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Florence's idea. Relations between Florentine and European culture in the 19th and 20th centuries

Thursday, September 29, 2022 - Palmerino Farmhouse - 3:45 p.m.

As part of the Festival of Florentine Cultural Associations, the second day of the conference study will be presented at the Palmerino. the program will be articulated:

Introduces and coordinates Francesca Fiorelli Malesci

- The internationality of Florentine families: residences on the hills 'qua d'Arno'

Silvestra Bietolotti art historian for ADSI

- "The idea of Florence" at Villa la Pietra, memories of characters and environments

Francesca Baldry curator collection Acton- New york University Firenze

- Vernon Lee: Art, activism and tradition between Florence and Europe

Elisa Bizzotto Università IUAV di Venezia

- Conversation with the author

Alessandra Jatta e Claudio Di Benedetto, talking about Foglie Sparse, Voland, 2022

- Coming from afar women at the "Allori"

Grazia Gobbi Sica, President Amici degli Allori, Lucia Tonini Pisa University

- Americans in Florence

Carlo Sisi President friends of Palazzo Pitti

Free admission subject to availability.


The conference is organized by: Friends of the Museums of Palazzo Davanzati and Casa Martelli

Association of Italian Historic Houses-Tuscany Section

Friends of Allori

Friends of the Pitti Palace



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