Exhibitions ’08
Exempla. The rebirth of antiquity in Italian art. From Frederick II to Andrea Pisano
Rimini, Castel Sismondo, 20 April – 7 September 2008 With the Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic Sponsored by: Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Ministry for ... Read More
From friendship to action, from action to friendship. Giuseppe Tovini
2008 marks the tenth year of the beatification of Giuseppe Tovini (1841-1897), a lawyer of Brescia, the father of ten children and one of the greatest leaders of the ... Read More
Etemenanki. Searching for the Babel Tower
The Tower of Babel has always been seen as the paradigm of the “demented flight”, the attempt to mount a challenge to God relying on human strength alone, and ... Read More
Christian Monuments in the part of Ciprus under Turkish occupation. Evidence of an uninterrupted destruction
For almost 30 years after the Turkish invasion of Cyprus it was very difficult to get information about the condition of the Christian monuments in the occupied part of ... Read More
“Even if they kill me, I won’t die”. Giovanni Guareschi’s human adventure
100 YEARS of Giovanni Guareschi. Guareschi, who was born on May 1 1908 (and died at Cervia in August of that fateful 1968, 40 years ago), is one of ... Read More
“Quando beltà splendea” The poetry of Giacomo Leopardi
The life and works of Giacomo Leopardi are a fixture in the Italian school syllabus. But many teachers give their pupils an image of the poet conditioned by the ... Read More
«Given by heaven, to bring back the world to heaven». The adventure of the portugueses in the age of discovery (1415-1580)
“O brothers, who amid a hundred thousand Perils,’ I said, ‘have come unto the West, To this so inconsiderable vigil Which is remaining of your senses still Be ye ... Read More
The impossible spring. Prague 1968
Amidst the rather nostalgic evocations of 1968 in the first few months of this year, turning to the events in Prague may risk sounding a false note or, even ... Read More
Atmosphera. Reality and myth of global changes
The issue of climate change is one of the most crucial in our time. It constitutes a scientific challenge of enormous scope and at the same time an unprecedented ... Read More
How to measure the desire for infinity? The quality of life
It will have happened to you, too, to feel the shock of meetings like this with Pierre Mertens, who in speaking of his daughter born with spina bifida (the ... Read More
He seeks liberty which is so dear to redeem by keeping watch
We live in a society where those who err are doomed: whether in prison or out, they will always remains prisoners of their errors, pernicious and an outcast. The ... Read More
Living without lie. Solženicyn
The new man, Homo Sovieticus, was the primary objective of the regime in the USSR, the stake in a gamble that went beyond all other political goals, all plans ... Read More
