Culture: Croce and Flaiano, two geniuses from Abruzzo who died, 20 years apart, on the same day!

What a coincidence that binds two greats of our Abruzzo: on 20 November 1952 Benedetto Croce died exactly 20 years later, on 20 November 1972, Ennio Flaiano died. For both today commemorations and memories throughout Italy The municipal administration of Fiumicino paid homage this morning to the writer, screenwriter and brilliant humorist, Ennio Flaiano, on … Read more

Maria Tondo presents her latest book: “San Giovanni della Croce, an ancient light for contemporary spirituality”

New appointment with the “good reading” in Salice Salentino. The volume “San Giovanni della Croce, an ancient light for contemporary spirituality” will be presented tomorrow Thursday 10 November, at 6.30 pm, in the Mother Church “Santa Maria Assunta” (Effatà Editrice, Series “The breath of the soul”, 2022, pages 176). This is the last literary effort … Read more

Discover Santa Croce for the Florentines: free visits and activities for families

Santa Croce is a deeply symbolic place that belongs to the identity heritage of the city, everyone must be given the opportunity to get to know it. This is why the Opera di Santa Croce and the CR Firenze Foundation have chosen, together, to launch the Discover Santa Croce project, designed specifically … Read more

Discover Santa Croce, a special project for the Florentines. Free visits and activities for families

Santa Croce is a deeply symbolic place that belongs to the identity heritage of the city, everyone must be given the opportunity to get to know it. This is why the Opera di Santa Croce and the CR Firenze Foundation have chosen, together, to launch the project Discover Santa Crocespecifically designed to share, with the … Read more

Genius Loci: four evenings and a sold out dawn for the fifth edition to discover Santa Croce

Wim Mertens @ Alessandro Botticelli Genius Loci – The initiative organized by Controradio Club, Opera di Santa Croce and Controradio was held from 20 to 24 September in the spaces of the monumental complex of Santa Croce, Florence. Four evenings and a sold out dawn for the 5th “Genius Loci: discovering Santa Croce”. In the … Read more

Initiative of the Franciscans with the Opera, together with Caritas. Today, Wednesday 14 September, the feast of Santa Croce with one hundred special guests

A party in the name of hospitality, spirituality and art. One hundred special guests – all people who usually sit at Caritas canteens – celebrated the dedication of Santa Croce this morning together with Cardinal Giuseppe Betori, who presided over the concelebration, Father Giancarlo Corsini, rector of the basilica, and Cristina Acidini, president of the … Read more

Branduardi, Stockhausen, Magoni e Mertens in Santa Croce a Firenze

Le note ipnotiche di Wim Mertens all’alba nel chiostro; il concerto di Angelo Branduardi dedicato a San Francesco d’Assisi; il dialogo tra comunità religiose moderato da Franco Cardini; il progetto artistico di Linda Messerklinger con Luca “Vicio” Vicini dei Subsonica. E poi: Markus Stockhausen live all’ombra dell’affresco di Taddeo Gaddi; il reading di Alessandro Vanoli … Read more

🎧 “Genius Loci: alla scoperta di Santa Croce”

Torna “Genius Loci: alla scoperta di Santa Croce”, cinque giorni di musica, arte e cultura in dialogo con lo spirito del luogo.  Angelo Branduardi, Markus Stockhausen, Petra Magoni, Wim Mertens, Franco Cardini e molti altri dal 20 al 24 settembre. Scopri il programma e ascolte le interviste a cura di Chiara Brilli  Il complesso monumentale … Read more

Genius Loci returns to Santa Croce: art and music between memory and the future

Florence the unique identity of Santa Croce dialogues with contemporaneity through “Genius Loci”, a festival whose fifth edition will take place from 20 to 24 September. The event enhances the extraordinary cultural heritage of which the monumental complex of Santa Croce is the casket and once again creates a bridge between memory … Read more