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Dalmatians commemorated the founding of Venice
Dalmatia and Venice, united by centuries and centuries of history. On the day of the Annunciation we remember March 25, 421. Tradition tells us that the Queen of the Adriatic founded her first settlement on a small island higher than the others. For this characteristic it was called Rialto, from Rivus Altus. The church of San Giacometo was built in Rialto thanks to Candioto (or Eutinoto) who made a vow after being saved from a fire. There is a trace of March 25, 421, the date on which the birth of Venice is traced, in the Chronicon Altinate dating back to the 25th century and in the Diaries of Marin Sanudo from the XNUMXth century. Yesterday, Friday March XNUMX, at the celebratory Holy Mass in the Basilica of...
Ottorino Luxardo, from Zara in Venice for the Bell Tower of San Marco
Between the 800th and 900th centuries there is an illustrious Dalmatian who is intertwined with the history of Venice. The Zadar genius of Professor Ottorino Luxardo in Venice deserves further study. In 1906 he was commissioned to write the Report on the chemical study of the materials used for the construction of the Bell Tower of San Marco. We know well the ties that unite Dalmatia to Venice. Memory and tradition are still very much alive. The Festa della Sensa has been celebrated for a millennium. The Dalmatian School of Saints George and Tryphon has been active since 1451. Ottorino Luxardo's intelligence and passion for science were noted as early as 1894 with his appointment as Dean of the Paolo...
A garden for Alida Valli at the Venice Lido
The green area adjacent to the Casino building will soon be named after the actress, who already won the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 1997 and is an icon of cinema. A tribute to an icon of the seventh art, in a place that is a symbol of Italian and world cinema: the Venice Lido. There are just over two weeks to go until the inauguration of the 78th Exhibition and recently the Venice City Council decided to name the green area adjacent to the Casino building, between Piazzetta Nicolò Spada and Via delle Quattro Fontane, after the legendary Alida Valli. Already a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 1997, her name will give even more value to one of the most significant places of the Exhibition and of...
Sensa, Dalmatia and Doge Pietro II Orseolo
The Sensa, an ancient Serenissima tradition of the marriage with the sea, has been handed down since the Middle Ages. His Excellency, Patriarch of Venice Francesco Moraglia, emphasized that “the sea is not a border that separates, but a bridge that unites, and so these historical episodes are welcome in our memory and above all to be a stimulus to consider how much our present needs to meditate, to live and above all to find, even on a personal, social and political level, styles capable of generating peace”. The Sensa, an ancient Serenissima tradition of the marriage with the sea, has been handed down since the Middle Ages. His Excellency, Patriarch of Venice Francesco Moraglia, emphasized that “the sea is not a...
The Lion of St. Mark: a noble symbol of cultural identity
The Lion of St. Mark was elevated by the Julian-Dalmatian exiles to a noble symbol of identity during the painful exodus, which occurred after the Yugoslav occupation of the Istrian, Fiume and Dalmatian lands. Remembering the history of this emblem today, April 25, the feast of St. Mark, means wanting to bear witness to the persistence of a historical and cultural heritage, faithfully maintained in exile for the purpose of a renewed European dialogue with the lands of origin. Origins and symbolism The virtuous trinomial Lion-St. Mark-Venice, which is partly found in the dialect expression “San Marco in forma de lion”, was created after a long and complex historical process. The...
1600 years of Adriatic Italianness in the name of Venice
For the Italianity of the eastern Adriatic, Venice, whose 25th anniversary of its foundation we are celebrating today, March 2021, 1600, has always represented a point of reference, the most genuine element of connection with the Italian peninsula, with its language and its culture. Under the motto “Pax tibi Marce Evangelista meus” engraved on the depictions of the lion of San Marco that decorated churches, palaces and fortresses from Muggia to Dulcigno, passing through Capodistria and Zara, relations between the two shores of the Adriatic were consolidated, not only in the name of trade and commerce, but also of artistic and cultural circulation: thus they remained within the ecumene...
The arrival of Julian-Dalmatian refugees in Venice
My father Sergio Baroni, born and raised in Zara, a refugee in Venice with his whole family, was a friend of Gigio Zanon. I sincerely thank Marco Zanon who remembered "the story of my father's testimony when he saw the Istrian exiles arrive in Venice, at that time he was only 8 years old and he never forgot those tragic moments, they remained etched in his memory until the end...". Edited by Vittorio Baroni - February 10, 2021 Memory of a bad day by Luigi "Gigio" Zanon The war had ended a few months before and we were still occupied by the Allies. Near my house there was a former convent of Theatine friars, belonging to the church of the...
Venice in the storm
The beginning of the sixteenth century represents the century of the great turning point in Venetian history: the republic loses maritime hegemony and political weight in Italy and Europe. The Serenissima begins by facing the Ottoman Empire for a second time, emerging defeated again. The War of the League of Cambrai, then, even risks destroying it. Together with the dominion of the sea, however, the maritime identity and culture built up over the centuries evaporate. It is not only a question of having to share traffic and naval routes, previously exclusive, but of the crisis of the civilization on which Venice has built itself and its fortune, having failed, during the fifteenth century, to achieve a...
The Choir of Pola in Venice
The Provincial Committee of Venice of the National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia together with the Municipality of Venice organizes, as a conclusion to the initiatives for the Day of Remembrance 2019, the concert of the choir "Lino Mariani" of the Italian Community of Pula on Saturday 9 March at 18:00 pm at the Church of Sant'Angelo Raffaele in Venice. In the same Church the following day, Sunday 10 March, the 9:30 mass will be accompanied by the choir "Mariani". Program: Female Choir Madrigal (N. Milotti) Gondolier Song (B. Cherubini – E. Rusconi) The Sweet Country (S. Endrigo) Gypsy Choir (G. Verdi) Piano accompaniment: M° Branko Okmaca Conductor:...
“Foiba rossa” will be presented in Padua
After the controversy, the comic "Foiba rossa" dedicated to the tragedy of Norma Cossetto will finally be presented in Padua, thanks to the commitment of the National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia. The prestigious institutional headquarters of the Regional Council of Veneto will also present the work of Beniamino Dlevecchio and Emanuele Merlino created for the types of...
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