dalmatian exiles who, in the immediate post-war period, had found initial shelter in an adjacent Refugee Collection Center. The Clementina Crp, one of over 110 that arose throughout Italy, including the islands, to manage the humanitarian emergency of our fellow countrymen fleeing the communist dictatorship of Tito, who had annexed a large part of Venezia Giulia and the cities of Fiume and...
“Exodus” by Simone Cristicchi: a punch to the stomach and heart
Simone Cristicchi tells the story of the years after that Peace Treaty, of the exodus of Italian citizens (more than 300 thousand souls) from the lands, the journey aboard the Tuscania, from a Yugoslavia that did not want them to an Italy that did not want them. They were, as the actor and singer tells, fishermen, artisans. An hour and a half of history, without discounts and without ideologies. With no sides to defend, except the stories, the many small stories of so many poor people: exiles or thrown into sinkholes, condemned to concentration camps or forced to embark, towards hostile lands. An hour and a half of deep emotion with a Simone Cristicchi who is truly even more imposing and great than he already is, and yet...
History of the household goods of Warehouse 18
Towards the end of the 80s, in the Port of Trieste, work was underway on the construction of the Adria Terminal, a modern port infrastructure for the import and export of goods by ship. In order to have the space necessary for the construction of the new facility, two warehouses of the old Austro-Hungarian port had to be demolished; warehouse 21 and 22, both buildings overlooking the sea. These warehouses, however, were not empty. In fact, over the years, the household goods of Istrian exiles deposited in Trieste and also collected from the approximately 120 refugee camps present throughout the country had been collected inside them. In the 50s and 60s, left behind by the...
TV programming for Remembrance Day 2022
A tragic page in Italian history, a wounded and contested land, crushed by border tensions in an Italy on the edge of the Iron Curtain. Istria and Dalmatia between 1943 and 1947 became the scene of massacres, of lives sucked into the darkness of the foibe, the karst cavities that dot the territory of Venezia Giulia, a place from which thousands left fearing for their survival. Parliament has chosen February 10 as the Day of Remembrance, in memory of the victims of the foibe and the Julian-Dalmatian exiles, and Rai will dedicate broadcasts, in-depth reports and special programming on TV, radio and the web to this anniversary. All the...
Cristicchi's “Exodus” back at the theatre
The "Exodus" and the drama of the Italians of Istria. Cristicchi between history, sentiment, identity. Great anticipation for the reopening, after many months, of the Teatro Verdi with the show "Exodus" conceived and performed by Simone Cristicchi, on stage tomorrow at 19 pm. A story told through voice, words and images inspired by the exodus of Italians from Istria and Dalmatia. A story that brings back a (sometimes) repressed memory, that of the foibe, and the mass expatriation of Italian citizens, who after the peace treaty of 1947 had to leave everything, thus ceasing to be geographically Italian. It all starts from the Old Port of Trieste where there is "the place of...
Cristicchi's "Exodus" Returns to Theaters
In the Old Port of Trieste there is a particularly touching "place of memory": Warehouse No. 18. It tells of a painful page in the history of Italy, of a complex story of our twentieth century that is never well known, and if possible made even more heartbreaking by the fact that its memory has been entrusted not to an imposing monument but to many, small, humble testimonies that belong to everyday life. In the old port of Trieste, Warehouse No. 18 preserves chairs, wardrobes, mattresses, beds and dishes, photographs, toys, every common good in the flow of so many lives interrupted by history, and by the Exodus: with the Peace Treaty of 1947 Italy lost vast...
Julian-Dalmatian Award to Cristicchi
Assisi will also celebrate the 2020 Day of Remembrance of the Exodus of the Julian-Dalmatians and the Foibe, so that, as our President of the Republic stated, 'history and common memory can provide great help in looking to the future and in banishing from the destiny of our children any ethnic cleansing and any racial hatred'. The protagonist of the day, on stage on Tuesday 18 February 2020, will be the singer-songwriter, theatre actor and writer Simone Cristicchi, awarded at 11.30 with the Julian Dalmatian award. The recognition was established 8 years ago to remember the Julian–Dalmatians who distinguished themselves in their professional fields, reacting to the...
Cristicchi's "Exodus" Tour 2020
In the Old Port of Trieste there is a particularly touching “place of memory”: Warehouse No. 18. It tells of a painful page in the history of Italy, of a complex story of our twentieth century that is never well known, and if possible made even more heartbreaking by the fact that its memory has been entrusted not to an imposing monument but to many, small, humble testimonies that belong to everyday life. In the old port of Trieste, Warehouse No. 18 preserves chairs, wardrobes, mattresses, beds and dishes, photographs, toys, every common good in the flow of so many lives interrupted by history, and by the Exodus: with the Peace Treaty of 1947 Italy...
