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Long Ago in Spoleto. 1891: Sordini digs out the Roman Theatre

August 27, 2021 no comments

The Roman theatre of Spoleto, dating from the 1st century BC and with a cavea of seventy metres in diameter, despite being one of the city’s most distinguished monuments, was only ‘discov...

Bibliografia in memoriam di Roberto Calasso

July 29, 2021 no comments

È scomparso Roberto Calasso, uno dei più raffinati e influenti intellettuali italiani, saggista e narratore di squisita erudizione, fondatore, nei primi anni ‘60, di Adelphi, una delle case editrici ...

Baudelaire e Montale secondo Valerio Magrelli e Romano Luperini: appro...

June 10, 2021 no comments

Opere di Baudelaire Charles Baudeaire di Théophile Gautier (Castelvecchi, 2017)Vi sono luoghi del lungo itinerario baudelairiano in cui l’originalità di alcuni elementi sparsi ma significativi ...

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

March 5, 2021 no comments

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

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Reading recommendations from ...

January 26, 2021 no comments

On the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day of 27 January, the library offers a series of advises on the SHOAH, picking up from recentrly acquired books and works. Works of fiction...

Long Ago in Spoleto – The first public phone booth is installed ...

January 22, 2021 no comments

July 1904, the first public phone booth is installed in Spoleto On 11 July, 1904 a public poster announces the onset of the public phone service in Spoleto. Scheduled connections include the city net...

At home with the Langobards

January 18, 2021 no comments

Epiphany has just passed, reminding the manifestation of Jesus to all peoples. Among the major solemnities of the Catholic Church, the Adoration of the Magi and the Epiphany runs through the entire h...

Long Ago in Spoleto – Roman relics in the Spoleto gardens

January 8, 2021 no comments

June, 1929: an article in the Messaggero of the time, kept at the Carducci library, entitled: ‘Roman Relics in the Spoleto Gardens’. While carrying out earthworks, a farmer, owner of some...

At home with the Langobards

December 22, 2020 no comments

It’s Christmas time, but there is no Christmas without the attorta at home The typical cake by the characteristic rolled shape (hence the name attorta), made with apples and dried fruit, whose ...

Spoleto’s libraries receive 1400 new books

December 18, 2020 no comments

About 1,400 new books enrich the heritage of Spoleto’s libraries. The 2020 new acquisitions bring the “Carducci” library to over 126,000 inventory units while the “Carandente&...