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CONCERT: Cieco del corpo, dell'anima illuminato
Sunday, February 22, 2026, at 5 p.m.
Sacred music concert featuring Ensemble Guerriero et Amoroso: Anna Granata, Ugo Galasso, Dimitri Betti.


EXHIBITION & MORE: Hortus Vitae - Vernon Lee's Garden of Thought
Saturday, February 14, 2026, 4 p.m. - 7.30 p.m.
The artistic collective curated by Elisabeth Vermeer will combine different forms of expression, such as installations, performances, dance, an exhibition of photographs, music and readings of poetic and theatrical text.


CONFERENCE: "Vernon Lee e l'Italia una scelta felice".
Friday, 13 February, 2026.
At 5.30 p.m. Language: Italian. We invite you to a conference by Rita Severi, introducted by Serena Cenni.


PERFORMANCE: Finissage of the exhibition "Flavia Arlotta: Inner Gardens"
Sunday, December 14, 2025 from 5.00 pm to 7.00 pm. A finissage with a special music by the singer Giedre Kisieliute and the pianist Xu Yifei and readings by Monica Francini and Douglas MacRae Brown.


CONFERENCE: Colonial Objects, Collections and Museums.
Wednesday, December 6, 2025. At 6.00 p.m. We invite you to a talk by Beatrice Falcucci, introduced by Giovanni Tarantino and moderated by Emanuela Rossi.


FRANCESCA ALEXANDER.
Francesca Alexander (1837-1917), originally known as Ester Frances Alexander was an accomplished Illustrator, author, painter and philanthropist. Born in Boston to Francis Alexander, a famous American portrait painter and Lucia Gray Swett, a wealthy heiress. When she was 16, Alexander moved to Florence where she would spend the rest of her life. Alexander, though not classically trained, was a gifted illustrator. Learning from her father, she would draw anything and everythi

