Examine and deepen our understanding of the society, material culture and development of the Garfagnana area is the main aim of the study convention, entitled “La Garfagnana”, held Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 September in the Rocca Ariostesca in Castelnuovo di Garfagnana. This cultural event, which has already taken place for a number of years in the month which marks the start of autumn, is made possible by the promotional authorities such as Pro Loco locale, the “Deputazione di Storia Patria per le Antiche Provincie di Modena”, the “Centre for the historical Documentation of Garfagnana” and Castelnuovo di Garfagnana Town Council, as well as the Council Union. Two days also focussed on the rediscovery of the social organisations in the area in past centuries.
Details:
Saturday 12 September 2015
9.30 – Opening of the Convention in the Rocca Ariostesca
Greetings from the Authorities
10.00 – Start of work
ANGELO SPAGGIARI: Opening speech.
RAFFAELE SAVIGNI: Mobility and competition between the Apennine communities for the exploitation of natural resources between the Medieval period and early modern era.
MIRKO TRAVERSARI: Mobility and communication between the High Modena Apennines and Garfagnana through Roccapelago parish registers: economy, society, death and illness from the 17th to 19th century.
FABIO BARONI: Economic-commercial mobility and social organisation in Garfagnana, from the 15th to 19th century.
MICHELE ARMANINI: Historical Garfagnana, dialectal Garfagnana and ethnographic Garfagnana: comparative study of three areas.
FRANCESCA GUAZZELLI: Garfagnana: a linguistic bridge through the Apennines.
15.30 – Continuation of work
DINO MAGISTRELLI: The Cementeria of Colognola in Piazza al Serchio: historical and socio-economic aspects.
MARIANO LALLAI: Attempts at diocesan elections in Garfagnana Este.
LUIGI SANTINI: Diary of the 19th century pilgrimage from Seravezza to San Pellegrino (August 1824) in the unpublished original memoirs of the historiographer Vincenzo Santini.
MELANIA SPAMPINATO: Analysis of the statutes or chapters of the community of Villa Collemandina.
PAOLO PELÙ: A Lucca born aristocrat and the hoarding of olive oil in Garfagnana in the 17th century.
OLGA RAFFO: State education in Garfagnana from the Provisional Government to the early years of the Unification of Italy.
LUCIA GIOVANNETTI: The baths of Pieve Fosciana over time. Development attempts and decline.
SILVIA BERTACCHI / LUCA CIPRIANI: Three-dimensional documentation of the artefacts of historical-artistic interest in Garfagnana: The Church of Santa Maria Assunta a Vitoio (Camporgiano, LU).
Sunday 13 September 2015
09.45 – Start of work
ROSA MARIA GALLENI PELLEGRINI: When material culture and colloquial speech of Garfagnana make poetry: Giovanni Pascoli and the Valle del Serchio.
GIORGIO MONTECCHI: Book crafts in Garfagnana between the 19th and 20th century.
MARCO CERVIONI: The attempts by Florence City Council to channel the waters of Garfagnana.
MARIO TAIUTI: History of the ice houses of Monte Pania della Croce, sought after by the Medici Grand Duchy.
MARIO DINI+ / ANTONIN TOMASSO / CARLO TOZZI: New studies on the epigravettian of Isola Santa and North Tuscany.
GIULIO CIAMPOLTRINI / SILVIO FIORAVANTI / PAOLO NOTINI: The landlords of Bacciano and Careggine from Garfagnana to Versilia. Considerations on the excavation of a late medieval complex in Isola Santa.
The Convention will be concluded by Dott.ssa LAURA GALOPPINI of the University of Pisa.