Fidenza: International History Festival 2026
in memory of Manuela Catarsi
The time of the merchant in Borgo
PROGRAM
Thursday 3 September 2026, 9:00 pm
Courtyard of the Town Hall
The dove of San Donnino
Devotion, art and restoration
Conference
Alessandra Mordacci
Wednesday 16 September, 6:00 pm
Courtyard of the Town Hall
Companies and structures in the second half of the fourteenth century
The Dawn of the Merchant
Conference
Patrizia Raggio
Friday 18 September, 4:30 pm
Castle of Bargone
Rolando de’ Medici
The path of Silence and the Word
Historical-narrative
route Departure and arrival at the Castle of Bargone
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Wednesday 23 September, 6:00 pm
Courtyard of the Town Hall
The birth of Purgatory
Faith and Profit in the Middle Ages
Conference
Italo Comelli
Friday 25 September, 6:00 pm
Courtyard of the Town Hall
Pilgrims and merchants
At the origins of the Borgo San Donnino
Fair Conference
Carlo Abelli in dialogue with Zoe Mattioli
Tuesday 29 September, 8:15 pm
Garibaldi Square
In San Donnino candles
and illuminationsFrom the village and its lands
Wednesday 30 September, 5:30 pm
Museum of the Risorgimento L. Musini
The Pax Visconti in Borgo San Donnino
Life and splendour
Conference
Ambrogio Ponzi
October
Oratory church of San Giorgio
My purgatory. Dante prophet of hope
edited by Franco Nembrini illustrations
by Gabriele Dell’Otto
Associazione Centro Culturale L. Tamoglia
Friday 2 October, 11:00 am
Duomo Square
The Charity of Raimondo known as Palmerio
A thousand loaves of bread
Primary schools
Sunday 4 October, 8:00 pm
Duomo Square
Magic fires
Organized by the Compagnia dell’Improvvista Isola Dovarese
Sunday 4 October, 9:00 pm
Medieval Tower
It is easier for a donkey to fly…
With the collaboration of the National Fire Brigade
Wednesday 14 October, 5:30 pm
Museum of the Risorgimento L. Musini
The Visconti walls of Borgo: new defense
strategiesConference
Roberta Conversi
Saturday 17 October, 11:00 am
Town Hall
Don Amos Aimi Award
Wednesday 21 October, 5:30 pm
Museum of the Risorgimento L. Musini
From excavations to history
Archaeology redesigns the time of the merchant
Conference
Cristina Anghinetti
Sunday 25 October, 5:30 pm
Castione Marchesi, Church of Santa Maria Assunta
From the Benedictine Rule to the Olivetan Reform: continuity and changes in the monastic settlement of Castione Marchesi
Conference
Domenico Cerami
association Abbazia Castione Marchesi aps
association Centro Culturale L. Tamoglia
Wednesday 28 October, 5:30 pm
Museum of the Risorgimento L. Musini
The Statutes of Borgo San Donnino
The law of the Borgo
Conference
Graziano Tonelli
Wednesday 11 November, 5:30 pm
Museum of the Risorgimento L. Musini
The monastery of San Bernardo of the nuns de Cistellis
Silence and prayer
Conference
Ambrogio Ponzi in dialogue with Elisa Gennari
