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When the old Pentcho boat wrecked on Kamila-Nisi's rocks

Nino Marchetti became a peace hero in wartime. He refused imposed obligations, his own feeling of solidarity helped save lives that arrived in Ferramonti. Di Giuseppe Marchetti Tricamo

di Giuseppe Marchetti Tricamo

21 Gennaio 2021

Pentcho, the story of a European exodus

Knowledge of the history of the Pentcho, which plows through Europe loaded with Jews from different nations, is indispensable for the development of memory. Mario Ganz Genoa, January 2021

di Mario Ganz

21 Gennaio 2021

From Ferramonti to Ventotene for a free and united Europe

Ferramonti was not a place of torture and death but a place of hope and salvation. By Aldo Pugliese

di Aldo Pugliese

21 Gennaio 2021

Riccardo Ehrman, Ferramonti's child who brought down the Berlin Wall

I remember that the last days before the liberation were very hard especially due to hunger. We must be eternally grateful to the Calabrian population of the surroundings who helped us. by Riccardo Ehrman

di Riccardo Ehrman

21 Gennaio 2021

Federico Fellini's dream dimension: his encounter with Ernst Bernhard

Amy K. Rosenthal discusses with Anselma Dell'Olio, film critic and director of the acclaimed documentary Fellini degli Spiriti [Fellini of the Spirits] (2020), Bernhard and his impact on Fellini

di Amy K. Rosenthal

21 Gennaio 2021

Ernst's last goal during his internment at Ferramonti

"Our dream, to play for once off the pitch, to play a real football match, remained what it was: a dream!". The football adventures of Ernst, a footballer in internment, told by Matteo Dalena

di Matteo Dalena

13 Gennaio 2021

In 2021 is celebrated the seventh centenary of Dante's death

Dante's tomb has remained until today in the same Basilica in Ravenna, surrounded by a zona dantesca in which it is recommended to keep silence out of respect for the soul of the poet

di Paolo Patrizi

06 Gennaio 2021

Casentino: the land of Dante's memory

Emma perodi has in her short stories recalled Dante's strong bond with Casentino. Alberta Piroci Branciaroli takes us on a journey from the source of the Arno to the Archian Rubesto

di Alberta Piroci Branciaroli

06 Gennaio 2021

"Animula vagula, blandula", in memory of Adriano

I know I will never see Rome like this again. That this terrible year, marked by death, has given me unprecedented aesthetic emotions. by Chiara Mezzalama

di Chiara Mezzalama

30 Dicembre 2020

Francesco, nativity and La Verna

Francesco received the Stigmata at the sanctuary of La Verna, which became the destination of an ever increasing pilgrimage.

di Sara Trapani

23 Dicembre 2020

Pasolini - The age of bread and Serge Latouche

Pasolini today could also be discussed in the classrooms of economics faculties for having contributed to underlining the centrality of some qualitative factors in economic dynamics

di Alberto M. de Marsanich

16 Dicembre 2020