An opportunity to discuss, alongside two former special correspondents, Gabriella Simoni and Maurizio Naldini – interviewed by a young colleague Claudia Leporrati – the conflicts and how they are reported, both yesterday and today, and to help us make sense of the news with which we are bombarded every day, which has the effect of making us more detached and insensitive to reality. the meeting will be in Italian

For fly motivation connected to the reduction of the gaz for the war in Iran, the previous concert is cancelled and we host a group that come from Lucca and is connect to the exchange music european program We look forward to welcoming you on April 17th for this exciting concert. Free admission with mandatory reservation at associazione@palmerino.it .

On April 2, we invite you to a visit to Il Palmerino to not only profit from Marieluise Bantel's exhibition TIMELESS in the estate's reviving spring atmosphere, but also to experience a cultural talk by English scholar Sally Blackburn-Daniels: She will present a short lecture related to her work on Vernon Lee, Mary Robinson, and Amy Levy, focusing on the language of flowers, titled  “Vernon Lee and Her Flowers.”  In this presentation, accompanied by tea and biscuits, she will

German artist comes to Il Palmerino with a new exhibition that celebrates the many phases of flowers On February 18 at 5:30 pm: the inauguration of ‘Timeless: Marieluise Bantel and her Flowers’ at Il Palmerino Cultural Association.  The award-winning German artist will be with us to open the show and share her moving depictions of ‘the life of flowers’, which celebrate their ‘withering phase’, not just the height of full bloom. Her oil-on-linen flowers are a meditation on cha

We invite you to join us for a pleasant walk as we make our way together to the Fondazione Spadolini, follow a guided tour and enjoy a splendid panoramic overview the city. Located on the charming hill of Pian dei Giullari, the Foundation promotes studies, research, and initiatives dedicated to the history, politics, and thought of Giovanni Spadolini, Prime Minister of the Italian Republic and a prominent figure of secular culture in the postwar period. We will meet at 3:00 p

Sacred music concert featuring Ensemble Guerriero et Amoroso: Anna Granata, soprano; Ugo Galasso, flutes; Dimitri Betti, portative organ. A light dinner aperitif will follow the performance. Admission: free for members, €15 for non-members. Francesco Landini (1325–1397), described by the poet Cino Rinuccini as blind in body but enlightened in soul, was considered the leading Florentine musician of his time, admired for the sweetness and expressive power of his music. This pro

To mark the 91th anniversary of the death of English writer Vernon Lee, the Il Palmerino Cultural Association, based in the historic Villa Il Palmerino, is organising two unmissable events to remember and celebrate her literary and cultural legacy. The artistic collective curated by Elisabeth Vermeer will bring to life the event Hortus Vitae, Vernon Lee's garden of thought, an experience that combines different forms of expression in a single, engaging day. The event will inc

Rita Severi , who taught English language and literature at the University of Verona for over thirty years, has published books and essays in Italian and English on the Victorian period, Oscar Wilde, Ronald Firbank, Vernon Lee, Maurice Hewlett, Shakespeare and Anglo-Italian relations during the Renaissance. A member of CIRVI, she specialises in English-speaking travellers in Italy. Since 2018, she has published: William Dean Howells, Viaggi in Italia (2018) and the volume Art

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