Istria on my mind
On Friday 24th June, in the crowded room of the Community of Italian in Pisino (Pazin) the book by Dr. Antonio Mirković “Istria on my mind” was presented; book published by the Historical Research centre of Rovinj, in co-publication with …
CON 24MILA BACI (TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND KISSES) The influence of Italian Mass Culture in Yugoslavia
On the evening of 16th June at the book Cafè “Dnevni boravak” in Fiume the book by Francesca Rolandi “Con ventiquattromila baci. The influence of Italian Mass Culture in Yugoslavia (1955-1965)(Bononia University Press, Bologna 2015, pages 195, 25,00 euro)was presented. …
Andreotti and italy on the border
He was between two fires: caught in a grip between the Yugoslav Communists on one side and the Italian neo-fascists on the other. This is how Giulio Andreotti must have felt when he sent a letter dated 2nd December 1950 …
The damned of Asinara
From Belgrade to the coasts of Albania, until ending in Asinara where 7,000 of them died of disease and privation in the first three months from their arrival. This unknown story of thousands Austro-Hungarian prisoners, captured in Serbia and then …
Istrian folklore
Reading this book is an interesting rediscovery of many aspects of the Istrian tradition that are still really current today. In fact, ethnographic inquiries and tradition recovery started over the years by Monsignor (bishop) Radole, are crucial in order to …
Florilegio Chersino anthology of Cres (partly for joke, partly for not to forget)
A book that is a work of research and commemoration of Cres dialect of the “times gone by” to preserve its heritage. This is a second edition that follows in the footsteps of the first, but it corrects many printing …
Funfinferum
Funfunfèrum-funfunfèrum is like a game made of bitter dreams, a neverending identification, as much as is never ending life with a crime in history. It lays under a permanent dirty cloth, apparently not washable. If bitterness generates poetry more than …
Fragments of a lesson
“…with words of hope and moderate optimism, by an author who keeps his balance and he is able to be not overwhelmed by the events” “Fragments of a lesson” is a personal and coral saga, set in XX century, centered …
Francesco Salghetti-Drioli
Zara National Museum and Zagabria History of the Art Institute published a monograph focused on the Zara artist Francesco Salghetti-Drioli, presented for the first time in Italy, in Udine, in May 2005. The work has been conceived and edited by …
Herbs and Herbalists
Presentation Even today I perfectly remember the admiration and curiosity I had after the first contact with a Medieval herbarium in a historical and beautiful Roman Library. My curiosity was mortified by the lack of familiarity with the subject of …