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Long Ago in Spoleto: Alessandro Onori’s “Biancofiore”...

April 16, 2021 no comments

14 August 1911: The premiere of ‘Biancofiore’, a melodrama in three acts set in 15th century Florence, is held at the Teatro Nuovo in Spoleto, set to music by the Spoletan composer Alessa...

Long Ago in Spoleto: the library at Palazzo Mauri

April 9, 2021 no comments

After long, complex restoration works, the reopening to the public of the library at Palazzo Mauri. Today we are celebrating an anniversary: exactly 12 years ago, on 9 April 2009, the Giosuè Carducci...

Long Ago in Spoleto: the history of Ponte Garibaldi

April 2, 2021 no comments

The area in front of Porta Garibaldi has always been the city’s entrance from the north since time immemorial, and when Spoleto was provided with a railway station, it became an even busier cen...

At Home with the Langobards: The Colomba pasquale

March 29, 2021 no comments

In the days leading up to Easter, the Colomba di Pasqua will show up again on our tables. But, many may not be aware of its Longobard origin. A legend takes us back to Easter Eve in 572, when Alboin,...

Long Ago in Spoleto: “Dante in the Lands of the Duchy”

March 26, 2021 no comments

This week, the column Long Ago in Spoleto is dedicated to “Dante in the Lands of the Duchy”, the programme of initiatives that Spoleto is dedicating to Dante Alighieri with specific refer...

Long Ago in Spoleto: The City’s Remembrance Day

March 19, 2021 no comments

Monday 22 March on the website and Facebook page of the City of Spoleto, the history of the Morgnano Mines and the Panetto & Petrelli printing house The City of Spoleto has designated 22 March as...

Long Ago in Spoleto: Inauguration of the Vallocchia urban aqueduct

March 12, 2021 no comments

On 7 August, 1921, in the presence of numerous dignitaries, the Vallocchia urban subsidiary aqueduct is inaugurated, a necessary intervention to exploit new sources of supply to bring new water to th...

At home with the Langobards: the role of women in the Langobard kingdo...

March 8, 2021 no comments

The IWD is celebrated today 8 March around the world; it would be interesting to discuss women’s role among the Langobards. Among the Langobards, the female condition was still one of extreme s...

Long Ago in Spoleto: Annibale della Genga and Porta San Gregorio

March 5, 2021 no comments

It’s 1825: Pope Leo XII, born Annibale della Genga, orders the reconstruction of Porta San Gregorio. Soon after being elected pope with the name of Leo XII, Annibale della Genga decided that th...

Long Ago in Spoleto: Lawrence Ferlinghetti at the Festival of Two Worl...

February 26, 2021 no comments

June 1965. An emotional Lawrence Ferlinghetti at the Caio Melisso, during the 8th Festival of Two Worlds. «I am an American poet who flew here from London with winter clothes and a backpack full of p...