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Hidden places of the First World War from the Carnic Alps to the Adriatic Sea
Vinko Avsenak, Karl Pallasmann, and Marco Pascoli, scholars of the First World War, with a particular focus on the Italian-Austrian front that developed in what is now Friuli Venezia Giulia and the Isonzo Valley, have published the trilingual Italian-German-Slovenian book, "Hidden Places of the First World War from the Carnic Alps to the Adriatic Sea," published by Edizioni Saisera. The volume draws on decades of research into the history and sites of the First World War (1914–1918), conducted with a particular focus on the Italian-Austrian front between the Puster Valley and the Adriatic Sea. The book's chapters are organized according to a geographical classification that...
The Italian Multimedia Center "Gravisi" opened in Koper.
The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Gravisi Italian Multimedia Center (CMI), located in the west wing of Palazzo Gravisi-Buttorai, home to the Italian Community of Koper, "Santorio Santorio," was eagerly awaited. This project, fueled by an Interreg Italy-Slovenia agreement called "Primis," aimed at highlighting the richness of minority cultures, led to the restoration of the building and, thanks also to the continuation of the "Primis Plus" program (also led by the Italian Union) and other European projects, to the creation of this "educational and interactive museum dedicated to the linguistic, historical, and cultural heritage of the cross-border area and of...
2026 Meeting of the Association of Italians of Pula and Istria – Free Municipality of Pula in Exile
Here's the program for our gathering in Pula next June. Highlighted in yellow are the two main events to which all citizens are warmly invited! Our goal is to reunite with the people of Pula and create a collective embrace between those who left 80 years ago and those who remained in their homeland! Admission to the Teatro Popolare Cittadino, formerly the Ciscutti Theater, on Sunday evening for "Magazzino 18" is free, subject to availability. On Monday, June 15th, at 12:00 p.m., we will all be at the Temple of Augustus, the historic heart of the city, to inaugurate the beautiful art exhibition organized in collaboration with the Archaeological Museum of Pula. We look forward to seeing you with open arms...
15th edition of the Istroveneto Festival in Buje
This year, the Istroveneto Festival has reached its 15th edition, a milestone that those who began this adventure fifteen years ago never expected. The program has grown steadily over the years, this year including 18 events featuring our dialect in all its forms. Special event for the 15th anniversary. The anniversary will be celebrated with a special event on Saturday, June 6th in Piazza San Servolo in Buje, starting at 21:00 PM. The winners of the first 13 editions will take to the stage for a show full of surprises, memories, and emotions. Dìmela Cantando Dìmela Cantando, the festival of...
The Feast of the Ascension at the Dalmatian Pillars of Venice
On the occasion of the Feast of the Ascension, on May 17, 2026, the "Ti con nu, nu con Ti" initiative took place at the Monastery of San Nicolò on the Venice Lido. The flag-raising ceremony at the Dalmatian Pillars, coordinated by Alpine paratrooper Maurizio Vianello and led by the Serenissima Venezia Choir, was attended by the Mayor of Venice, Luigi Brugnaro. Afterward, the Patriarch of Venice, Monsignor Francesco Moraglia, took part in a souvenir photo. The event, under the auspices of the City of Venice, was organized in collaboration with the Global Campus of Human Rights, the Coordination of Armed Forces Associations of Venice, the Dalmatian Society of National History, the Association of Italian Dalmatians in the World (APS), and the Councilors of...
Final day of the stall at the Turin Book Fair
La Bancarella has concluded. The Eastern Adriatic Book Fair, organized by the National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia and the Multimedia Documentation Center of Julian, Istrian, Rijeka, and Dalmatian Culture, in collaboration with FederEsuli, has concluded. The fifth and final day of the event opened with the presentation of the new book by Mauro Tonino, a writer and essayist who is a member of the executive committee of the ANVGD Udine: The 40 Days of Terror. The Slavic-Communist Occupation of Gorizia and a Lapidary to Erase the Omissions of History, published by Signs...
MEDIF and Travels of Remembrance to raise awareness of the history of the Adriatic border
Trieste is multiethnic, Trieste is the moral capital of the exodus, Trieste is a city contested in the twentieth century by nationalism and totalitarianism, but Trieste is above all a city of culture. This last aspect was explored at the opening of the fourth day of the Bancarella. The Eastern Adriatic Book Fair, taking place within the 38th Turin International Book Fair, featured a magazine published in the 1920s entitled Femmina. The event, organized by the National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia in conjunction with the Multimedia Documentation Center of Julian, Istrian, Rijeka, and Dalmatian Culture, with the...
Transmitting the history of the Adriatic border to young people
The third day of the Bancarella will feature a dedicated opening event dedicated to Rijeka. The Eastern Adriatic Book Fair is currently taking place in the prestigious setting of the 38th Turin International Book Fair. After presenting Massimo Superina's book, "Rijeka at Work. Industries, Shops, and Crafts between the 19th Century and 1946," the previous evening, in collaboration with the Turin Provincial Committee of the National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia, at the Circolo Culturale Istriani Fiumani e Dalmati in Turin, the Association of Rijeka Italians in the World brought to the attention of the book fair the publication edited by journalist...
Stories of the Adriatic border, both large and small, are featured at the Turin Book Fair with La Bancarella.
May 15, 2026 - Istria, its history, and the indigenous Italian community from new perspectives opened the second day of the Bancarella. The Eastern Adriatic Book Fair, organized by the National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia together with the Multimedia Documentation Center of Julian, Istrian, Rijeka, and Dalmatian Culture, in collaboration with FederEsuli, as part of the 38th edition of the Turin International Book Fair. The morning opened with the presentation of Bruno Zaro's book Terra d'Istria. A walking journey through memories and testimonies where "every house has its own story to tell" (Lar Editore, Turin 2024),...
La Bancarella is back at the International Book Fair
This year, the National Association of Venezia Giulia and Dalmatia, together with the Multimedia Documentation Center of Julian, Istrian, Rijeka, and Dalmatian Culture, has organized, in collaboration with FederEsuli, La Bancarella. Salone del Libro dell'Adriatico Orientale (The Bank. Eastern Adriatic Book Fair) in the prestigious setting of the Turin International Book Fair. The stand in the Oval Pavilion showcases not only the book production of the main associations of Istrian, Rijeka, and Dalmatian exiles, but also presents the Exhibition of Dalmatian Exiles from Istria and Rijeka (MEDIF) with a summary of the multimedia installation created inside the Vittoriano.
