A selection of books related to the history, law and geography of Venezia Giulia, Istria, Fiume and Dalmatia, published between the XNUMXth and early XNUMXth centuries. Precious testimonies of the richness and cultural vitality of these territories which, at the end of the Second World War, experienced the tragedy of the sinkholes and the exodus and with which Italy, together with Slovenia and Croatia, today shares peace, friendship, solidarity and a common future in the European Union.
The volumes will be exhibited at the Library of the Ministry of Education and Merit "Luigi De Gregori", on the occasion of the "Day of remembrance", which occurs tomorrow, Friday 10 February. In fact, the "Book of the month" initiative is back, launched in January by the MIM Library to celebrate national and international anniversaries by enhancing the Ministry's book heritage.
An exhibition of books entirely dedicated to the anniversary established by law no. 28 of 92 to "preserve and renew the memory of the tragedy of the Italians and of all the victims of the sinkholes, of the exodus from their lands of Istrians, Fiume and Dalmatians after the Second World War and of the more complex story of the eastern border".
This morning the initiative was inaugurated in the presence of Minister Giuseppe Valditara.
At the center of the exhibition, the volume "Collection of laws and ordinances of the year 1819 for Dalmatia", published in 1830 by the prestigious typography Antonio – Luigi Battara. The book will be viewable in the Sala della Legislazione Scholastica, on the ground floor of the Palazzo dell'educazione, in Viale
Trastevere 76/a, in Rome. This is the oldest volume of a collection that is periodically updated, with rules governing various aspects of daily life and legal relations in force in that region and is one of the rare examples of the collection of volumes of laws and ordinances for Dalmatia, included in the period from 1819 to 1848, kept by the Library of the Ministry.
Conceived as a real story of the culture of the lands on the eastern and Adriatic borders, the Library's initiative dedicated to the "Day of Remembrance" also offers a view of other publications, images and historical photographs, dating back to the years preceding the dramatic chapter of the sinkholes and the exodus.
Among the other books on display, the "Collection of laws, ordinances and special regulations for Trieste", printed by the Austrian Lloyd Typography in 1861, and two volumes on the "Legislation of Fiume", published by the General Superintendency of the State in 1926, all legal texts. The visit will also offer insight into the history of those geographical areas. An example of this is the photographic collection "The Roman theater of Trieste", prepared by the Royal Superintendence of Antiquities and Art for Venezia Giulia - Trieste, containing period images relating to archaeological excavations.
Visitors will be able to immerse themselves in the landscape, in the traditions and in the memory of the populations of Venezia Giulia, Istria, Fiume and Dalmatia, through the vision of images, projected on video, taken from two regional monographs, illustrated by the Royal Italian Geographical Society , which document, among other things, after-school activities and outdoor school activities in these territories. The first concerns Fiume and Dalmatia (from "The Homeland. Geography of Italy", Vol. XVIII - Fiume and Dalmatia, Utet, Turin, 1925), while the second is inherent in Venezia Giulia (from "The Homeland. Geography of 'Italia”, Vol. V – Venezia Giulia, Utet, Turin, 1928).
Looking to the future, the exhibition concludes with the text of the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, foundations of the common home in which today, in the integration of Italians, Slovenians and Croats, are fully affirmed the values of freedom, democracy, peace.
The exhibition will be open from Monday to Friday, from 09:00 to 13:00 and from 14:00 to 15:00. Access for the external public is in via Dandolo 3. For information and reservations, write to biblioteca@istruzione.it. No reservations are required for the staff of the Ministry of Education and Merit.