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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

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

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&...

Long Ago in Spoleto | The 1930 Olive-oil exhibition

December 18, 2020 no comments

In May 1930, an important national exhibition took place at the Teatro Massimo (now Teatro Nuovo Gian Carlo Menotti) to present the country’s best olive oils. The exhibition was organised by th...

A City that Reads – Project: “A Stone in the Pond”

December 15, 2020 no comments

Long Ago in Spoleto | When piazza della Signoria did not exist yet

December 11, 2020 no comments

A couple of snapshots from the early 20th century, kept at the City Photographic Archives in Palazzo Mauri, return a famous glimpse of Spoleto; we are talking about the area just underneath piazza Du...

Long Ago in Spoleto | The Town Hall in 1913

December 4, 2020 no comments

In September, 1913, the Spoleto City Council decides to invest as much as 3,000 Lire to fix part of the south façade, the one that gives onto the Town Hall square. The fact is reported by the “...