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Month: May 2020

Ferrara. ART IN THE ESTENSE CITY FROM COSM TURA TO DE PISIS

Biagio Rossetti and Cosmè Tura, Dosso Dossi and Boldini, Del Cossa and De Pisis: Ferrara's contribution to world art has always been high. by Fabio Massimo Penna In the fifteenth century Ferrara enjoys a moment of great architectural vitality and... Continue Reading...


THE DRAMA OF EARTHQUAKES. WHEN ITALY SHAKES FROM MESSINA TO AMATRICE

Let's see what happens when an earthquake strikes. We also remember some of the disasters that have hit Italy. by Fabio Massimo Penna It happens sometimes that the earth trembles. And when it does, it causes terrifying disasters. Let's see how. The violence of the... Continue Reading...


Ferrara. THE ESTENSE CITY AND THE CINEMA WITH THE FILMS OF ANTONIONI AND VANCINI

Ferrara, with Michelangelo Antonioni and Florestano Vancini, contributes to the development of the seventh art in Italy. by Fabio Massimo Penna Says the director of a private investigative agency to one of his detectives who is investigating a murder: "Moral, you have to... Continue Reading...


LITERARY CITIES. FERRARA FROM BOIARDO TO ARIOSTO IN BASSANI

Bicycle city, eastern city but, above all, Ferrara is a great center of Italian culture. by Fabio Massimo Penna For Giorgio Bassani, a Bolognese by birther who spends his youth in Ferrara, the latter "the city of bicycles" is the center of the... Continue Reading...


MILAN AND MANZONI. THE CITY IN THE WORDS OF HIS ILLUSTRIOUS SON

An intense relationship, never interrupted, binds Alessandro Manzoni to his hometown, that Milan that faces in The Promised Newlyweds and in all the work of the great writer. by Fabio Massimo Penna Milano and Alessandro Manzoni are one... Continue Reading...