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Cesare Dell'Acqua, a painter yet to be discovered
A meeting was held at Casa Tartini in Piran dedicated to Cesare Dell'Acqua, one of the most fascinating and under-celebrated painters of the 19th-century Adriatic. The occasion was the presentation of the "2025 Complements" to the General Catalogue compiled by Flavio Tossi in 2021. The author, welcomed by Andrea Bartole, president of the Piran National Art Council, conversed with Kristjan Knez, retracing twenty years of research, discoveries, and a few strokes of luck. Cesare Dell'Acqua was born in Piran in 1821, studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, lived most of his life in Brussels, and worked for wealthy and noble patrons. The article continues on the website...
Proceedings of two conferences on the history of Capodistria
Presented in Koper in the setting of Palazzo Gravisi during an evening of "Historia Iustinopolitana", proposed with the Italian Centre Carlo Combi and the Italian Community Santorio Santorio, the Proceedings of two international conferences of studies realized in collaboration with other institutions by the Society of Historical and Geographical Studies of Piran, which also published them. They are "The Gravisi. Role, commitment and culture of a Capodistrian family through the centuries", edited by Michele Grison, and "The patrician class of Capodistria in the modern age", edited by Marina Paoletić and Kristjan Knez. The report of the evening in the Radio...
Agriculture in Buiese: the Venetian Age and the 19th Century Transformations
The Italian Community of Buie, in collaboration with the local Open People's University, hosted a cultural evening dedicated to the presentation of the book Agriculture in Buiese – The Venetian Age and the 19th Century Transformations, written by the historian and journalist of La Voce del Popolo Denis Visintin. The event, inaugurated by Lena Korenika, president of the association, saw the participation of numerous prominent figures in regional culture and politics, confirming the importance of this work for the enhancement of the Istrian territory. Korenika expressed the honor of being able to host the presentation of such a significant work for...
The work of Prefect Mori in Istria
The Society of Historical and Geographical Studies of Piran organizes the presentation of the volume by Stefano Felcher and Paolo Strazzolini dedicated to Cesare Primo Mori and the land transformation works in the Lower Friuli and in Istria between the two world wars. Stefano Felcher – Paolo Strazzolini, Cesare Primo Mori. The State within the State. The Iron Prefect in Friuli: history of land reclamation in the Lower Friuli and of the Istrian aqueduct, Aviani, Udine 2019. The experience in Friuli and Istria of the Iron Prefect, Senator Cesare Primo Mori, represented an authentic leap forward in civilization and development, which occurred through the sublimation of the inestimable value...
