From June 15 to November 7, thanks to the precious collaboration of the Vatican Museums, the triptych composed of the Madonna Enthroned with Child and Angels, currently housed in the Diocesan Museum of Spoleto, and the side compartments with the depictions of Saint Paula of Rome and Saint Eustochio, which escaped the fury of the 1703 earthquake, will be reunited and will be visible for the first time.
The exhibition, entitled Late gothic enchantment. The recomposed triptych of the Master of the Straus Madonna, is curated by Adele Breda, referent of the Department for Byzantine-Medieval Art of the Vatican Museums, by Stefania Nardicchi, Curator of the Diocesan Museum of Spoleto, and by Anna Pizzamano, PhD student in “History and Cultural Heritage of the Church” at the Pontifical Gregorian University.
On the occasion of the recent restoration of the two side compartments preserved in the Vatican Collection, bearing the images of two little-known saints, Paola of Rome and Eustochio, mother and daughter who lived at the time of St. Jerome (late fourth century), their study was deepened and an attempt was made to find the lost central compartment. The searches led to the Diocesan Museum, where a fragmented table representing a Madonna in throne with the Child between two angels has been identified. The painting, even if missing the lower part, has been recognized as the central part of the triptych. The work adorned in origin the altar of the church of Saint Maria near the castle of Abeto di Preci, from which the name of Maria Santissima di Piè di Castello.
The Madonna di Spoleto was transferred to the Vatican Museums’ Office of Scientific Researches applied to Cultural Heritage, where the various components were thoroughly examined: the wooden essence, the pigments, the engravings and the punches confirmed its full compatibility. With the intention of deepening the study of a painter of very high quality who is not sufficiently known, a later work by the same master was also selected for comparison, the Madonna Enthroned with Child between Two Angels, today kept in the Museum of Sacred Art and Popular Religiousness “Beato Angelico” in Vicchio del Mugello.
There are several reasons that led to this choice. These polyptychs are in fact made by one of the most refined and sought-after Florentine workshops of the time, and used for the liturgical decoration of chapels and parishes in the rural areas of Umbria and Tuscany. The survival of the only table with the Madonna, both in the case of Abeto di Preci and in that of Vicchio, attests, moreover, a devotion never interrupted and an affective and plurisecular bond with the territory, that has resisted also to the dispersion of the side compartments. Thanks to this juxtaposition it is also possible to guess the original dimensions of the Madonna in Spoleto, seriously damaged in the earthquake of 1703.
These works represent two different moments of the stylistic path of the Master of the Straus Madonna, active in Florence between 1385 and 1415, a painter who, from an initial neo-Giottism, slowly opened to the new international style, welcoming in part the style of Lorenzo Monaco and Gherardo Starnina, but always maintaining his original archaic style.
Title: Late Gothic Enchantment, The recomposed triptych of the Master of the Straus Madonna
Venue: Spoleto, Diocesan Museum
Period: 15 June -7 November 2021
Catalog: published by Quattroemme, Perugia
Hours: Every day from 11 to 18. Closed on Mondays.
Tickets: Euro 5,00; free of charge up to 6 years old and disabled people with accompanying person
Information:
Ph.+39 0577 286300 – duomospoleto@operalaboratori.com
www.spoletonorcia.it
from June 25th to July 11th 2021
www.festivaldispoleto.com
From www.festivaldispoleto.com:
The sixty-fourth edition of the Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi, the first programmed by artistic director Monique Veaute, opens on Friday 25 June 2021. Founded by Gian Carlo Menotti in 1958, Italy’s oldest performing arts festival once again transforms the city of Spoleto into a stage: from 25 June to 11 July, 60 performances, all Italian premieres, feature more than 500 artists from 13 countries in 15 venues, with some of the world’s best artists and companies offering an uninterrupted flow of music, opera, dance, theatre, allowing audiences to discover the unexpected.
Performances, discussions with artists, collateral events and debates shine a light on contemporary society, illuminating its diversity and complexity. This year at Spoleto, the first edition of Rai’s Festival per il sociale places themes including environmental and economic sustainability, social cohesion and inclusion, the role of women, the new generations and the value of memory at the heart of the discussion.
Dante, Stravinskij, Strehler, Pina Bausch and some of the great classics of the theatre repertoire form a bridge between the past and the future, projected forwards in time thanks to the interpretations of great artists and companies from Iván Fisher to Antonio Pappano, from the Budapest Festival Orchestra to the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, from Mourad Merzouki to Angelin Preljocaj, from Francesco Tristano to Brad Mehldau, from Flora Détraz to Jonas&Lander, from Liv Ferracchiati to Lucien Øyen, from Romeo Castellucci to Robert Lepage to Lucia Ronchetti, and by participants in residencies run by La MaMa Spoleto Open and the Accademia Silvio d’Amico.
There are exhibitions at Palazzo Collicola, while discussions organized by Fondazione Carla Fendi, concerts at the Casa Menotti and numerous collateral events introduce visitors to some of the most beautiful hidden corners of this city.
The 64th edition of the Festival of Two Worlds welcomes live audiences in absolute security. While the health situation means there are restrictions on the number of available tickets, a calendar of online appointments will be streamed via the Digital Stage so that those who cannot attend physically can still take part. A festival which brings people together, creating new opportunities for dialogue and reflection.
Further information: www.festivaldispoleto.com
E-mail: info@festivaldispoleto.com
From 25 June to 7 July guided tours, city trekking, an exhibition, family bike tours to celebrate the tenth anniversary
On 25 June 2021 the serial property Longobards in Italy. Places ot the power (568-774 A.D.) will celebrate the tenth year since its inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List, when it became the 46th Italian site to be inscribed, bringing to international attention an ancient and often little considered people.
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of UNESCO recognition, the Municipality of Spoleto is planning a series of initiatives that, starting on Friday 25 June, will involve the Basilica of San Salvatore, the National Museum of the Duchy of Spoleto at the Rocca Albornoz, the exhibition rooms of the former Monte di Pietà in Via Aurelio Saffi and, more generally, the area between Spoleto and Campello sul Clitunno.
It will be a path of knowledge through guided tours, city trekking, an exhibition, two family bike tours in the Spoleto Valley to discover the evidence of the Lombards in our territory.
Scheduled events from 25 June to 7 July:
Friday 25th June
*10 a.m. and 4 p.m. – Basilica of San Salvatore
guided tour from outside the monument | free of charge
the monument has been closed since 2017 due to the earthquake but through a glass panel you can admire the central nave from the outside in complete safety.
organised by coop. Sistema Museo | booking required
*10.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. – National Museum of the Duchy, Rocca Albornoz
guided tour | free of charge
you will discover the museum’s section housing the grave goods from the Lombard era and it will be possible to admire the cast of the relief of the Basilica of San Salvatore’s main portal, which will allow you to explore the theme of the use of spolia.
organised by coop. Museum System | booking required
*5 p.m. – ex Monte di Pietà exhibition halls, via Saffi
inauguration of the exhibition
SAN SALVATORE IMPERFECT HARMONIES
25 June – 15 August 2021 | open from Thursday to Sunday 10.30-13 | 16.30-19
organised by Comune di Spoleto | free entrance
Saturday 26th June
*4.30 p.m. – departure from Piazza della Libertà
city trekking On the tracks of the Longobards | free of charge
walk through the city of Spoleto, the ancient capital of the Lombard Duchy, to admire and explore the sites and historical traces that testify to the splendour of a city that became, for more than two centuries, a powerful ducal seat.
Programme and technical data:
walk to the Basilica of San Salvatore
duration about 3 hours
organised by La Spoletonorcia srl – reservation required
Sunday 27th June
*9.30 a.m. – departure from BiciGrill le Mattonelle
family bike tour in the Spoleto Valley of the Longobards with guided tour | free of charge
free entrance to the Tempietto del Clitunnno by the Municipality of Campello sul Clitunno a bike ride that combines the two UNESCO sites: the Basilica of San Salvatore in Spoleto and the Tempietto sul Clitunno. Refreshment stop and return to Spoleto.
Programme and technical data:
about 30 km, round trip
easy/medium level
*hours 9.30 departure in the direction of the Basilica of San Salvatore and then proceed along the cycle path to the Tempietto del Clitunno
minimum age of participants 14 years
possible rental at BiciGrill Le Mattonelle at least one hour before departure (ebike 50,00€ – city bike 25,00€)
organised by La Spoletonorcia srl | booking required
Sunday 4th July
*9.00 a.m. – departure from BiciGrill le Mattonelle
Expert bike tour Unesco Sites of Spoleto’s Valley with guided tour | payment required
a journey, pedal after pedal in the enchantment of the olive grove from Spoleto to Trevi with a visit to two UNESCO sites and the church of Santa Maria di Pietrarossa
Programme and technical data
approx. 45 km round trip
medium/high level
*9.00 a.m. departure towards the Basilica of San Salvatore
lunch stop to be defined
possible rental at BiciGrill Le Mattonelle at least one hour before departure (ebike 50,00€ – city bike 25,00€)
organised by the association SSD La Spoletonorcia srl | booking required
Wednesday 7th July
*11.00 a.m. – online conference SAN SALVATORE ARMONIE IMPERFETTE
YouTube Live by the Municipality of Spoleto
The meeting will be attended by the Extraordinary Commissioner of the Municipality of Spoleto Tiziana Tombesi, the President of the Associazione Italia Langobardorum Rossella del Prete and the architect Giorgio Flamini.
The conference will also include speeches by the technicians of the Raggruppamento Temporaneo Professionisti (RTP) Marco Balducci (engineer and RTP group leader), Margherita Agamennone Garibaldi (restorer and art historian) and Francesco Bartocci (engineer) who are working on the design for the seismic improvement of the basilica of San Salvatore.
The conference, which will be streamed live on the YouTube channel of the Municipality of Spoleto (https://bit.ly/3yi3Zxb) will be moderated by Angela Maria Ferroni, archaeologist from the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Culture.
From June 15 to November 7, thanks to the precious collaboration of the Vatican Museums, the triptych composed of the Madonna Enthroned with Child and Angels, currently housed in the Diocesan Museum of Spoleto, and the side compartments with the depictions of Saint Paula of Rome and Saint Eustochio, which escaped the fury of the 1703 earthquake, will be reunited and will be visible for the first time.
The exhibition, entitled Late gothic enchantment. The recomposed triptych of the Master of the Straus Madonna, is curated by Adele Breda, referent of the Department for Byzantine-Medieval Art of the Vatican Museums, by Stefania Nardicchi, Curator of the Diocesan Museum of Spoleto, and by Anna Pizzamano, PhD student in “History and Cultural Heritage of the Church” at the Pontifical Gregorian University.
On the occasion of the recent restoration of the two side compartments preserved in the Vatican Collection, bearing the images of two little-known saints, Paola of Rome and Eustochio, mother and daughter who lived at the time of St. Jerome (late fourth century), their study was deepened and an attempt was made to find the lost central compartment. The searches led to the Diocesan Museum, where a fragmented table representing a Madonna in throne with the Child between two angels has been identified. The painting, even if missing the lower part, has been recognized as the central part of the triptych. The work adorned in origin the altar of the church of Saint Maria near the castle of Abeto di Preci, from which the name of Maria Santissima di Piè di Castello.
The Madonna di Spoleto was transferred to the Vatican Museums’ Office of Scientific Researches applied to Cultural Heritage, where the various components were thoroughly examined: the wooden essence, the pigments, the engravings and the punches confirmed its full compatibility. With the intention of deepening the study of a painter of very high quality who is not sufficiently known, a later work by the same master was also selected for comparison, the Madonna Enthroned with Child between Two Angels, today kept in the Museum of Sacred Art and Popular Religiousness “Beato Angelico” in Vicchio del Mugello.
There are several reasons that led to this choice. These polyptychs are in fact made by one of the most refined and sought-after Florentine workshops of the time, and used for the liturgical decoration of chapels and parishes in the rural areas of Umbria and Tuscany. The survival of the only table with the Madonna, both in the case of Abeto di Preci and in that of Vicchio, attests, moreover, a devotion never interrupted and an affective and plurisecular bond with the territory, that has resisted also to the dispersion of the side compartments. Thanks to this juxtaposition it is also possible to guess the original dimensions of the Madonna in Spoleto, seriously damaged in the earthquake of 1703.
These works represent two different moments of the stylistic path of the Master of the Straus Madonna, active in Florence between 1385 and 1415, a painter who, from an initial neo-Giottism, slowly opened to the new international style, welcoming in part the style of Lorenzo Monaco and Gherardo Starnina, but always maintaining his original archaic style.
Title: Late Gothic Enchantment, The recomposed triptych of the Master of the Straus Madonna
Venue: Spoleto, Diocesan Museum
Period: 15 June -7 November 2021
Catalog: published by Quattroemme, Perugia
Hours: Every day from 11 to 18. Closed on Mondays.
Tickets: Euro 5,00; free of charge up to 6 years old and disabled people with accompanying person
Information:
Ph.+39 0577 286300 – duomospoleto@operalaboratori.com
www.spoletonorcia.it
San Salvatore ARMONIE imPERFETTE San Salvatore imPERFECT HARMONIES
A photographic-documentary exhibition organised by the Municipality of Spoleto to mark the tenth anniversary of the inclusion of the serial property “Longobards in Italy . Places of power (568-774 A.D.)” on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
from 25 June to 15 August
ex Monte di Pietà exhibition halls via A. Saffi
Thursday to Sunday
10.30/13.00 – 16.30-19.00
until 31 December
at Palazzo Mauri, G. Carducci municipal library
library opening hours – info 0743/218801
at the Spoleto State Archive, San Matteo Complex
Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Friday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
from June 25th to July 11th 2021
www.festivaldispoleto.com
From www.festivaldispoleto.com:
The sixty-fourth edition of the Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi, the first programmed by artistic director Monique Veaute, opens on Friday 25 June 2021. Founded by Gian Carlo Menotti in 1958, Italy’s oldest performing arts festival once again transforms the city of Spoleto into a stage: from 25 June to 11 July, 60 performances, all Italian premieres, feature more than 500 artists from 13 countries in 15 venues, with some of the world’s best artists and companies offering an uninterrupted flow of music, opera, dance, theatre, allowing audiences to discover the unexpected.
Performances, discussions with artists, collateral events and debates shine a light on contemporary society, illuminating its diversity and complexity. This year at Spoleto, the first edition of Rai’s Festival per il sociale places themes including environmental and economic sustainability, social cohesion and inclusion, the role of women, the new generations and the value of memory at the heart of the discussion.
Dante, Stravinskij, Strehler, Pina Bausch and some of the great classics of the theatre repertoire form a bridge between the past and the future, projected forwards in time thanks to the interpretations of great artists and companies from Iván Fisher to Antonio Pappano, from the Budapest Festival Orchestra to the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, from Mourad Merzouki to Angelin Preljocaj, from Francesco Tristano to Brad Mehldau, from Flora Détraz to Jonas&Lander, from Liv Ferracchiati to Lucien Øyen, from Romeo Castellucci to Robert Lepage to Lucia Ronchetti, and by participants in residencies run by La MaMa Spoleto Open and the Accademia Silvio d’Amico.
There are exhibitions at Palazzo Collicola, while discussions organized by Fondazione Carla Fendi, concerts at the Casa Menotti and numerous collateral events introduce visitors to some of the most beautiful hidden corners of this city.
The 64th edition of the Festival of Two Worlds welcomes live audiences in absolute security. While the health situation means there are restrictions on the number of available tickets, a calendar of online appointments will be streamed via the Digital Stage so that those who cannot attend physically can still take part. A festival which brings people together, creating new opportunities for dialogue and reflection.
Further information: www.festivaldispoleto.com
E-mail: info@festivaldispoleto.com
From 25 June to 7 July guided tours, city trekking, an exhibition, family bike tours to celebrate the tenth anniversary
On 25 June 2021 the serial property Longobards in Italy. Places ot the power (568-774 A.D.) will celebrate the tenth year since its inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List, when it became the 46th Italian site to be inscribed, bringing to international attention an ancient and often little considered people.
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of UNESCO recognition, the Municipality of Spoleto is planning a series of initiatives that, starting on Friday 25 June, will involve the Basilica of San Salvatore, the National Museum of the Duchy of Spoleto at the Rocca Albornoz, the exhibition rooms of the former Monte di Pietà in Via Aurelio Saffi and, more generally, the area between Spoleto and Campello sul Clitunno.
It will be a path of knowledge through guided tours, city trekking, an exhibition, two family bike tours in the Spoleto Valley to discover the evidence of the Lombards in our territory.
Scheduled events from 25 June to 7 July:
Friday 25th June
*10 a.m. and 4 p.m. – Basilica of San Salvatore
guided tour from outside the monument | free of charge
the monument has been closed since 2017 due to the earthquake but through a glass panel you can admire the central nave from the outside in complete safety.
organised by coop. Sistema Museo | booking required
*10.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. – National Museum of the Duchy, Rocca Albornoz
guided tour | free of charge
you will discover the museum’s section housing the grave goods from the Lombard era and it will be possible to admire the cast of the relief of the Basilica of San Salvatore’s main portal, which will allow you to explore the theme of the use of spolia.
organised by coop. Museum System | booking required
*5 p.m. – ex Monte di Pietà exhibition halls, via Saffi
inauguration of the exhibition
SAN SALVATORE IMPERFECT HARMONIES
25 June – 15 August 2021 | open from Thursday to Sunday 10.30-13 | 16.30-19
organised by Comune di Spoleto | free entrance
Saturday 26th June
*4.30 p.m. – departure from Piazza della Libertà
city trekking On the tracks of the Longobards | free of charge
walk through the city of Spoleto, the ancient capital of the Lombard Duchy, to admire and explore the sites and historical traces that testify to the splendour of a city that became, for more than two centuries, a powerful ducal seat.
Programme and technical data:
walk to the Basilica of San Salvatore
duration about 3 hours
organised by La Spoletonorcia srl – reservation required
Sunday 27th June
*9.30 a.m. – departure from BiciGrill le Mattonelle
family bike tour in the Spoleto Valley of the Longobards with guided tour | free of charge
free entrance to the Tempietto del Clitunnno by the Municipality of Campello sul Clitunno a bike ride that combines the two UNESCO sites: the Basilica of San Salvatore in Spoleto and the Tempietto sul Clitunno. Refreshment stop and return to Spoleto.
Programme and technical data:
about 30 km, round trip
easy/medium level
*hours 9.30 departure in the direction of the Basilica of San Salvatore and then proceed along the cycle path to the Tempietto del Clitunno
minimum age of participants 14 years
possible rental at BiciGrill Le Mattonelle at least one hour before departure (ebike 50,00€ – city bike 25,00€)
organised by La Spoletonorcia srl | booking required
Sunday 4th July
*9.00 a.m. – departure from BiciGrill le Mattonelle
Expert bike tour Unesco Sites of Spoleto’s Valley with guided tour | payment required
a journey, pedal after pedal in the enchantment of the olive grove from Spoleto to Trevi with a visit to two UNESCO sites and the church of Santa Maria di Pietrarossa
Programme and technical data
approx. 45 km round trip
medium/high level
*9.00 a.m. departure towards the Basilica of San Salvatore
lunch stop to be defined
possible rental at BiciGrill Le Mattonelle at least one hour before departure (ebike 50,00€ – city bike 25,00€)
organised by the association SSD La Spoletonorcia srl | booking required
Wednesday 7th July
*11.00 a.m. – online conference SAN SALVATORE ARMONIE IMPERFETTE
YouTube Live by the Municipality of Spoleto
The meeting will be attended by the Extraordinary Commissioner of the Municipality of Spoleto Tiziana Tombesi, the President of the Associazione Italia Langobardorum Rossella del Prete and the architect Giorgio Flamini.
The conference will also include speeches by the technicians of the Raggruppamento Temporaneo Professionisti (RTP) Marco Balducci (engineer and RTP group leader), Margherita Agamennone Garibaldi (restorer and art historian) and Francesco Bartocci (engineer) who are working on the design for the seismic improvement of the basilica of San Salvatore.
The conference, which will be streamed live on the YouTube channel of the Municipality of Spoleto (https://bit.ly/3yi3Zxb) will be moderated by Angela Maria Ferroni, archaeologist from the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Culture.
From June 15 to November 7, thanks to the precious collaboration of the Vatican Museums, the triptych composed of the Madonna Enthroned with Child and Angels, currently housed in the Diocesan Museum of Spoleto, and the side compartments with the depictions of Saint Paula of Rome and Saint Eustochio, which escaped the fury of the 1703 earthquake, will be reunited and will be visible for the first time.
The exhibition, entitled Late gothic enchantment. The recomposed triptych of the Master of the Straus Madonna, is curated by Adele Breda, referent of the Department for Byzantine-Medieval Art of the Vatican Museums, by Stefania Nardicchi, Curator of the Diocesan Museum of Spoleto, and by Anna Pizzamano, PhD student in “History and Cultural Heritage of the Church” at the Pontifical Gregorian University.
On the occasion of the recent restoration of the two side compartments preserved in the Vatican Collection, bearing the images of two little-known saints, Paola of Rome and Eustochio, mother and daughter who lived at the time of St. Jerome (late fourth century), their study was deepened and an attempt was made to find the lost central compartment. The searches led to the Diocesan Museum, where a fragmented table representing a Madonna in throne with the Child between two angels has been identified. The painting, even if missing the lower part, has been recognized as the central part of the triptych. The work adorned in origin the altar of the church of Saint Maria near the castle of Abeto di Preci, from which the name of Maria Santissima di Piè di Castello.
The Madonna di Spoleto was transferred to the Vatican Museums’ Office of Scientific Researches applied to Cultural Heritage, where the various components were thoroughly examined: the wooden essence, the pigments, the engravings and the punches confirmed its full compatibility. With the intention of deepening the study of a painter of very high quality who is not sufficiently known, a later work by the same master was also selected for comparison, the Madonna Enthroned with Child between Two Angels, today kept in the Museum of Sacred Art and Popular Religiousness “Beato Angelico” in Vicchio del Mugello.
There are several reasons that led to this choice. These polyptychs are in fact made by one of the most refined and sought-after Florentine workshops of the time, and used for the liturgical decoration of chapels and parishes in the rural areas of Umbria and Tuscany. The survival of the only table with the Madonna, both in the case of Abeto di Preci and in that of Vicchio, attests, moreover, a devotion never interrupted and an affective and plurisecular bond with the territory, that has resisted also to the dispersion of the side compartments. Thanks to this juxtaposition it is also possible to guess the original dimensions of the Madonna in Spoleto, seriously damaged in the earthquake of 1703.
These works represent two different moments of the stylistic path of the Master of the Straus Madonna, active in Florence between 1385 and 1415, a painter who, from an initial neo-Giottism, slowly opened to the new international style, welcoming in part the style of Lorenzo Monaco and Gherardo Starnina, but always maintaining his original archaic style.
Title: Late Gothic Enchantment, The recomposed triptych of the Master of the Straus Madonna
Venue: Spoleto, Diocesan Museum
Period: 15 June -7 November 2021
Catalog: published by Quattroemme, Perugia
Hours: Every day from 11 to 18. Closed on Mondays.
Tickets: Euro 5,00; free of charge up to 6 years old and disabled people with accompanying person
Information:
Ph.+39 0577 286300 – duomospoleto@operalaboratori.com
www.spoletonorcia.it
San Salvatore ARMONIE imPERFETTE San Salvatore imPERFECT HARMONIES
A photographic-documentary exhibition organised by the Municipality of Spoleto to mark the tenth anniversary of the inclusion of the serial property “Longobards in Italy . Places of power (568-774 A.D.)” on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
from 25 June to 15 August
ex Monte di Pietà exhibition halls via A. Saffi
Thursday to Sunday
10.30/13.00 – 16.30-19.00
until 31 December
at Palazzo Mauri, G. Carducci municipal library
library opening hours – info 0743/218801
at the Spoleto State Archive, San Matteo Complex
Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Friday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
from June 25th to July 11th 2021
www.festivaldispoleto.com
From www.festivaldispoleto.com:
The sixty-fourth edition of the Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi, the first programmed by artistic director Monique Veaute, opens on Friday 25 June 2021. Founded by Gian Carlo Menotti in 1958, Italy’s oldest performing arts festival once again transforms the city of Spoleto into a stage: from 25 June to 11 July, 60 performances, all Italian premieres, feature more than 500 artists from 13 countries in 15 venues, with some of the world’s best artists and companies offering an uninterrupted flow of music, opera, dance, theatre, allowing audiences to discover the unexpected.
Performances, discussions with artists, collateral events and debates shine a light on contemporary society, illuminating its diversity and complexity. This year at Spoleto, the first edition of Rai’s Festival per il sociale places themes including environmental and economic sustainability, social cohesion and inclusion, the role of women, the new generations and the value of memory at the heart of the discussion.
Dante, Stravinskij, Strehler, Pina Bausch and some of the great classics of the theatre repertoire form a bridge between the past and the future, projected forwards in time thanks to the interpretations of great artists and companies from Iván Fisher to Antonio Pappano, from the Budapest Festival Orchestra to the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, from Mourad Merzouki to Angelin Preljocaj, from Francesco Tristano to Brad Mehldau, from Flora Détraz to Jonas&Lander, from Liv Ferracchiati to Lucien Øyen, from Romeo Castellucci to Robert Lepage to Lucia Ronchetti, and by participants in residencies run by La MaMa Spoleto Open and the Accademia Silvio d’Amico.
There are exhibitions at Palazzo Collicola, while discussions organized by Fondazione Carla Fendi, concerts at the Casa Menotti and numerous collateral events introduce visitors to some of the most beautiful hidden corners of this city.
The 64th edition of the Festival of Two Worlds welcomes live audiences in absolute security. While the health situation means there are restrictions on the number of available tickets, a calendar of online appointments will be streamed via the Digital Stage so that those who cannot attend physically can still take part. A festival which brings people together, creating new opportunities for dialogue and reflection.
Further information: www.festivaldispoleto.com
E-mail: info@festivaldispoleto.com
From 25 June to 7 July guided tours, city trekking, an exhibition, family bike tours to celebrate the tenth anniversary
On 25 June 2021 the serial property Longobards in Italy. Places ot the power (568-774 A.D.) will celebrate the tenth year since its inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List, when it became the 46th Italian site to be inscribed, bringing to international attention an ancient and often little considered people.
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of UNESCO recognition, the Municipality of Spoleto is planning a series of initiatives that, starting on Friday 25 June, will involve the Basilica of San Salvatore, the National Museum of the Duchy of Spoleto at the Rocca Albornoz, the exhibition rooms of the former Monte di Pietà in Via Aurelio Saffi and, more generally, the area between Spoleto and Campello sul Clitunno.
It will be a path of knowledge through guided tours, city trekking, an exhibition, two family bike tours in the Spoleto Valley to discover the evidence of the Lombards in our territory.
Scheduled events from 25 June to 7 July:
Friday 25th June
*10 a.m. and 4 p.m. – Basilica of San Salvatore
guided tour from outside the monument | free of charge
the monument has been closed since 2017 due to the earthquake but through a glass panel you can admire the central nave from the outside in complete safety.
organised by coop. Sistema Museo | booking required
*10.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. – National Museum of the Duchy, Rocca Albornoz
guided tour | free of charge
you will discover the museum’s section housing the grave goods from the Lombard era and it will be possible to admire the cast of the relief of the Basilica of San Salvatore’s main portal, which will allow you to explore the theme of the use of spolia.
organised by coop. Museum System | booking required
*5 p.m. – ex Monte di Pietà exhibition halls, via Saffi
inauguration of the exhibition
SAN SALVATORE IMPERFECT HARMONIES
25 June – 15 August 2021 | open from Thursday to Sunday 10.30-13 | 16.30-19
organised by Comune di Spoleto | free entrance
Saturday 26th June
*4.30 p.m. – departure from Piazza della Libertà
city trekking On the tracks of the Longobards | free of charge
walk through the city of Spoleto, the ancient capital of the Lombard Duchy, to admire and explore the sites and historical traces that testify to the splendour of a city that became, for more than two centuries, a powerful ducal seat.
Programme and technical data:
walk to the Basilica of San Salvatore
duration about 3 hours
organised by La Spoletonorcia srl – reservation required
Sunday 27th June
*9.30 a.m. – departure from BiciGrill le Mattonelle
family bike tour in the Spoleto Valley of the Longobards with guided tour | free of charge
free entrance to the Tempietto del Clitunnno by the Municipality of Campello sul Clitunno a bike ride that combines the two UNESCO sites: the Basilica of San Salvatore in Spoleto and the Tempietto sul Clitunno. Refreshment stop and return to Spoleto.
Programme and technical data:
about 30 km, round trip
easy/medium level
*hours 9.30 departure in the direction of the Basilica of San Salvatore and then proceed along the cycle path to the Tempietto del Clitunno
minimum age of participants 14 years
possible rental at BiciGrill Le Mattonelle at least one hour before departure (ebike 50,00€ – city bike 25,00€)
organised by La Spoletonorcia srl | booking required
Sunday 4th July
*9.00 a.m. – departure from BiciGrill le Mattonelle
Expert bike tour Unesco Sites of Spoleto’s Valley with guided tour | payment required
a journey, pedal after pedal in the enchantment of the olive grove from Spoleto to Trevi with a visit to two UNESCO sites and the church of Santa Maria di Pietrarossa
Programme and technical data
approx. 45 km round trip
medium/high level
*9.00 a.m. departure towards the Basilica of San Salvatore
lunch stop to be defined
possible rental at BiciGrill Le Mattonelle at least one hour before departure (ebike 50,00€ – city bike 25,00€)
organised by the association SSD La Spoletonorcia srl | booking required
Wednesday 7th July
*11.00 a.m. – online conference SAN SALVATORE ARMONIE IMPERFETTE
YouTube Live by the Municipality of Spoleto
The meeting will be attended by the Extraordinary Commissioner of the Municipality of Spoleto Tiziana Tombesi, the President of the Associazione Italia Langobardorum Rossella del Prete and the architect Giorgio Flamini.
The conference will also include speeches by the technicians of the Raggruppamento Temporaneo Professionisti (RTP) Marco Balducci (engineer and RTP group leader), Margherita Agamennone Garibaldi (restorer and art historian) and Francesco Bartocci (engineer) who are working on the design for the seismic improvement of the basilica of San Salvatore.
The conference, which will be streamed live on the YouTube channel of the Municipality of Spoleto (https://bit.ly/3yi3Zxb) will be moderated by Angela Maria Ferroni, archaeologist from the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Culture.
From June 15 to November 7, thanks to the precious collaboration of the Vatican Museums, the triptych composed of the Madonna Enthroned with Child and Angels, currently housed in the Diocesan Museum of Spoleto, and the side compartments with the depictions of Saint Paula of Rome and Saint Eustochio, which escaped the fury of the 1703 earthquake, will be reunited and will be visible for the first time.
The exhibition, entitled Late gothic enchantment. The recomposed triptych of the Master of the Straus Madonna, is curated by Adele Breda, referent of the Department for Byzantine-Medieval Art of the Vatican Museums, by Stefania Nardicchi, Curator of the Diocesan Museum of Spoleto, and by Anna Pizzamano, PhD student in “History and Cultural Heritage of the Church” at the Pontifical Gregorian University.
On the occasion of the recent restoration of the two side compartments preserved in the Vatican Collection, bearing the images of two little-known saints, Paola of Rome and Eustochio, mother and daughter who lived at the time of St. Jerome (late fourth century), their study was deepened and an attempt was made to find the lost central compartment. The searches led to the Diocesan Museum, where a fragmented table representing a Madonna in throne with the Child between two angels has been identified. The painting, even if missing the lower part, has been recognized as the central part of the triptych. The work adorned in origin the altar of the church of Saint Maria near the castle of Abeto di Preci, from which the name of Maria Santissima di Piè di Castello.
The Madonna di Spoleto was transferred to the Vatican Museums’ Office of Scientific Researches applied to Cultural Heritage, where the various components were thoroughly examined: the wooden essence, the pigments, the engravings and the punches confirmed its full compatibility. With the intention of deepening the study of a painter of very high quality who is not sufficiently known, a later work by the same master was also selected for comparison, the Madonna Enthroned with Child between Two Angels, today kept in the Museum of Sacred Art and Popular Religiousness “Beato Angelico” in Vicchio del Mugello.
There are several reasons that led to this choice. These polyptychs are in fact made by one of the most refined and sought-after Florentine workshops of the time, and used for the liturgical decoration of chapels and parishes in the rural areas of Umbria and Tuscany. The survival of the only table with the Madonna, both in the case of Abeto di Preci and in that of Vicchio, attests, moreover, a devotion never interrupted and an affective and plurisecular bond with the territory, that has resisted also to the dispersion of the side compartments. Thanks to this juxtaposition it is also possible to guess the original dimensions of the Madonna in Spoleto, seriously damaged in the earthquake of 1703.
These works represent two different moments of the stylistic path of the Master of the Straus Madonna, active in Florence between 1385 and 1415, a painter who, from an initial neo-Giottism, slowly opened to the new international style, welcoming in part the style of Lorenzo Monaco and Gherardo Starnina, but always maintaining his original archaic style.
Title: Late Gothic Enchantment, The recomposed triptych of the Master of the Straus Madonna
Venue: Spoleto, Diocesan Museum
Period: 15 June -7 November 2021
Catalog: published by Quattroemme, Perugia
Hours: Every day from 11 to 18. Closed on Mondays.
Tickets: Euro 5,00; free of charge up to 6 years old and disabled people with accompanying person
Information:
Ph.+39 0577 286300 – duomospoleto@operalaboratori.com
www.spoletonorcia.it
San Salvatore ARMONIE imPERFETTE San Salvatore imPERFECT HARMONIES
A photographic-documentary exhibition organised by the Municipality of Spoleto to mark the tenth anniversary of the inclusion of the serial property “Longobards in Italy . Places of power (568-774 A.D.)” on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
from 25 June to 15 August
ex Monte di Pietà exhibition halls via A. Saffi
Thursday to Sunday
10.30/13.00 – 16.30-19.00
until 31 December
at Palazzo Mauri, G. Carducci municipal library
library opening hours – info 0743/218801
at the Spoleto State Archive, San Matteo Complex
Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Friday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Sorry, this entry is only available in Italiano.
from June 25th to July 11th 2021
www.festivaldispoleto.com
From www.festivaldispoleto.com:
The sixty-fourth edition of the Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi, the first programmed by artistic director Monique Veaute, opens on Friday 25 June 2021. Founded by Gian Carlo Menotti in 1958, Italy’s oldest performing arts festival once again transforms the city of Spoleto into a stage: from 25 June to 11 July, 60 performances, all Italian premieres, feature more than 500 artists from 13 countries in 15 venues, with some of the world’s best artists and companies offering an uninterrupted flow of music, opera, dance, theatre, allowing audiences to discover the unexpected.
Performances, discussions with artists, collateral events and debates shine a light on contemporary society, illuminating its diversity and complexity. This year at Spoleto, the first edition of Rai’s Festival per il sociale places themes including environmental and economic sustainability, social cohesion and inclusion, the role of women, the new generations and the value of memory at the heart of the discussion.
Dante, Stravinskij, Strehler, Pina Bausch and some of the great classics of the theatre repertoire form a bridge between the past and the future, projected forwards in time thanks to the interpretations of great artists and companies from Iván Fisher to Antonio Pappano, from the Budapest Festival Orchestra to the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, from Mourad Merzouki to Angelin Preljocaj, from Francesco Tristano to Brad Mehldau, from Flora Détraz to Jonas&Lander, from Liv Ferracchiati to Lucien Øyen, from Romeo Castellucci to Robert Lepage to Lucia Ronchetti, and by participants in residencies run by La MaMa Spoleto Open and the Accademia Silvio d’Amico.
There are exhibitions at Palazzo Collicola, while discussions organized by Fondazione Carla Fendi, concerts at the Casa Menotti and numerous collateral events introduce visitors to some of the most beautiful hidden corners of this city.
The 64th edition of the Festival of Two Worlds welcomes live audiences in absolute security. While the health situation means there are restrictions on the number of available tickets, a calendar of online appointments will be streamed via the Digital Stage so that those who cannot attend physically can still take part. A festival which brings people together, creating new opportunities for dialogue and reflection.
Further information: www.festivaldispoleto.com
E-mail: info@festivaldispoleto.com
From June 15 to November 7, thanks to the precious collaboration of the Vatican Museums, the triptych composed of the Madonna Enthroned with Child and Angels, currently housed in the Diocesan Museum of Spoleto, and the side compartments with the depictions of Saint Paula of Rome and Saint Eustochio, which escaped the fury of the 1703 earthquake, will be reunited and will be visible for the first time.
The exhibition, entitled Late gothic enchantment. The recomposed triptych of the Master of the Straus Madonna, is curated by Adele Breda, referent of the Department for Byzantine-Medieval Art of the Vatican Museums, by Stefania Nardicchi, Curator of the Diocesan Museum of Spoleto, and by Anna Pizzamano, PhD student in “History and Cultural Heritage of the Church” at the Pontifical Gregorian University.
On the occasion of the recent restoration of the two side compartments preserved in the Vatican Collection, bearing the images of two little-known saints, Paola of Rome and Eustochio, mother and daughter who lived at the time of St. Jerome (late fourth century), their study was deepened and an attempt was made to find the lost central compartment. The searches led to the Diocesan Museum, where a fragmented table representing a Madonna in throne with the Child between two angels has been identified. The painting, even if missing the lower part, has been recognized as the central part of the triptych. The work adorned in origin the altar of the church of Saint Maria near the castle of Abeto di Preci, from which the name of Maria Santissima di Piè di Castello.
The Madonna di Spoleto was transferred to the Vatican Museums’ Office of Scientific Researches applied to Cultural Heritage, where the various components were thoroughly examined: the wooden essence, the pigments, the engravings and the punches confirmed its full compatibility. With the intention of deepening the study of a painter of very high quality who is not sufficiently known, a later work by the same master was also selected for comparison, the Madonna Enthroned with Child between Two Angels, today kept in the Museum of Sacred Art and Popular Religiousness “Beato Angelico” in Vicchio del Mugello.
There are several reasons that led to this choice. These polyptychs are in fact made by one of the most refined and sought-after Florentine workshops of the time, and used for the liturgical decoration of chapels and parishes in the rural areas of Umbria and Tuscany. The survival of the only table with the Madonna, both in the case of Abeto di Preci and in that of Vicchio, attests, moreover, a devotion never interrupted and an affective and plurisecular bond with the territory, that has resisted also to the dispersion of the side compartments. Thanks to this juxtaposition it is also possible to guess the original dimensions of the Madonna in Spoleto, seriously damaged in the earthquake of 1703.
These works represent two different moments of the stylistic path of the Master of the Straus Madonna, active in Florence between 1385 and 1415, a painter who, from an initial neo-Giottism, slowly opened to the new international style, welcoming in part the style of Lorenzo Monaco and Gherardo Starnina, but always maintaining his original archaic style.
Title: Late Gothic Enchantment, The recomposed triptych of the Master of the Straus Madonna
Venue: Spoleto, Diocesan Museum
Period: 15 June -7 November 2021
Catalog: published by Quattroemme, Perugia
Hours: Every day from 11 to 18. Closed on Mondays.
Tickets: Euro 5,00; free of charge up to 6 years old and disabled people with accompanying person
Information:
Ph.+39 0577 286300 – duomospoleto@operalaboratori.com
www.spoletonorcia.it
San Salvatore ARMONIE imPERFETTE San Salvatore imPERFECT HARMONIES
A photographic-documentary exhibition organised by the Municipality of Spoleto to mark the tenth anniversary of the inclusion of the serial property “Longobards in Italy . Places of power (568-774 A.D.)” on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
from 25 June to 15 August
ex Monte di Pietà exhibition halls via A. Saffi
Thursday to Sunday
10.30/13.00 – 16.30-19.00
until 31 December
at Palazzo Mauri, G. Carducci municipal library
library opening hours – info 0743/218801
at the Spoleto State Archive, San Matteo Complex
Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Friday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Sorry, this entry is only available in Italiano.
from June 25th to July 11th 2021
www.festivaldispoleto.com
From www.festivaldispoleto.com:
The sixty-fourth edition of the Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi, the first programmed by artistic director Monique Veaute, opens on Friday 25 June 2021. Founded by Gian Carlo Menotti in 1958, Italy’s oldest performing arts festival once again transforms the city of Spoleto into a stage: from 25 June to 11 July, 60 performances, all Italian premieres, feature more than 500 artists from 13 countries in 15 venues, with some of the world’s best artists and companies offering an uninterrupted flow of music, opera, dance, theatre, allowing audiences to discover the unexpected.
Performances, discussions with artists, collateral events and debates shine a light on contemporary society, illuminating its diversity and complexity. This year at Spoleto, the first edition of Rai’s Festival per il sociale places themes including environmental and economic sustainability, social cohesion and inclusion, the role of women, the new generations and the value of memory at the heart of the discussion.
Dante, Stravinskij, Strehler, Pina Bausch and some of the great classics of the theatre repertoire form a bridge between the past and the future, projected forwards in time thanks to the interpretations of great artists and companies from Iván Fisher to Antonio Pappano, from the Budapest Festival Orchestra to the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, from Mourad Merzouki to Angelin Preljocaj, from Francesco Tristano to Brad Mehldau, from Flora Détraz to Jonas&Lander, from Liv Ferracchiati to Lucien Øyen, from Romeo Castellucci to Robert Lepage to Lucia Ronchetti, and by participants in residencies run by La MaMa Spoleto Open and the Accademia Silvio d’Amico.
There are exhibitions at Palazzo Collicola, while discussions organized by Fondazione Carla Fendi, concerts at the Casa Menotti and numerous collateral events introduce visitors to some of the most beautiful hidden corners of this city.
The 64th edition of the Festival of Two Worlds welcomes live audiences in absolute security. While the health situation means there are restrictions on the number of available tickets, a calendar of online appointments will be streamed via the Digital Stage so that those who cannot attend physically can still take part. A festival which brings people together, creating new opportunities for dialogue and reflection.
Further information: www.festivaldispoleto.com
E-mail: info@festivaldispoleto.com
From June 15 to November 7, thanks to the precious collaboration of the Vatican Museums, the triptych composed of the Madonna Enthroned with Child and Angels, currently housed in the Diocesan Museum of Spoleto, and the side compartments with the depictions of Saint Paula of Rome and Saint Eustochio, which escaped the fury of the 1703 earthquake, will be reunited and will be visible for the first time.
The exhibition, entitled Late gothic enchantment. The recomposed triptych of the Master of the Straus Madonna, is curated by Adele Breda, referent of the Department for Byzantine-Medieval Art of the Vatican Museums, by Stefania Nardicchi, Curator of the Diocesan Museum of Spoleto, and by Anna Pizzamano, PhD student in “History and Cultural Heritage of the Church” at the Pontifical Gregorian University.
On the occasion of the recent restoration of the two side compartments preserved in the Vatican Collection, bearing the images of two little-known saints, Paola of Rome and Eustochio, mother and daughter who lived at the time of St. Jerome (late fourth century), their study was deepened and an attempt was made to find the lost central compartment. The searches led to the Diocesan Museum, where a fragmented table representing a Madonna in throne with the Child between two angels has been identified. The painting, even if missing the lower part, has been recognized as the central part of the triptych. The work adorned in origin the altar of the church of Saint Maria near the castle of Abeto di Preci, from which the name of Maria Santissima di Piè di Castello.
The Madonna di Spoleto was transferred to the Vatican Museums’ Office of Scientific Researches applied to Cultural Heritage, where the various components were thoroughly examined: the wooden essence, the pigments, the engravings and the punches confirmed its full compatibility. With the intention of deepening the study of a painter of very high quality who is not sufficiently known, a later work by the same master was also selected for comparison, the Madonna Enthroned with Child between Two Angels, today kept in the Museum of Sacred Art and Popular Religiousness “Beato Angelico” in Vicchio del Mugello.
There are several reasons that led to this choice. These polyptychs are in fact made by one of the most refined and sought-after Florentine workshops of the time, and used for the liturgical decoration of chapels and parishes in the rural areas of Umbria and Tuscany. The survival of the only table with the Madonna, both in the case of Abeto di Preci and in that of Vicchio, attests, moreover, a devotion never interrupted and an affective and plurisecular bond with the territory, that has resisted also to the dispersion of the side compartments. Thanks to this juxtaposition it is also possible to guess the original dimensions of the Madonna in Spoleto, seriously damaged in the earthquake of 1703.
These works represent two different moments of the stylistic path of the Master of the Straus Madonna, active in Florence between 1385 and 1415, a painter who, from an initial neo-Giottism, slowly opened to the new international style, welcoming in part the style of Lorenzo Monaco and Gherardo Starnina, but always maintaining his original archaic style.
Title: Late Gothic Enchantment, The recomposed triptych of the Master of the Straus Madonna
Venue: Spoleto, Diocesan Museum
Period: 15 June -7 November 2021
Catalog: published by Quattroemme, Perugia
Hours: Every day from 11 to 18. Closed on Mondays.
Tickets: Euro 5,00; free of charge up to 6 years old and disabled people with accompanying person
Information:
Ph.+39 0577 286300 – duomospoleto@operalaboratori.com
www.spoletonorcia.it
San Salvatore ARMONIE imPERFETTE San Salvatore imPERFECT HARMONIES
A photographic-documentary exhibition organised by the Municipality of Spoleto to mark the tenth anniversary of the inclusion of the serial property “Longobards in Italy . Places of power (568-774 A.D.)” on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
from 25 June to 15 August
ex Monte di Pietà exhibition halls via A. Saffi
Thursday to Sunday
10.30/13.00 – 16.30-19.00
until 31 December
at Palazzo Mauri, G. Carducci municipal library
library opening hours – info 0743/218801
at the Spoleto State Archive, San Matteo Complex
Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Friday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
GUIDED WALKING TOURS OF SPOLETO
EVERY DAY (advance booking required)
Morning: 10h00
Afternoon: 16h00
Itinerary (2 hours): starting point at Piazza della Libertà, visit of the Roman Theatre, Arch of Drusus and Germanicus, Piazza del Mercato, Cathedral, walk around the Fortress, looking at the Fortress and the Bridge
Meeting point: Piazza della Libertà, in front of the Info Box, 10 minutes before departure
ADVANCE BOOKING REQUIRED
For information and booking:
Ph. +39 075 815227/28
emergency number: +39 339 3390103
e-mail: info@assoguide.it
Organization: AGTU (Associazione Guide Turistiche Umbria)
Tours are led by Authorized Tourist Guides
from June 25th to July 11th 2021
www.festivaldispoleto.com
From www.festivaldispoleto.com:
The sixty-fourth edition of the Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi, the first programmed by artistic director Monique Veaute, opens on Friday 25 June 2021. Founded by Gian Carlo Menotti in 1958, Italy’s oldest performing arts festival once again transforms the city of Spoleto into a stage: from 25 June to 11 July, 60 performances, all Italian premieres, feature more than 500 artists from 13 countries in 15 venues, with some of the world’s best artists and companies offering an uninterrupted flow of music, opera, dance, theatre, allowing audiences to discover the unexpected.
Performances, discussions with artists, collateral events and debates shine a light on contemporary society, illuminating its diversity and complexity. This year at Spoleto, the first edition of Rai’s Festival per il sociale places themes including environmental and economic sustainability, social cohesion and inclusion, the role of women, the new generations and the value of memory at the heart of the discussion.
Dante, Stravinskij, Strehler, Pina Bausch and some of the great classics of the theatre repertoire form a bridge between the past and the future, projected forwards in time thanks to the interpretations of great artists and companies from Iván Fisher to Antonio Pappano, from the Budapest Festival Orchestra to the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, from Mourad Merzouki to Angelin Preljocaj, from Francesco Tristano to Brad Mehldau, from Flora Détraz to Jonas&Lander, from Liv Ferracchiati to Lucien Øyen, from Romeo Castellucci to Robert Lepage to Lucia Ronchetti, and by participants in residencies run by La MaMa Spoleto Open and the Accademia Silvio d’Amico.
There are exhibitions at Palazzo Collicola, while discussions organized by Fondazione Carla Fendi, concerts at the Casa Menotti and numerous collateral events introduce visitors to some of the most beautiful hidden corners of this city.
The 64th edition of the Festival of Two Worlds welcomes live audiences in absolute security. While the health situation means there are restrictions on the number of available tickets, a calendar of online appointments will be streamed via the Digital Stage so that those who cannot attend physically can still take part. A festival which brings people together, creating new opportunities for dialogue and reflection.
Further information: www.festivaldispoleto.com
E-mail: info@festivaldispoleto.com
From June 15 to November 7, thanks to the precious collaboration of the Vatican Museums, the triptych composed of the Madonna Enthroned with Child and Angels, currently housed in the Diocesan Museum of Spoleto, and the side compartments with the depictions of Saint Paula of Rome and Saint Eustochio, which escaped the fury of the 1703 earthquake, will be reunited and will be visible for the first time.
The exhibition, entitled Late gothic enchantment. The recomposed triptych of the Master of the Straus Madonna, is curated by Adele Breda, referent of the Department for Byzantine-Medieval Art of the Vatican Museums, by Stefania Nardicchi, Curator of the Diocesan Museum of Spoleto, and by Anna Pizzamano, PhD student in “History and Cultural Heritage of the Church” at the Pontifical Gregorian University.
On the occasion of the recent restoration of the two side compartments preserved in the Vatican Collection, bearing the images of two little-known saints, Paola of Rome and Eustochio, mother and daughter who lived at the time of St. Jerome (late fourth century), their study was deepened and an attempt was made to find the lost central compartment. The searches led to the Diocesan Museum, where a fragmented table representing a Madonna in throne with the Child between two angels has been identified. The painting, even if missing the lower part, has been recognized as the central part of the triptych. The work adorned in origin the altar of the church of Saint Maria near the castle of Abeto di Preci, from which the name of Maria Santissima di Piè di Castello.
The Madonna di Spoleto was transferred to the Vatican Museums’ Office of Scientific Researches applied to Cultural Heritage, where the various components were thoroughly examined: the wooden essence, the pigments, the engravings and the punches confirmed its full compatibility. With the intention of deepening the study of a painter of very high quality who is not sufficiently known, a later work by the same master was also selected for comparison, the Madonna Enthroned with Child between Two Angels, today kept in the Museum of Sacred Art and Popular Religiousness “Beato Angelico” in Vicchio del Mugello.
There are several reasons that led to this choice. These polyptychs are in fact made by one of the most refined and sought-after Florentine workshops of the time, and used for the liturgical decoration of chapels and parishes in the rural areas of Umbria and Tuscany. The survival of the only table with the Madonna, both in the case of Abeto di Preci and in that of Vicchio, attests, moreover, a devotion never interrupted and an affective and plurisecular bond with the territory, that has resisted also to the dispersion of the side compartments. Thanks to this juxtaposition it is also possible to guess the original dimensions of the Madonna in Spoleto, seriously damaged in the earthquake of 1703.
These works represent two different moments of the stylistic path of the Master of the Straus Madonna, active in Florence between 1385 and 1415, a painter who, from an initial neo-Giottism, slowly opened to the new international style, welcoming in part the style of Lorenzo Monaco and Gherardo Starnina, but always maintaining his original archaic style.
Title: Late Gothic Enchantment, The recomposed triptych of the Master of the Straus Madonna
Venue: Spoleto, Diocesan Museum
Period: 15 June -7 November 2021
Catalog: published by Quattroemme, Perugia
Hours: Every day from 11 to 18. Closed on Mondays.
Tickets: Euro 5,00; free of charge up to 6 years old and disabled people with accompanying person
Information:
Ph.+39 0577 286300 – duomospoleto@operalaboratori.com
www.spoletonorcia.it
San Salvatore ARMONIE imPERFETTE San Salvatore imPERFECT HARMONIES
A photographic-documentary exhibition organised by the Municipality of Spoleto to mark the tenth anniversary of the inclusion of the serial property “Longobards in Italy . Places of power (568-774 A.D.)” on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
from 25 June to 15 August
ex Monte di Pietà exhibition halls via A. Saffi
Thursday to Sunday
10.30/13.00 – 16.30-19.00
until 31 December
at Palazzo Mauri, G. Carducci municipal library
library opening hours – info 0743/218801
at the Spoleto State Archive, San Matteo Complex
Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Friday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
GUIDED WALKING TOURS OF SPOLETO
EVERY DAY (advance booking required)
Morning: 10h00
Afternoon: 16h00
Itinerary (2 hours): starting point at Piazza della Libertà, visit of the Roman Theatre, Arch of Drusus and Germanicus, Piazza del Mercato, Cathedral, walk around the Fortress, looking at the Fortress and the Bridge
Meeting point: Piazza della Libertà, in front of the Info Box, 10 minutes before departure
ADVANCE BOOKING REQUIRED
For information and booking:
Ph. +39 075 815227/28
emergency number: +39 339 3390103
e-mail: info@assoguide.it
Organization: AGTU (Associazione Guide Turistiche Umbria)
Tours are led by Authorized Tourist Guides
Sorry, this entry is only available in Italiano.
from June 25th to July 11th 2021
www.festivaldispoleto.com
From www.festivaldispoleto.com:
The sixty-fourth edition of the Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi, the first programmed by artistic director Monique Veaute, opens on Friday 25 June 2021. Founded by Gian Carlo Menotti in 1958, Italy’s oldest performing arts festival once again transforms the city of Spoleto into a stage: from 25 June to 11 July, 60 performances, all Italian premieres, feature more than 500 artists from 13 countries in 15 venues, with some of the world’s best artists and companies offering an uninterrupted flow of music, opera, dance, theatre, allowing audiences to discover the unexpected.
Performances, discussions with artists, collateral events and debates shine a light on contemporary society, illuminating its diversity and complexity. This year at Spoleto, the first edition of Rai’s Festival per il sociale places themes including environmental and economic sustainability, social cohesion and inclusion, the role of women, the new generations and the value of memory at the heart of the discussion.
Dante, Stravinskij, Strehler, Pina Bausch and some of the great classics of the theatre repertoire form a bridge between the past and the future, projected forwards in time thanks to the interpretations of great artists and companies from Iván Fisher to Antonio Pappano, from the Budapest Festival Orchestra to the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, from Mourad Merzouki to Angelin Preljocaj, from Francesco Tristano to Brad Mehldau, from Flora Détraz to Jonas&Lander, from Liv Ferracchiati to Lucien Øyen, from Romeo Castellucci to Robert Lepage to Lucia Ronchetti, and by participants in residencies run by La MaMa Spoleto Open and the Accademia Silvio d’Amico.
There are exhibitions at Palazzo Collicola, while discussions organized by Fondazione Carla Fendi, concerts at the Casa Menotti and numerous collateral events introduce visitors to some of the most beautiful hidden corners of this city.
The 64th edition of the Festival of Two Worlds welcomes live audiences in absolute security. While the health situation means there are restrictions on the number of available tickets, a calendar of online appointments will be streamed via the Digital Stage so that those who cannot attend physically can still take part. A festival which brings people together, creating new opportunities for dialogue and reflection.
Further information: www.festivaldispoleto.com
E-mail: info@festivaldispoleto.com
From June 15 to November 7, thanks to the precious collaboration of the Vatican Museums, the triptych composed of the Madonna Enthroned with Child and Angels, currently housed in the Diocesan Museum of Spoleto, and the side compartments with the depictions of Saint Paula of Rome and Saint Eustochio, which escaped the fury of the 1703 earthquake, will be reunited and will be visible for the first time.
The exhibition, entitled Late gothic enchantment. The recomposed triptych of the Master of the Straus Madonna, is curated by Adele Breda, referent of the Department for Byzantine-Medieval Art of the Vatican Museums, by Stefania Nardicchi, Curator of the Diocesan Museum of Spoleto, and by Anna Pizzamano, PhD student in “History and Cultural Heritage of the Church” at the Pontifical Gregorian University.
On the occasion of the recent restoration of the two side compartments preserved in the Vatican Collection, bearing the images of two little-known saints, Paola of Rome and Eustochio, mother and daughter who lived at the time of St. Jerome (late fourth century), their study was deepened and an attempt was made to find the lost central compartment. The searches led to the Diocesan Museum, where a fragmented table representing a Madonna in throne with the Child between two angels has been identified. The painting, even if missing the lower part, has been recognized as the central part of the triptych. The work adorned in origin the altar of the church of Saint Maria near the castle of Abeto di Preci, from which the name of Maria Santissima di Piè di Castello.
The Madonna di Spoleto was transferred to the Vatican Museums’ Office of Scientific Researches applied to Cultural Heritage, where the various components were thoroughly examined: the wooden essence, the pigments, the engravings and the punches confirmed its full compatibility. With the intention of deepening the study of a painter of very high quality who is not sufficiently known, a later work by the same master was also selected for comparison, the Madonna Enthroned with Child between Two Angels, today kept in the Museum of Sacred Art and Popular Religiousness “Beato Angelico” in Vicchio del Mugello.
There are several reasons that led to this choice. These polyptychs are in fact made by one of the most refined and sought-after Florentine workshops of the time, and used for the liturgical decoration of chapels and parishes in the rural areas of Umbria and Tuscany. The survival of the only table with the Madonna, both in the case of Abeto di Preci and in that of Vicchio, attests, moreover, a devotion never interrupted and an affective and plurisecular bond with the territory, that has resisted also to the dispersion of the side compartments. Thanks to this juxtaposition it is also possible to guess the original dimensions of the Madonna in Spoleto, seriously damaged in the earthquake of 1703.
These works represent two different moments of the stylistic path of the Master of the Straus Madonna, active in Florence between 1385 and 1415, a painter who, from an initial neo-Giottism, slowly opened to the new international style, welcoming in part the style of Lorenzo Monaco and Gherardo Starnina, but always maintaining his original archaic style.
Title: Late Gothic Enchantment, The recomposed triptych of the Master of the Straus Madonna
Venue: Spoleto, Diocesan Museum
Period: 15 June -7 November 2021
Catalog: published by Quattroemme, Perugia
Hours: Every day from 11 to 18. Closed on Mondays.
Tickets: Euro 5,00; free of charge up to 6 years old and disabled people with accompanying person
Information:
Ph.+39 0577 286300 – duomospoleto@operalaboratori.com
www.spoletonorcia.it
San Salvatore ARMONIE imPERFETTE San Salvatore imPERFECT HARMONIES
A photographic-documentary exhibition organised by the Municipality of Spoleto to mark the tenth anniversary of the inclusion of the serial property “Longobards in Italy . Places of power (568-774 A.D.)” on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
from 25 June to 15 August
ex Monte di Pietà exhibition halls via A. Saffi
Thursday to Sunday
10.30/13.00 – 16.30-19.00
until 31 December
at Palazzo Mauri, G. Carducci municipal library
library opening hours – info 0743/218801
at the Spoleto State Archive, San Matteo Complex
Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Friday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Courtyard of Palazzo Collicola, 9.30 p.m.
SPAZIO COLLICOLA 2021
Review of films, shows and events
ABOUT SOL
Documentary on the life and works of American artist SOL LEWITT
NOTES ON STONE
Documentary on the extraordinary life of sculptor ANNA MAHLER
The Fondazione Carla Fendi’s project for the 64th Festival is a tribute to Spoleto and a focus on two great artists, SOL LEWITT and ANNA MAHLER, both of whom chose Spoleto as their place of choice from the late 1960s to the 1990s. Sol LeWitt, a celebrated minimalist artist, lived between Spoleto and New York from 1970.
Likewise, since 1967, sculptor Anna Mahler, daughter of composer Gustav Mahler and Viennese muse Alma Schindler, lived in those years between Spoleto and London and Los Angeles. Immersed in the culture of the city, they created and left traces of their genius in these places. The same creativity that is still carried on today, also in Spoleto, by the MAHLER & LEWITT STUDIOS, residences created by the heirs Marina Mahler and Carol LeWitt, which host writers and artists of all disciplines from all over the world every year. The Fondazione Carla Fendi wants to explore the personalities of the two artists in two films that focus on the atmospheres, cultural, historical and aesthetic influences that fuelled their creativity in Spoleto.
Screenings at Spazio Collicola
Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 JULY h. 21.30
Thursday 8 to Saturday 10 JULY h. 21.30
FREE ENTRANCE
GUIDED WALKING TOURS OF SPOLETO
EVERY DAY (advance booking required)
Morning: 10h00
Afternoon: 16h00
Itinerary (2 hours): starting point at Piazza della Libertà, visit of the Roman Theatre, Arch of Drusus and Germanicus, Piazza del Mercato, Cathedral, walk around the Fortress, looking at the Fortress and the Bridge
Meeting point: Piazza della Libertà, in front of the Info Box, 10 minutes before departure
ADVANCE BOOKING REQUIRED
For information and booking:
Ph. +39 075 815227/28
emergency number: +39 339 3390103
e-mail: info@assoguide.it
Organization: AGTU (Associazione Guide Turistiche Umbria)
Tours are led by Authorized Tourist Guides
from June 25th to July 11th 2021
www.festivaldispoleto.com
From www.festivaldispoleto.com:
The sixty-fourth edition of the Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi, the first programmed by artistic director Monique Veaute, opens on Friday 25 June 2021. Founded by Gian Carlo Menotti in 1958, Italy’s oldest performing arts festival once again transforms the city of Spoleto into a stage: from 25 June to 11 July, 60 performances, all Italian premieres, feature more than 500 artists from 13 countries in 15 venues, with some of the world’s best artists and companies offering an uninterrupted flow of music, opera, dance, theatre, allowing audiences to discover the unexpected.
Performances, discussions with artists, collateral events and debates shine a light on contemporary society, illuminating its diversity and complexity. This year at Spoleto, the first edition of Rai’s Festival per il sociale places themes including environmental and economic sustainability, social cohesion and inclusion, the role of women, the new generations and the value of memory at the heart of the discussion.
Dante, Stravinskij, Strehler, Pina Bausch and some of the great classics of the theatre repertoire form a bridge between the past and the future, projected forwards in time thanks to the interpretations of great artists and companies from Iván Fisher to Antonio Pappano, from the Budapest Festival Orchestra to the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, from Mourad Merzouki to Angelin Preljocaj, from Francesco Tristano to Brad Mehldau, from Flora Détraz to Jonas&Lander, from Liv Ferracchiati to Lucien Øyen, from Romeo Castellucci to Robert Lepage to Lucia Ronchetti, and by participants in residencies run by La MaMa Spoleto Open and the Accademia Silvio d’Amico.
There are exhibitions at Palazzo Collicola, while discussions organized by Fondazione Carla Fendi, concerts at the Casa Menotti and numerous collateral events introduce visitors to some of the most beautiful hidden corners of this city.
The 64th edition of the Festival of Two Worlds welcomes live audiences in absolute security. While the health situation means there are restrictions on the number of available tickets, a calendar of online appointments will be streamed via the Digital Stage so that those who cannot attend physically can still take part. A festival which brings people together, creating new opportunities for dialogue and reflection.
Further information: www.festivaldispoleto.com
E-mail: info@festivaldispoleto.com
The first edition of the Festival Rai per il Sociale will be held from 2 to 4 July at the Complesso Monumentale di San Nicolò, within the 64th Festival of Two Worlds.
Leading figures of RAI (Italian public broadcasting company) will meet national and European personalities to talk about sustainability in the economic, environmental and social spheres.
The event is free and open to all.
To participate, please fill in the form on the following page: https://app.meetme.pro/web-form/view?formName=iscrizione-festival-rai&lang=it
From June 15 to November 7, thanks to the precious collaboration of the Vatican Museums, the triptych composed of the Madonna Enthroned with Child and Angels, currently housed in the Diocesan Museum of Spoleto, and the side compartments with the depictions of Saint Paula of Rome and Saint Eustochio, which escaped the fury of the 1703 earthquake, will be reunited and will be visible for the first time.
The exhibition, entitled Late gothic enchantment. The recomposed triptych of the Master of the Straus Madonna, is curated by Adele Breda, referent of the Department for Byzantine-Medieval Art of the Vatican Museums, by Stefania Nardicchi, Curator of the Diocesan Museum of Spoleto, and by Anna Pizzamano, PhD student in “History and Cultural Heritage of the Church” at the Pontifical Gregorian University.
On the occasion of the recent restoration of the two side compartments preserved in the Vatican Collection, bearing the images of two little-known saints, Paola of Rome and Eustochio, mother and daughter who lived at the time of St. Jerome (late fourth century), their study was deepened and an attempt was made to find the lost central compartment. The searches led to the Diocesan Museum, where a fragmented table representing a Madonna in throne with the Child between two angels has been identified. The painting, even if missing the lower part, has been recognized as the central part of the triptych. The work adorned in origin the altar of the church of Saint Maria near the castle of Abeto di Preci, from which the name of Maria Santissima di Piè di Castello.
The Madonna di Spoleto was transferred to the Vatican Museums’ Office of Scientific Researches applied to Cultural Heritage, where the various components were thoroughly examined: the wooden essence, the pigments, the engravings and the punches confirmed its full compatibility. With the intention of deepening the study of a painter of very high quality who is not sufficiently known, a later work by the same master was also selected for comparison, the Madonna Enthroned with Child between Two Angels, today kept in the Museum of Sacred Art and Popular Religiousness “Beato Angelico” in Vicchio del Mugello.
There are several reasons that led to this choice. These polyptychs are in fact made by one of the most refined and sought-after Florentine workshops of the time, and used for the liturgical decoration of chapels and parishes in the rural areas of Umbria and Tuscany. The survival of the only table with the Madonna, both in the case of Abeto di Preci and in that of Vicchio, attests, moreover, a devotion never interrupted and an affective and plurisecular bond with the territory, that has resisted also to the dispersion of the side compartments. Thanks to this juxtaposition it is also possible to guess the original dimensions of the Madonna in Spoleto, seriously damaged in the earthquake of 1703.
These works represent two different moments of the stylistic path of the Master of the Straus Madonna, active in Florence between 1385 and 1415, a painter who, from an initial neo-Giottism, slowly opened to the new international style, welcoming in part the style of Lorenzo Monaco and Gherardo Starnina, but always maintaining his original archaic style.
Title: Late Gothic Enchantment, The recomposed triptych of the Master of the Straus Madonna
Venue: Spoleto, Diocesan Museum
Period: 15 June -7 November 2021
Catalog: published by Quattroemme, Perugia
Hours: Every day from 11 to 18. Closed on Mondays.
Tickets: Euro 5,00; free of charge up to 6 years old and disabled people with accompanying person
Information:
Ph.+39 0577 286300 – duomospoleto@operalaboratori.com
www.spoletonorcia.it
San Salvatore ARMONIE imPERFETTE San Salvatore imPERFECT HARMONIES
A photographic-documentary exhibition organised by the Municipality of Spoleto to mark the tenth anniversary of the inclusion of the serial property “Longobards in Italy . Places of power (568-774 A.D.)” on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
from 25 June to 15 August
ex Monte di Pietà exhibition halls via A. Saffi
Thursday to Sunday
10.30/13.00 – 16.30-19.00
until 31 December
at Palazzo Mauri, G. Carducci municipal library
library opening hours – info 0743/218801
at the Spoleto State Archive, San Matteo Complex
Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Friday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Courtyard of Palazzo Collicola, 9.30 p.m.
SPAZIO COLLICOLA 2021
Review of films, shows and events
ABOUT SOL
Documentary on the life and works of American artist SOL LEWITT
NOTES ON STONE
Documentary on the extraordinary life of sculptor ANNA MAHLER
The Fondazione Carla Fendi’s project for the 64th Festival is a tribute to Spoleto and a focus on two great artists, SOL LEWITT and ANNA MAHLER, both of whom chose Spoleto as their place of choice from the late 1960s to the 1990s. Sol LeWitt, a celebrated minimalist artist, lived between Spoleto and New York from 1970.
Likewise, since 1967, sculptor Anna Mahler, daughter of composer Gustav Mahler and Viennese muse Alma Schindler, lived in those years between Spoleto and London and Los Angeles. Immersed in the culture of the city, they created and left traces of their genius in these places. The same creativity that is still carried on today, also in Spoleto, by the MAHLER & LEWITT STUDIOS, residences created by the heirs Marina Mahler and Carol LeWitt, which host writers and artists of all disciplines from all over the world every year. The Fondazione Carla Fendi wants to explore the personalities of the two artists in two films that focus on the atmospheres, cultural, historical and aesthetic influences that fuelled their creativity in Spoleto.
Screenings at Spazio Collicola
Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 JULY h. 21.30
Thursday 8 to Saturday 10 JULY h. 21.30
FREE ENTRANCE
GUIDED WALKING TOURS OF SPOLETO
EVERY DAY (advance booking required)
Morning: 10h00
Afternoon: 16h00
Itinerary (2 hours): starting point at Piazza della Libertà, visit of the Roman Theatre, Arch of Drusus and Germanicus, Piazza del Mercato, Cathedral, walk around the Fortress, looking at the Fortress and the Bridge
Meeting point: Piazza della Libertà, in front of the Info Box, 10 minutes before departure
ADVANCE BOOKING REQUIRED
For information and booking:
Ph. +39 075 815227/28
emergency number: +39 339 3390103
e-mail: info@assoguide.it
Organization: AGTU (Associazione Guide Turistiche Umbria)
Tours are led by Authorized Tourist Guides
from June 25th to July 11th 2021
www.festivaldispoleto.com
From www.festivaldispoleto.com:
The sixty-fourth edition of the Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi, the first programmed by artistic director Monique Veaute, opens on Friday 25 June 2021. Founded by Gian Carlo Menotti in 1958, Italy’s oldest performing arts festival once again transforms the city of Spoleto into a stage: from 25 June to 11 July, 60 performances, all Italian premieres, feature more than 500 artists from 13 countries in 15 venues, with some of the world’s best artists and companies offering an uninterrupted flow of music, opera, dance, theatre, allowing audiences to discover the unexpected.
Performances, discussions with artists, collateral events and debates shine a light on contemporary society, illuminating its diversity and complexity. This year at Spoleto, the first edition of Rai’s Festival per il sociale places themes including environmental and economic sustainability, social cohesion and inclusion, the role of women, the new generations and the value of memory at the heart of the discussion.
Dante, Stravinskij, Strehler, Pina Bausch and some of the great classics of the theatre repertoire form a bridge between the past and the future, projected forwards in time thanks to the interpretations of great artists and companies from Iván Fisher to Antonio Pappano, from the Budapest Festival Orchestra to the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, from Mourad Merzouki to Angelin Preljocaj, from Francesco Tristano to Brad Mehldau, from Flora Détraz to Jonas&Lander, from Liv Ferracchiati to Lucien Øyen, from Romeo Castellucci to Robert Lepage to Lucia Ronchetti, and by participants in residencies run by La MaMa Spoleto Open and the Accademia Silvio d’Amico.
There are exhibitions at Palazzo Collicola, while discussions organized by Fondazione Carla Fendi, concerts at the Casa Menotti and numerous collateral events introduce visitors to some of the most beautiful hidden corners of this city.
The 64th edition of the Festival of Two Worlds welcomes live audiences in absolute security. While the health situation means there are restrictions on the number of available tickets, a calendar of online appointments will be streamed via the Digital Stage so that those who cannot attend physically can still take part. A festival which brings people together, creating new opportunities for dialogue and reflection.
Further information: www.festivaldispoleto.com
E-mail: info@festivaldispoleto.com
The first edition of the Festival Rai per il Sociale will be held from 2 to 4 July at the Complesso Monumentale di San Nicolò, within the 64th Festival of Two Worlds.
Leading figures of RAI (Italian public broadcasting company) will meet national and European personalities to talk about sustainability in the economic, environmental and social spheres.
The event is free and open to all.
To participate, please fill in the form on the following page: https://app.meetme.pro/web-form/view?formName=iscrizione-festival-rai&lang=it
From June 15 to November 7, thanks to the precious collaboration of the Vatican Museums, the triptych composed of the Madonna Enthroned with Child and Angels, currently housed in the Diocesan Museum of Spoleto, and the side compartments with the depictions of Saint Paula of Rome and Saint Eustochio, which escaped the fury of the 1703 earthquake, will be reunited and will be visible for the first time.
The exhibition, entitled Late gothic enchantment. The recomposed triptych of the Master of the Straus Madonna, is curated by Adele Breda, referent of the Department for Byzantine-Medieval Art of the Vatican Museums, by Stefania Nardicchi, Curator of the Diocesan Museum of Spoleto, and by Anna Pizzamano, PhD student in “History and Cultural Heritage of the Church” at the Pontifical Gregorian University.
On the occasion of the recent restoration of the two side compartments preserved in the Vatican Collection, bearing the images of two little-known saints, Paola of Rome and Eustochio, mother and daughter who lived at the time of St. Jerome (late fourth century), their study was deepened and an attempt was made to find the lost central compartment. The searches led to the Diocesan Museum, where a fragmented table representing a Madonna in throne with the Child between two angels has been identified. The painting, even if missing the lower part, has been recognized as the central part of the triptych. The work adorned in origin the altar of the church of Saint Maria near the castle of Abeto di Preci, from which the name of Maria Santissima di Piè di Castello.
The Madonna di Spoleto was transferred to the Vatican Museums’ Office of Scientific Researches applied to Cultural Heritage, where the various components were thoroughly examined: the wooden essence, the pigments, the engravings and the punches confirmed its full compatibility. With the intention of deepening the study of a painter of very high quality who is not sufficiently known, a later work by the same master was also selected for comparison, the Madonna Enthroned with Child between Two Angels, today kept in the Museum of Sacred Art and Popular Religiousness “Beato Angelico” in Vicchio del Mugello.
There are several reasons that led to this choice. These polyptychs are in fact made by one of the most refined and sought-after Florentine workshops of the time, and used for the liturgical decoration of chapels and parishes in the rural areas of Umbria and Tuscany. The survival of the only table with the Madonna, both in the case of Abeto di Preci and in that of Vicchio, attests, moreover, a devotion never interrupted and an affective and plurisecular bond with the territory, that has resisted also to the dispersion of the side compartments. Thanks to this juxtaposition it is also possible to guess the original dimensions of the Madonna in Spoleto, seriously damaged in the earthquake of 1703.
These works represent two different moments of the stylistic path of the Master of the Straus Madonna, active in Florence between 1385 and 1415, a painter who, from an initial neo-Giottism, slowly opened to the new international style, welcoming in part the style of Lorenzo Monaco and Gherardo Starnina, but always maintaining his original archaic style.
Title: Late Gothic Enchantment, The recomposed triptych of the Master of the Straus Madonna
Venue: Spoleto, Diocesan Museum
Period: 15 June -7 November 2021
Catalog: published by Quattroemme, Perugia
Hours: Every day from 11 to 18. Closed on Mondays.
Tickets: Euro 5,00; free of charge up to 6 years old and disabled people with accompanying person
Information:
Ph.+39 0577 286300 – duomospoleto@operalaboratori.com
www.spoletonorcia.it
San Salvatore ARMONIE imPERFETTE San Salvatore imPERFECT HARMONIES
A photographic-documentary exhibition organised by the Municipality of Spoleto to mark the tenth anniversary of the inclusion of the serial property “Longobards in Italy . Places of power (568-774 A.D.)” on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
from 25 June to 15 August
ex Monte di Pietà exhibition halls via A. Saffi
Thursday to Sunday
10.30/13.00 – 16.30-19.00
until 31 December
at Palazzo Mauri, G. Carducci municipal library
library opening hours – info 0743/218801
at the Spoleto State Archive, San Matteo Complex
Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Friday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Courtyard of Palazzo Collicola, 9.30 p.m.
SPAZIO COLLICOLA 2021
Review of films, shows and events
ABOUT SOL
Documentary on the life and works of American artist SOL LEWITT
NOTES ON STONE
Documentary on the extraordinary life of sculptor ANNA MAHLER
The Fondazione Carla Fendi’s project for the 64th Festival is a tribute to Spoleto and a focus on two great artists, SOL LEWITT and ANNA MAHLER, both of whom chose Spoleto as their place of choice from the late 1960s to the 1990s. Sol LeWitt, a celebrated minimalist artist, lived between Spoleto and New York from 1970.
Likewise, since 1967, sculptor Anna Mahler, daughter of composer Gustav Mahler and Viennese muse Alma Schindler, lived in those years between Spoleto and London and Los Angeles. Immersed in the culture of the city, they created and left traces of their genius in these places. The same creativity that is still carried on today, also in Spoleto, by the MAHLER & LEWITT STUDIOS, residences created by the heirs Marina Mahler and Carol LeWitt, which host writers and artists of all disciplines from all over the world every year. The Fondazione Carla Fendi wants to explore the personalities of the two artists in two films that focus on the atmospheres, cultural, historical and aesthetic influences that fuelled their creativity in Spoleto.
Screenings at Spazio Collicola
Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 JULY h. 21.30
Thursday 8 to Saturday 10 JULY h. 21.30
FREE ENTRANCE
GUIDED WALKING TOURS OF SPOLETO
EVERY DAY (advance booking required)
Morning: 10h00
Afternoon: 16h00
Itinerary (2 hours): starting point at Piazza della Libertà, visit of the Roman Theatre, Arch of Drusus and Germanicus, Piazza del Mercato, Cathedral, walk around the Fortress, looking at the Fortress and the Bridge
Meeting point: Piazza della Libertà, in front of the Info Box, 10 minutes before departure
ADVANCE BOOKING REQUIRED
For information and booking:
Ph. +39 075 815227/28
emergency number: +39 339 3390103
e-mail: info@assoguide.it
Organization: AGTU (Associazione Guide Turistiche Umbria)
Tours are led by Authorized Tourist Guides
Sorry, this entry is only available in Italiano.
from June 25th to July 11th 2021
www.festivaldispoleto.com
From www.festivaldispoleto.com:
The sixty-fourth edition of the Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi, the first programmed by artistic director Monique Veaute, opens on Friday 25 June 2021. Founded by Gian Carlo Menotti in 1958, Italy’s oldest performing arts festival once again transforms the city of Spoleto into a stage: from 25 June to 11 July, 60 performances, all Italian premieres, feature more than 500 artists from 13 countries in 15 venues, with some of the world’s best artists and companies offering an uninterrupted flow of music, opera, dance, theatre, allowing audiences to discover the unexpected.
Performances, discussions with artists, collateral events and debates shine a light on contemporary society, illuminating its diversity and complexity. This year at Spoleto, the first edition of Rai’s Festival per il sociale places themes including environmental and economic sustainability, social cohesion and inclusion, the role of women, the new generations and the value of memory at the heart of the discussion.
Dante, Stravinskij, Strehler, Pina Bausch and some of the great classics of the theatre repertoire form a bridge between the past and the future, projected forwards in time thanks to the interpretations of great artists and companies from Iván Fisher to Antonio Pappano, from the Budapest Festival Orchestra to the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, from Mourad Merzouki to Angelin Preljocaj, from Francesco Tristano to Brad Mehldau, from Flora Détraz to Jonas&Lander, from Liv Ferracchiati to Lucien Øyen, from Romeo Castellucci to Robert Lepage to Lucia Ronchetti, and by participants in residencies run by La MaMa Spoleto Open and the Accademia Silvio d’Amico.
There are exhibitions at Palazzo Collicola, while discussions organized by Fondazione Carla Fendi, concerts at the Casa Menotti and numerous collateral events introduce visitors to some of the most beautiful hidden corners of this city.
The 64th edition of the Festival of Two Worlds welcomes live audiences in absolute security. While the health situation means there are restrictions on the number of available tickets, a calendar of online appointments will be streamed via the Digital Stage so that those who cannot attend physically can still take part. A festival which brings people together, creating new opportunities for dialogue and reflection.
Further information: www.festivaldispoleto.com
E-mail: info@festivaldispoleto.com
The first edition of the Festival Rai per il Sociale will be held from 2 to 4 July at the Complesso Monumentale di San Nicolò, within the 64th Festival of Two Worlds.
Leading figures of RAI (Italian public broadcasting company) will meet national and European personalities to talk about sustainability in the economic, environmental and social spheres.
The event is free and open to all.
To participate, please fill in the form on the following page: https://app.meetme.pro/web-form/view?formName=iscrizione-festival-rai&lang=it
From 25 June to 7 July guided tours, city trekking, an exhibition, family bike tours to celebrate the tenth anniversary
On 25 June 2021 the serial property Longobards in Italy. Places ot the power (568-774 A.D.) will celebrate the tenth year since its inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List, when it became the 46th Italian site to be inscribed, bringing to international attention an ancient and often little considered people.
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of UNESCO recognition, the Municipality of Spoleto is planning a series of initiatives that, starting on Friday 25 June, will involve the Basilica of San Salvatore, the National Museum of the Duchy of Spoleto at the Rocca Albornoz, the exhibition rooms of the former Monte di Pietà in Via Aurelio Saffi and, more generally, the area between Spoleto and Campello sul Clitunno.
It will be a path of knowledge through guided tours, city trekking, an exhibition, two family bike tours in the Spoleto Valley to discover the evidence of the Lombards in our territory.
Scheduled events from 25 June to 7 July:
Friday 25th June
*10 a.m. and 4 p.m. – Basilica of San Salvatore
guided tour from outside the monument | free of charge
the monument has been closed since 2017 due to the earthquake but through a glass panel you can admire the central nave from the outside in complete safety.
organised by coop. Sistema Museo | booking required
*10.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. – National Museum of the Duchy, Rocca Albornoz
guided tour | free of charge
you will discover the museum’s section housing the grave goods from the Lombard era and it will be possible to admire the cast of the relief of the Basilica of San Salvatore’s main portal, which will allow you to explore the theme of the use of spolia.
organised by coop. Museum System | booking required
*5 p.m. – ex Monte di Pietà exhibition halls, via Saffi
inauguration of the exhibition
SAN SALVATORE IMPERFECT HARMONIES
25 June – 15 August 2021 | open from Thursday to Sunday 10.30-13 | 16.30-19
organised by Comune di Spoleto | free entrance
Saturday 26th June
*4.30 p.m. – departure from Piazza della Libertà
city trekking On the tracks of the Longobards | free of charge
walk through the city of Spoleto, the ancient capital of the Lombard Duchy, to admire and explore the sites and historical traces that testify to the splendour of a city that became, for more than two centuries, a powerful ducal seat.
Programme and technical data:
walk to the Basilica of San Salvatore
duration about 3 hours
organised by La Spoletonorcia srl – reservation required
Sunday 27th June
*9.30 a.m. – departure from BiciGrill le Mattonelle
family bike tour in the Spoleto Valley of the Longobards with guided tour | free of charge
free entrance to the Tempietto del Clitunnno by the Municipality of Campello sul Clitunno a bike ride that combines the two UNESCO sites: the Basilica of San Salvatore in Spoleto and the Tempietto sul Clitunno. Refreshment stop and return to Spoleto.
Programme and technical data:
about 30 km, round trip
easy/medium level
*hours 9.30 departure in the direction of the Basilica of San Salvatore and then proceed along the cycle path to the Tempietto del Clitunno
minimum age of participants 14 years
possible rental at BiciGrill Le Mattonelle at least one hour before departure (ebike 50,00€ – city bike 25,00€)
organised by La Spoletonorcia srl | booking required
Sunday 4th July
*9.00 a.m. – departure from BiciGrill le Mattonelle
Expert bike tour Unesco Sites of Spoleto’s Valley with guided tour | payment required
a journey, pedal after pedal in the enchantment of the olive grove from Spoleto to Trevi with a visit to two UNESCO sites and the church of Santa Maria di Pietrarossa
Programme and technical data
approx. 45 km round trip
medium/high level
*9.00 a.m. departure towards the Basilica of San Salvatore
lunch stop to be defined
possible rental at BiciGrill Le Mattonelle at least one hour before departure (ebike 50,00€ – city bike 25,00€)
organised by the association SSD La Spoletonorcia srl | booking required
Wednesday 7th July
*11.00 a.m. – online conference SAN SALVATORE ARMONIE IMPERFETTE
YouTube Live by the Municipality of Spoleto
The meeting will be attended by the Extraordinary Commissioner of the Municipality of Spoleto Tiziana Tombesi, the President of the Associazione Italia Langobardorum Rossella del Prete and the architect Giorgio Flamini.
The conference will also include speeches by the technicians of the Raggruppamento Temporaneo Professionisti (RTP) Marco Balducci (engineer and RTP group leader), Margherita Agamennone Garibaldi (restorer and art historian) and Francesco Bartocci (engineer) who are working on the design for the seismic improvement of the basilica of San Salvatore.
The conference, which will be streamed live on the YouTube channel of the Municipality of Spoleto (https://bit.ly/3yi3Zxb) will be moderated by Angela Maria Ferroni, archaeologist from the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Culture.