4h literary evening for the project "Oltreconfine Ungaretti"

The evening will focus on poetry and the nature of rivers in Friuli and will be introduces by Mayor Michele Calligaris and Councilor Alessia Tortolo.

Speakers: ANDREA BELLAVITE, director of the prestigious Basilica of Aquileia, will talk about lyrics that Ungaretti wrote in Versa, a hamlet of Romans d’Isonzo. Silvo Stok will tallk about the historical evolution (before and after the war) of the environment of the rivers of Friuli with a focus on Isonzo which is one of the most beloved symbols of the Great War in Friuli.

Francesco Accomando, actor and director, artistic director of Oltreconfine Ungaretti will read some lyrics and talk about some critical points of Ungaretti’s biographies. The readings will be accompanied by original music performed live by FRANCO FERUGLIO. 

"Oltreconfine Ungaretti" is a network project funded by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region as part of the call dedicated to Ungaretti. Leading municipality of the project: Comune Sagrado Eventi The network: Campolongo Tapogliano, Doberdò del Lago, Mariano del Friuli, Romans d’Isonzo, Santa Maria la Longa and Savogna d’Isonzo and the Gruppo Speleologico Carsico as partners and the Municipalities of Gorizia and Nova Gorica as part of the events of "GO! 2025 Nova Gorica and Gorizia European Capital of Culture 2025”.

The ISIS Galilei of Gorizia also collaborates on the project. 

"Oltreconfine Ungaretti" is a cross-border cultural project between the Italian-speaking and Slovenian-speaking communities, on the creation of a shared historical, cultural and landscape memory and imagination, with the intention of investigating, collecting and telling in theatrical form the human and poetic story of Giuseppe Ungaretti in the period 1914-1919, as it evolves through the terrible experience of the Great War, starting from the lyrics that the poet wrote in territories that today belong to the Friuli Venezia Giulia and nearby Slovenia