The Museo Civico e Gipsoteca Bistolfi in Casale Monferrato (Alessandria custodian of the work of Leonardo Bistolfi (Casale Monferrato has recently unveiled a project of great cultural and technological value: a new digital catalog that brings together more than 1,400 works by the celebrated Italian sculptor A native of Casale Monferrato and a leading figure on the European art scene at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries Bistolfi left an indelible mark on the sculptural scene with a production that ranges from monumental sculptures to drawings which holds many of his works thanks to donations from heirs and private collectors is now being made available to the public through an innovative digital platform.The project was realized thanks to the support of the Turin-based company Emblème valorization and digitization of art collections and archives Emblème oversaw the digitization of a large body of works allowing for easy access and enjoyment by the public through the Museum’s web page At the heart of this initiative is the Digital Caveau, a platform that collects and organizes more than 1,400 works, all accompanied by descriptive cards rich in technical and historical information. This information, combined with high-definition images, composes a catalog freely accessible by all(at this address) to explore Bistolfi’s artistic production in a detailed and dynamic way is not limited to the simple archiving of the works: each object has been analyzed and catalogued with the support of a professional photographic campaign that has made it possible to return sharp quality images of the sculptures and documents the platform makes it possible to explore Bistolfi’s creative journey through six paths linked to as many of the artist’s seminal works: the Facade of the National Opera House in Mexico the Monument to Giovanni Segantini in Sankt Moritz the Monument to Giuseppe Garibaldi in San Remo Each itinerary is enriched by a detailed analysis recounting the artist’s creative process from the preliminary design stages to the final results with a special focus on the connections between drawings Another important aspect of the project is the inclusion of an area devoted to recent restorations An example of this is the Laundresses sculpture which was in a fragmentary state at the time of donation in 2021 this work was reassembled in 2024 and can now be seen in its restored version in the digital platform The digital catalog not only presents Bistolfi’s works but also includes a list of people connected to his life and sculptures such as the famous criminologist Cesare Lombroso These personalities came into contact with the artist or his works contributing to the spread of his fame and international recognition The Restoring a Maestro project has received significant financial support from the Municipal Administration of Casale Monferrato as well as from the CRAL Foundation and the CRT Foundation which have always been committed to supporting cultural and museum initiatives made possible the realization of this ambitious work to enhance the artistic heritage of the territory which is destined to be continually updated and enriched it serves as a management tool for the Museum allowing it to keep the enormous amount of archival and artistic material under control; on the other hand it represents a valuable resource for enthusiasts and anyone who wants to learn more about Leonardo Bistolfi thanks to the free and public access to the platform The work done by Emblème and the Civic Museum does not stop here The initiative is part of a broader process of digitizing and enhancing the artistic heritage with the aim of making it available to an increasingly wide audience The online platform is only the first step toward a future expansion of the project which includes the integration of new materials and the enhancement of interactivity to ensure an increasingly immersive and engaging experience for visitors the museum has organized the publication of a monograph entitled Leonardo Bistolfi Unpublished Paths from the Gipsoteca of Casale Monferrato edited by Sandra Berresford and published by Allemandi in 2024 The monograph represents a further in-depth study of Bistolfi’s work and scholarly contributions that recount the artist’s life and work Seleziona il modo in cui vuoi essere contattato da Unione delle Comunità Ebraiche Italiane: Usiamo Mailchimp come piattaforma per la realizzazione e l'invio dei nostri notiziari. 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A journey through the beauty and passion of late 19th- and early 20th-century art is what the exhibition La Bellezza liberata promises Leonardo Bistolfi and his Divisionist Friends 2025 at the Bistolfi Civic Museum and Plaster Collection in Casale Monferrato visitors will have the opportunity to explore the complex and fascinating relationships between Leonardo Bistolfi (Casale Monferrato Giovanni Segantini and Vittore Grubicy.An exhibition that sheds light on the evolution of these works of art and also reveals bonds of true friendship and collaboration between these great protagonists of the art scene of the time curated by the Scientific Committee composed of Sandra Berresford Niccolò D’Agati and Aurora Scotti has been enriched by numerous loans from museums banking foundations and private collectors giving the exhibition international relevance Leonardo Bistolfi and his Divisionist friends represents an important opportunity to delve into Bistolfi’s role in the artistic landscape between the 19th and 20th centuries," stressed Casale Monferrato Mayor Emanuele Capra “The exhibition highlights the link between sculpture and Divisionist painting offering a novel reading of the professional and personal relationships between the most relevant artists of that context-Vittore Grubicy Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo and Giovanni Segantini Thanks to an exhibition itinerary curated in detail the Civic Museum of Casale Monferrato confirms itself as a center of research and enhancement of cultural heritage capable of creating a valuable and fruitful synergy between public and private.” “With great satisfaction we can say that this important exhibition was able to be realized not only thanks to the convergence of local institutions on the project,” said President of the Rotary Club of Casale Monferrato Fabio Americo Antonio Broglia “but also to the support of companies that with their indispensable contribution made all the organizational costs faced by Rotary sustainable The initiative is therefore the concrete and tangible fruit of their social responsibility towards the territory and an opportunity to create and transmit values is distinguished by a novel slant that explores Bistolfi’s artistic and human affinities with the Divisionists bas-reliefs and plaster sculptures restored thanks to the support of the Municipal Administration and Soroptimist of Casale Monferrato will enrich the visitor’s experience But it is not only Bistolfi’s works that are in the foreground: alongside them the exhibition also presents works by Morbelli offering a comprehensive overview of the artistic trends that marked the late 19th century organized by the City of Casale Monferrato and the Rotary Club of Casale Monferrato and the result of a collaboration between the De Ferrari Foundation and the City of Rosignano Monferrato was created with the aim of enhancing the artistic heritage of the Gipsoteca Bistolfi and stimulating a reflection on the network of intellectual and social relationships that defined the artistic landscape of that era A significant contribution to this end has come from the recent acquisition of the Martelli-Bistolfi 2021/2023 donation an important collection of unpublished materials that has opened up new research perspectives on the sociality and ideals shared among artists The exhibition focuses on the period when Bistolfi and the Divisionists met Prominent among the significant moments documented in the exhibition is the collaboration between Bistolfi and Segantini which led to the creation of two monuments in memory of the painter: one dedicated to Segantini’s grave in Maloja and the other in Segantini’s hometown of Arco which have found ample space in the sketches and models kept at the Museo Civico in Casale Monferrato recount Bistolfi’s commitment to commemorating the memory of his friends Bistolfi was also a key player in organizing the commemorative exhibition of Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo presented at the Venice International Exhibition in 1909 together with Angelo Morbelli and Antonio Fradeletto Another tangible evidence of this commitment and his friendship with the Divisionists is the correspondence with Vittore Grubicy kept in the Leonardo Bistolfi Historical Archives and the MART Archives of Trento and Rovereto which also documents Bistolfi’s concrete help in selling the Milanese painter’s paintings The layout of the exhibition has been realized with the introduction of new display structures and a state-of-the-art lighting system The exhibition will be accompanied by a 182-page color book published by the De Ferrari ETS Foundation compiled by the exhibition’s scientific committee The volume will be available at the Museum’s ticket office and thanks to the Rotary Club of Casale Monferrato a portion of the proceeds from sales will go to the Santo Spirito Hospital for the purchase of medical equipment Sunday and midweek holidays: 10.30 a.m.-1 p.m This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page (ANS – San Salvatore Monferrato) – Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco was in San Salvatore Monferrato in the diocese of Casale Monferrato to remember  Salesian Father Carlo Evasio Cavalli who was the spiritual father of Salesian Brother Artemides Zatti the 10th Successor of Don Bosco,  and since last April 20 also Titular Archbishop of Ursona led a rich program of activities culminating in the dedication of the Via Crucis Way to Saint Artemides Zatti located at the Shrine of the Madonna del Pozzo with a friendly and fatherly meeting between the cardinal and some boys and girls from the local community with the official reception of the Delegation of the Municipality of Boretto Andrea Codelupi; and the conferral of the "Special Civic Merit" conferred by the City Council of San Salvatore Monferrato on Cardinal Á.F and delivered to him by the hands of the Mayor namely the dedication of the Via Crucis path to Saint Artemides Zatti was organised by the local parish community and took place among a crowd of faithful and in the presence of different religious authorities: in this regard the presence of the Bishop of the Diocese of Casale Monferrato Bishop Gianni Sacchi; and the Rector of the Shrine Fr Carlo Grattarola; in addition to several Salesians numerous Daughters of Mary Help of Christians and other members of the Salesian Family surrounded by the youngsters and boys leaders from the oratory the cardinal also cut the ribbon of the new inclusive swing for the playground at the sanctuary; and all those present then witnessed a commemorative moment in which the two Salesian figures were remembered: Artemides Zatti Salesian brother turned saint in the service of the sick and the poor who crowded the hospital in Viedma the Salesian priest originally from San Salvatore Monferrato as a missionary in Argentina and parish priest in Bahía Blanca again at the sanctuary of the Madonna del Pozzo the Rector Major also presided over the Sunday Eucharistic celebration accompanied by Bishop Sacchi and other concelebrants pleased to have Fr Carlo Evasio Cavalli as a fellow citizen wanted to honour the happy coincidence of these two sons of Don Bosco and entrust themselves to their intercession" "For this reason," he said "the Via Crucis that some years ago was erected in the park belonging to the shrine was dedicated to Saint Artemides so that with his intercession as ‘kinsman of the poor’ and ‘good Samaritan’ he may lead us to recognise and serve Christ Jesus ANS - “Agenzia iNfo Salesiana” is a on-line almost daily publication the communication agency of the Salesian Congregation enrolled in the Press Register of the Tibunal of Rome as n 153/2007 This site also uses third-party cookies to improve user experience and for statistical purposes By scrolling through this page or by clicking on any of its elements Stephan Schmidheiny found guilty of causing deaths of 392 people in Casale Monferrato in Piedmont A Swiss billionaire has been sentenced to 12 years in jail on aggravated manslaughter charges connected to the deaths of hundreds of people due to asbestos exposure, in what has been hailed as the most significant trial in Italy over workplace deaths an industrialist and former main shareholder in the cement production company Eternit Italia was sentenced by a court in Novara after being found guilty of causing the death of 392 people in Casale Monferrato the Piedmont town that until 1986 was home to the largest of Eternit Italia’s six factories 60 were factory workers while the rest were living in the town or surrounding area which was once considered the miracle mineral because of its durability and resistance to flames to strengthen cement during the 1970s and 1980s had managed the plant in Casale Monferrato from 1976 until its closure judges ordered him to pay €50m (£43m) in provisional damages to Casale Monferrato’s local authority as well as €30m to the Italian state and €500m to a local association for relatives of victims of asbestos was tried because according to Italian law the owner of a firm is deemed responsible in the event of workplace accidents or deaths told the Adnkronos news agency that he would appeal adding that he was already “very pleased” that the court’s manslaughter verdict meant his client could not be considered an “intentional murderer” argued that Schmidheiny was aware that asbestos killed almost two decades after the factory closed Grangia lived in a hamlet close to Casale Monferrato that was about 3.5km (2.2 miles) away from the plant She died of cancer six months after being diagnosed Her son Marco Scagliotti said: “There is one road between our hamlet and Casale Monferrato which people use several times a day to go to school and you would have to pass by the factory each time.” when Eternit was a source of pride for the town “People would enter competitions to work there,” he said “Friends and neighbours worked in the factory Most of those who I knew worked there are now dead.” meaning asbestos dust would be blown across the town Scagliotti said doctors began to notice a rise in the frequency of pleural mesothelioma a rare form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos Often symptoms of the illness do not manifest for many years About 50 new cases are detected in Casale Monferrato each year was a leading shareholder in Eternit Italia until its bankruptcy in 1986 the director of the website Sicurezza e Lavoro (safety and work) said: “The most important trial over workplace deaths in Italy has concluded in Novara It is an important signal that could give impetus to other workplace trials and to continued remediation over asbestos.” Enter the official Derthona Basket website Bertram Derthona will return to play tomorrow at the PalaEnergica Paolo Ferraris in Casale Monferrato After the postponed match in Bologna and the double joy of Trapani and Lisbon the black and white team returns as home team to host Banco di Sardegna Sassari in the match scheduled for 17:30 for the sixth day of the Serie A Unipol before starting to travel again next week with the double away match along the Via Emilia at the home of Virtus Segafredo Bologna and UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia SELF-GIFTS Six wins out of seven games played this season The only defeat came when the extra-time shot was missed at the last second A first half of the Champions League season closed alone at the top of the table A very tough last away game in the league in Trapani that ended in glory and the first European trip of the year that also ended with joy against Benfica all in the space of just over 72 hours during the last week of games Bertram could hardly have given a better gift to its club fresh from its 69th birthday celebrated yesterday exactly one day after that of its coach Walter De Raffaele THE OPPONENT It is therefore a launched Derthona that will face Sassari The Sardinians also come back from a winning continental commitment in the FIBA ​​Europe Cup this week a competition that is giving Dinamo much more satisfaction than a Serie A where they have collected only one victory (at home against Naples on the third day) against four defeats in Milan and Brescia and in the last home match against the leaders Trento (81-84) A balance of second to last place in the standings reading it from the bottom not very consistent with the potential of the roster coached for the second year by the Bosnian Nenad Markovic who has in the guard Brian Fobbs the first terminal in attack (17.2 points on average 10th scorer in Serie A) and in Eimantas Bendzius and Michal Sokolowski a renowned pairing of great quality and experience The balance in the Serie A championship between the two teams is perfectly equal with the Sardinians capable of winning two times out of three in Casale and suffering the same treatment from the Bianconeri on the island NURSERY For Tommaso Baldasso and Andrea Zerini both absent in Portugal due to physical problems their conditions will be reassessed close to the match to decide whether or not they will return for tomorrow STATEMENTS “Sassari is a team with a lot of offensive talent with the ability to score a lot of points in a few minutes especially playing with two small players in the open field and using the three-point shot a lot with Bibbins is the analysis of the opponents by the coach De Raffaele “It's a complete team that in my opinion is collecting less than its value the containment of one-on-ones and the ability to break their rhythm to force them to play as many long possessions as possible will be very important” On the positive moment of his training: "It's a Derthona that is trying to grow to understand what kind of team it is in the midst of different performances the most important thing is that it's a Derthona that is trying to grow as a team as a whole beyond the performances of individuals in the various matches."  DERTHONA BASKET AGAINST BULLYING During the pre-match warm-up the Juventus players will wear special pink shorts The initiative is to promote the film in support of the fight against bullying “The Boy in Pink Pants” produced by Eagle Pictures and Weekend Films directed by Margherita Ferri and starring Claudia Pandolfi The trailer of the film will be shown on the big screen in the arena before and during the match ©Derthona Basket SSRL Privacy Policy Cookies Policy credits dpsonline* By submitting the above I agree to the privacy policy and terms of use of JTA.org A collection of contemporary menorahs is shown year-round at a museum housed in the basement of a 16th-century synagogue in Casale Monferrato CASALE MONFERRATO, Italy (JTA) – It’s always Hanukkah in this picturesque town in northern Italy’s Piedmont region Jews have lived in Casale Monferrato for more than 500 years with the community reaching its peak of 850 members at about the time Jews here were granted civil rights in 1848 The town still boasts one of Italy’s most ornate synagogues a rococo gem that dates to the 16th century Hanukkah here is commemorated nonstop with a year-round exhibit featuring dozens of menorahs created by international contemporary artists has been president of Casale’s Jewish community since the 1950s There is no other museum in the world quite like it This is one of the nearly 200 menorahs at the Museum of Lights in Casale Monferrato (Foundation for Jewish Art and Culture at Casale Monferrato and in Eastern Piedmont – Onlus) and each year at Hanukkah there is a public ceremony where we light menorahs and welcome the new pieces,” she said Only 30 to 40 can be displayed at a time in the vaulted underground chambers The only time the collection was shown in its entirety was at Casale’s centuries-old castle part of an event connected to the 2015 Milan Expo The Museum of Lights’ hanukkiyot come in an amazing variety of shapes Many resemble traditional menorahs: a straight line of candles or a candelabra with eight branches with a ninth branch for the “shamash” candle used to kindle them Some of the menorahs can be lighted and used on the holiday But other menorahs on display are more fanciful sculptural works created from the likes of metal “Artists were given a completely free rein to create a functional object or a purely evocative one,” curator Maria Luisa Caffarelli wrote in the collection’s catalog This menorah is part of the year-round display at the Museum of Lights who co-founded the collection in the mid-1990s with the non-Jewish artist Antonio Recalcati and other artist friends describes as an “homage to the story of Hanukkah” and its message of the triumph of light over darkness They conceived the project as a way to highlight Jewish culture as a source of artistic inspiration promote creativity based in Jewish tradition and underscore the vitality of Jews in contemporary society who is the vice president of the Casale Jewish community “and to use interpretations of the Hanukkah menorah to demonstrate Jews light menorahs for eight days to recall the defeat by the Maccabees of Syrian tyrants in the second century BCE the eternal light miraculously burned for eight days rather than the expected one symbolizing the survival of the Jewish people Each menorah in the museum is a personal interpretation of the Festival of Lights and its symbolism used ceramics and steel to create a menorah that appears to be made from giant burnt matches American-born artist Robert Carroll created his menorah from olive wood trunk-like base that supports eight branches that open out like a flower Carmi and his friends provided the first hanukkiyot for the project — Carmi’s was a silver-plated metal bar with small cups for the eight candles and the shamash — and then reached out to others for contributions mainly from Italy but also from other countries — soon began making their own menorahs and presenting them to the growing collection “It was like a chain of artists,” Carmi said “And well-known artists began to be attracted.” is a horizontal metal girder that supports the nine candles and is decorated with abstract symbols “I tried to bring out a series of abstract imaginary signs to create a story that would connect wanting to enter into the multi-faceted complexities of the symbology of the Jewish world,” Pomodoro describes in the catalog JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent I accept the Privacy Policy an established Italian luxury boutique is renowned for its wide selection of menswear and innovative upcoming 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like to create emotional paths for our customers Our most recent restyling carried ahead by Fabbri Services was devised in order to respect the lines of the historical palace maintaining colored velvet coverings marble elements and hues that range from ottanio green to red mixed with beige and greys http://www.angelominetti.it/ info@angelominetti.it Closed on Monday Tuesday-Saturday 10:00-12:30 16:00-19:30 Professor Raffaele Jaffe has just spotted a number of his students; it’s October 1909 The boys greet Jaffe and explain that they are off to the nearby village of Caresana to watch a soccer match Jaffe is convinced there and then to re-establish Robur fb Robur had been founded in 1904 and represented the town of Casale Monferrato before going out of business a meeting was called to establish what would be known as Casale FC Casale’s first two years of existence saw them play in the lower regional leagues the club was accepted into the top tier; affectionately known as the Nerostellati They were not content just to be there and soon they would be causing an almighty ruckus Casale became the first ever Italian team to beat English opposition as they overcame a touring Reading side 2-1 It was a magnificent achievement but the best was yet to come Domestic glory was only a stone’s throw away The Serie A of 1914 was totally unrecognisable to the one we know and love today For Casale to be crowned champions they had to first qualify from their Liguria-Piedmont division then top the northern group before playing a two-legged final against the southern/central champions In Casale’s Liguria division were the powerhouses of Genoa and Pro Vercelli were hunting their fourth straight Scudetto – and were clear favourites to do so The rivalry between Casale and Vercelli dated back to 1215 Casale Monferrato had been the capital of a tiny independent state known as Marquisate del Monferrato on the north-western fringes of what is now Italy the city of Casale rebelled and formed its own independent municipality the city was totally destroyed by allied forces of Vercelli The city was soon rebuilt by Frederick the Second but the devastation had been so total that it was never forgotten and to this day Lead by Luigi Barbesino a local boy who would spend his playing career at the club and go on to win five caps for Italy Casale stormed to the top of the group and there they remained The joy of winning the Liguria division was only enhanced by Pro Vercelli’s failure to qualify with a draw and defeat to Casale being a key attribute in their failure to advance Barbesino was key to Casale’s success and is perhaps the most famous name of all the players to represent the team Sadly his story doesn’t have a happy ending Post Casale he managed Roma for a short spell before abandoning football altogether at the outbreak of World War Two to join the air force he was an observer on an aircraft flying a course known as the Sciacca-Kuriate-Kerkenna-Sciacca route One hour into the flight the aircraft turned for home due to bad weather conditions; it never made it back and to this day Barbesino and the crew remain missing Only one of the six teams would advance to the two-legged final The group itself was a virtual who’s who of Italian football royalty: Genoa had joined Casale from Liguria but alongside them were the likes of Vicenza While today these might be names to be feared Casale looked them straight in the eyes and laughed losing the other two to claim the top spot and a shot at footballing immortality Their opponents in the final would be Lazio but that would prove to be of little consequence; Casale had done the hard part qualifying from the treacherous northern maze The central/southern section was weak in comparison even to this day the south trails far behind the north at the top table The late Roma president Franco Sensi is credited with coming up with the magnificent phrase “Vento Del Nord” (Wind’s from the North) to explain why the north is so far ahead of the south in terms of footballing success It referred to the political pressure the big three northern clubs The first leg was played in Casale on July 5 1914 making the second leg seven days later in Rome no more than a victory procession remained professional and won again this time by the more modest scoreline of 2-0 It was a truly remarkable achievement by the club one they would never come close to replicating The club’s finances had deteriorated to such a point that the Lega Nazionale Dilettanti decreed that they should be expelled in accordance with a resolution decreed by the federal council and then FIGC President Giancarlo Abete the newly re-founded club was placed in the Promozione Piemont The club quickly won promotion from the Promozione and sit the Eccellenza The club may be a pale shadow of what it was in that glorious season of 1913/14 but when you scroll down the Roll of Honour past the glamorous names of Juventus By Kevin Nolan @KevinNolan11 JUNIOR CASALE MONFERRATO: Giacomelli 8, Bovo 11, Sirchia 18, Formenti, Avonto 20, Speroni, Kabuya, Raiteri 8, Di Giuliomaria, Tambwe 5, Rosso 2. 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From September 4 - 8, 2024, the gently shaped hills of Monferrato in the Piedmont region of Italy hosted the fourth edition of Panorama, an annual exhibition organised by ITALICS, an institutional network of more than 70 galleries of ancient, modern and contemporary art which highlights under-touristed architectural and landscape contexts across the country Panorama Monferrato led us on an exploration of the small towns of Castagnole the Ministry of Culture and the Piedmont Region and with the territorial coordination of Alexala -  Agenzia Turistica Locale della provincia di Alessandria and the Ente Turismo Langhe Monferrato Roero The former kindergarten Asilo Regina Elena welcomes us with a surprising stratification of sounds and colours as we can see in works such as the stairs’ intervention by the Atelier dell’Errore collective and the shattered mirror installation Passi (Steps photographed by Franco Vimercati (1940-2001) in the 1970s and ‘80s The paradoxical nature of life (2023) by Arcangelo Sassolino (b symbolically represents the human condition in modern times’ work culture Another example is From the series: Lo que contaba la abuela.. for which the artist transforms a family album into a delicate installation In the semi-darkness of the church Chiesa dei Battuti 1974) takes inspiration from Catholic visual imagery in materials such as marble (Pink Limen A sense of physical and symbolic loss is echoed by the acrylic and collage work Giardino segreto (Secret Garden Francesco Vezzoli (1971) presents a satirical reinterpretation of XVIII and XIX-century sculptural tradition surrounded by baroque floral compositions In the final venue of Voltoni Scalea Barocca Claire Fontaine’s neon sculpture Untitled (No Present) (2013) subverts the punk slogan No Future in a present time characterised by apparently hopeless uncertainty and tragedies Eleonora is an art historian based in Venice During her contemporary art history studies at Ca’ Foscari University she specialized in the relation between textile while mostly focusing on North European and Baltic cultures Eleonora has a certificate in Curatorial Studies and co-curated the exhibition Non Playable Character (NPC) at “Pier Fortunato Calvi” State First Grade Secondary School She is also deeply interested in illustration and publishing and has collaborated with ATPdiary When a famed Indian artist used a protest poet’s words without credit it raised a deeper question: who gets to speak The veteran curator on the Sharjah Biennial 16 and collection-building as history-writing This selling exhibition has been conceived as a collaboration between WWF to further ocean conservation initiatives across the UK A museum at Cambridge University examines Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade between 1750-1850 Exclusive preview for subscribers. 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Learn More © Copyright 2019-2025 STIR Design Private Limited Please confirm your email address and we’ll send you a link to reset your password All your bookmarks will be available across all your devices Password must be 8 characters long including one capital letter By creating an account, you acknowledge and agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy by STIR Select the Conversation Category you would like to watch Please enter your details and click submit Single account access for STIRworld.com,STIRpad.com and exclusive STIRfri content Verification link sent to check your inbox or spam folder to complete sign up process by Eleonora Ghedini | Published on : Sep 10 the territory of Piedmont that roughly corresponds to the present provinces of Asti and Alessandria extending from the hills bordering Liguria to the plains of the Vercelli area the land that was once ruled by the Paleologi the lineage of Byzantine emperors who became related to the Aleramici and ruled the fortunes of the marquisate for more than two hundred years And it is the land that gave birth to Vittorio Alfieri It is he whom we can consider the tutelary deity of Monferrato It is precisely from his figure that the journey can begin If it is true that memory is a necessary exercise it is equally true that sometimes it risks producing strange and disorienting effects who wrote: “In the city of Asti in Piedmont on the seventeenth day of January in the year 1749 and honest relatives.” The vagaries of memory from the very beginning of his “life,” become a slippery slope producing dangerous short-circuits and manipulating the past as Alfieri finds himself getting the very day of his birth wrong Alfieri uses memory to retrace all that has been by organizing a selective filtering and putting into perspective The playwright produces a statuesque self-image in which loneliness plays as a reflection in the difficulty of relating to others in a very personal condition of loneliness suffered And it is from this heartbreaking but sought-after loneliness that we will begin our journey through the 10 places to see in Monferrato starting precisely from Vittorio Alfieri’s Asti.1 AstiThe playwright Vittorio Alfieri’s father died when the little boy was only a year old and this absence characterized his entire existence which in Asti finds the most vivid memories of childhood such as the formation of a proudly melancholic and solitary character and the very intense bond with his sister Giulia In his “Life,” Alfieri recounts how his sister will be transferred from one monastery to another starting from that of Sant’Anastasio and arriving at that of Santa Croce where “La Giulietta grew up in codesto monastero in Asti even more uneducated than me.” The first is today a cultural center characterized by its dual reality as an archaeological site and a museum venue consisting of the crypt and the remains of the Romanesque church of St with columns and capitals salvaged from the Roman and early medieval periods Definitely important sites are also the Cathedral of Asti has all those anomalies and peculiarities typical of a construction site that has lasted a long time and the Trojan tower that overlooks the Piazza dei Medici on a long ridge that follows the left bank of the Tanaro River named after its church and the noble Asti family which contributed greatly to restoring an important historical and especially viticultural legacy with historic cellars where elegant and timeless wines are produced But dominating the hillside is the castle built between 1696 and 1721 then reinvented in Baroque style during the 19th century by architect Ernesto Melano first architect to Charles Albert of Savoy and finally transformed in 1815 by Marquis Carlo Emanuele Alfieri who commissioned architect and landscape architect Xavier Kurten to transform the formal garden into a romantic English-style park is overlooked by the very elegant and dreamy Orangerie which houses busts of the castle’s most illustrious guests The town of Casale Monferrato is also famous for its majestic fortress dating back to the 12th century which was reinforced upon the death of Marquis Paleologus taking on the hexagonal shape that can still be admired today Later the castle served as a court seat in which the dukes of Mantua often stayed but the great and flourishing success met it during the principality of Duke Carlo Gonzaga-Nevers who gave a considerable boost to the social and cultural life of the area with the Gonzaga crisis the castle of Casale Monferrato suffered a slow but unstoppable decline and from 1708 it was used as a barracks Also an interesting stop in Casale Monferrato is the Synagogue built in 1595 and which has undergone countless extensions and renovations over the centuries Jews were not allowed to insert any decoration on the facade but as soon as the traveler crosses the entrance door he is fiercely flooded with golds Mostly famous for its vineyards and extremely fine wines the town of Nizza Monferrato is not only the capital of Barbera but has always been a key commercial hub thanks to its strategic position with respect to the provinces of Asti and Alessandria Among its alleys there are numerous testimonies related to the peasant culture as attested by the Bersano Museum of Farming and Antique Prints which was strongly desired by the vine-dresser Arturo Bersano in order to collect all the suffered and sometimes exciting testimonies of the wine-farming culture also commonly recognized as the “Museum of Know-How,” passionately tells the story of wine and the evolution of thought tools and various techniques used over time Inside you can admire the reconstruction of a traditional stone winery and a very large collection of documents paintings concerning the world of wine over the past four centuries Situated on a scenic hill is the Sacred Mount of Crea a complex of chapels and shrines and an important pilgrimage destination It was founded in 1589 on the initiative of the Lateran prior of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Assumption who proposed building an itinerary inspired by the Sacred Mount of Varallo in which pilgrims could pray over time it too was slowly forgotten until raids by French revolutionary troops contributed to the ultimate ruin of some of the structures launched a restoration campaign also supported by the bishopric of Milan that lasted until the 1920s According to some, the name of the Castle of Uviglie derives from the Latin word ovilia (plural of sheepfold) precisely because of the primitive pastoral organization typical of the area while others claim that the name derives from the Roman Avilius What is certain is that the name made its very first appearance in a document dated November 1271 now preserved in the capitular archives of Casale Monferrato the year in which a certificate was drawn up in which the Marquis of Monferrato granted the Pocaparte family the license “Hedificandi Castrum Ivilie.” To this same period dates the construction of the round tower and the wall supporting the hanging garden with its 56,000 square meters of green area has been included among the “Historic Gardens of Botanical Interest” of the Piedmont Region are the magniloquent historic cellars similar to underground cathedrals that house the infernot: special structures dug out of the tuff typical of the Monferrato area Known for its thermal waters and ancient Roman baths Acqui Terme has a name derived from the one the Romans gave to the city founded around the hot springs in the 2nd century BC it was discovered that Acqui was a monumental city an aqueduct and countless commercial emporiums outlining a profile that was also confirmed by Pliny who counts them among the best baths in the empire During the 4th century a major crisis hit Acqui which managed timidly to survive thanks to the presence of influential bishops although at the end of the 6th century it was conquered by the Lombards just a few steps from the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta is the Bollente: an octagonal marble aedicule built by architect Giovanni Ceruti in 1879 which was already well known in Roman times as a hot spring and still gushes out at 75° C dominating the surrounding hills from above and offering the traveler evocative views The first documents date back to 1270 when Theodore I Paleologus had his castle built which was to be one of the main residences of the marquises of Monferrato major building interventions such as sumptuous fortifications made the town one of the major strategic centers in all of Monferrato in addition to telling stories of bygone times at every turn is also home to the Museo Civico in which works by Guttuso Modigliani and other great artists of the 20th century are on display Although it may look very old and excellently preserved thanks to a propitious fate the Castle of Cereseto as we admire it today was rebuilt from the foundations of a pre-existing building in 1912 and its work was protracted for ten years The project was strongly desired by a wealthy patron and industrialist who decided to erect such a structure above the original medieval castle razed to the ground around 1600 strongly in love with the project and driven by a great passion decided not to leave anything to chance and collected priceless furniture from all over Italy and abroad to enrich his very sumptuous new mansion has 153 rooms and within its walls has seen the passage of works by such important artists as Botticelli and Van Dyck Decidedly older, however, is the Castle of Gabiano which was already mentioned in historical sources starting in the 8th century it has seen a succession of Montiglio and Gonzaga families until Duke Ferdinand of Mantua donated the castle to Agostino Durazzo Pallavicini in 1622 granting him the title of Marquis of Gabiano nineteenth-century restoration erased its original appearance as a turreted fortification to give way to a gentler but fortunately by 1907 it was the subject of a very careful restoration commissioned by the two owners Giacomo Durazzo Pallavicini and Matilde Giustiniani The beating heart of the rigid and austere palace is the sinuous labyrinth designed in the 1930s by architect Lamberto Cusani that recalls the concept of the medieval forest The artistic legacy of one of the greatest Italian sculptors of the late 19th century 1933) becomes public: the Municipality of Casale Monferrato has in fact reached an agreement with Bistolfi’s heirs for the transfer to the Bistolfi Gipsoteca of the important artistic and documentary heritage that belonged to the artist The agreement comes 88 years after Bistolfi’s death: an important part of his oeuvre is thus reassembled in his hometown The dialogue had been initiated after the death of the last heir who had begun discussions with the municipality for a new location of the collection The official signature on the donation agreement was placed Tuesday in Turin by Mayor Federico Riboldi and Mrs under the supervision of notary Marina Aceto.Thus to the Municipality of Casale Monferrato will come the artistic heritage of the Bistolfi family all coming directly from the studio of the sculptor who died in 1933 and whose remains are buried in the city’s monumental cemetery’s famedarium Numerous contacts have taken place in recent months between the Municipal Administration Martelli in order to reach this important goal: fundamental also was the analytical inventorying of the assets entrusted to Sandra Berresford as well as an appreciated and undisputed connoisseur of Leonardo Bistolfi’s artistic career is only the formalization of a path that has always linked the city of Casale Monferrato the very first exhibition dedicated to the sculptor dates back to 1984 an initiative that had initiated the study of the works the publication of a catalog and a restoration campaign This was followed in 1995 by the first donation of works of art by the will of Andrea on the occasion of the opening of the Civic Museum and then consolidated in 2001 with the addition of new works destined for the fifth room of the Gipsoteca The Bistolfi couple also did not fail to be present in Casale Monferrato on various official occasions: exhibition openings The collection that will arrive in Casale Monferrato consists of works directly produced by Leonardo Bistolfi: 20 terracottas and terracrude about fifty plaster medals and about forty metal coins a very large collection of drawings of various formats enclosed in albums and folders Added to this remarkable body of works are other materials by artists contemporary with him: sculptures an extensive library and a collection of period magazines The works will then reach the Museo Civico where the Gipsoteca is housed: here there are more than one hundred and seventy works including terracottas some marbles and bronzes from the donation of the Casalese banker Camillo Venesio in 1958 and supplemented later with donations and works on deposit from the Bistolfi family Giosuè Carducci (1908-1928) and those for Giuseppe Garibaldi (1908 and 1928) to which are added numerous portraits and commemorative plaques Receipt of the new materials in Casale Monferrato which will take place in batches with firms specializing in the transportation of works of art and under the supervision of museum staff involves initial placement in storage rooms The state of preservation and suitable methods for proper conservation will be checked through the collaboration of the competent Superintendency A high-resolution photographic campaign will then be carried out and the paper materials will be digitized which will be used not only for the Museum’s internal use but also made available through online consultation The Gipsoteca therefore aspires to be not only an exhibition hall but also a place of reference for studies on Leonardo Bistolfi to whom people will be able to turn for consultation of the sculptor’s archives A digital project of geolocalization of the artist’s works located on the Italian territory is also in the works: this operation involves museums public and private entities from which the Museum has asked for collaboration in order to create an electronic mapping which will be made available on the website which will make it possible to put the realized monument and the plaster model or preparatory sketch or drawing kept in the Museum in dialogue While waiting to implement the plans for the actual enhancement of the Gipsoteca which in addition to providing for a partial renovation of the current premises do not exclude the creation of a real dedicated museum we are considering ways to make the donated works immediately available to the public: partial or rotating exhibitions the inclusion of some works in the exhibition path of the Gipsoteca or the establishment of an open deposit as well as the complete availability of the collection to visitors through multimedia tools “The administration is grateful and thankful to Mrs Bistolfi for the trust she has placed in the city of Casale Monferrato,” says Mayor Federico Riboldi “and in particular to the Civic Museum which have so far preserved with such care and devotion every bit of evidence from the sculptor’s studio.” which implements and completes the Museum’s collection,” says Deputy Mayor Emanuele Capra “of enormous importance for our Administration which has among its goals that of giving Bistolfi the right appreciation so that it becomes one of the main reasons for attracting cultural tourism.” “With this donation,” explains Culture Councillor Gigliola Fracchia “our Gipsoteca and our city will be able to become the hub for studies and in-depth studies on the artistic life of one of the most important Symbolist sculptors in Italy capable with his works to embellish and enrich squares palaces and cemeteries all over the World.” For the curator of the Museo Civico Gipsoteca Leonardo Bistolfi this is “an extraordinary opportunity The materials that will be conferred to the Museum of Casale Monferrato represent a unique cultural inheritance which will make it possible to bring together in a single place precious objects that will allow us to delve into the artistic and human journey of this great artist contributing to the enhancement of his figure transfer and the first operations aimed at the protection and preservation of this precious cultural deposit will be planned to make it as soon as possible accessible and usable to all.” When the Italian bakery and cafe Il Fornaio opened its first American branch in San Francisco I spent the night in a paranoid wakefulness arrived at work and fell asleep with my head on the baking counter while a rack of cookies burned Months later the manager told me they meant to fire me “We knew you were just high.” In San Francisco that I loved my job: making batches of hundreds of cookies and tarts cracking tens of dozens of eggs into pounds of sugar fussing over the shape of each individual cookie My favorite cookies were the krumiri. Made with butter, cornmeal and a splash of Maraschino liqueur (or He called us all together one afternoon to demonstrate how he made polenta stirring the enormous pot with what looked like an oar Krumiri are from the town of Casale Monferrato in the Piedmont region The legend is that the baker Domenico Rossi invented them in 1878 to pay homage to King Vittorio Emanuelle II shaping them like the king’s droopy mustache Only recently I came across another theory: that the name comes from the Yiddish word krumm have lived in Casale Monferrato since 1492 when they arrived from Spain to escape the Inquisition In the 16th century the Jews built an ornate synagogue which survived the destruction and deportations of World War II Just two Jewish families remain, the Carmis and the Ottolenghis, who share a name and likely some heritage with the Israeli-born London chef and author Yotam Ottolenghi — who started his cooking career making pastries and cookies. Whether Jews had a hand in making or naming krumiri is unsettled history; the Jews didn’t survive to tell their version. Maybe it’s wishful thinking — the town’s Jews had Sephardic, not Ashkenazic roots — but it’s possible. A good recipe can have many contributors along the way who impart a flavor or a technique without claiming credit or leaving a name. In the end, all that comes down to us is a good story and a recipe worth making, for yourself, or for Il Fornaio. A post shared by Rob Eshman (@foodaism) This recipe is based on one by Joëlle Néderlants that appeared in Cucina Italiana Let rest in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes Remove the dough from the fridge and place in a pastry bag with a 1/2-inch serrated tip directly onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper then bend them slightly into the traditional shape Put the baking sheet in the refrigerator for around 10 minutes to cool preheat the oven to 325°F then bake for 15-16 minutes I’d like to ask you to please support the Forward American Jews need independent news they can trust At a time when other newsrooms are closing or cutting back the Forward has removed its paywall and invested additional resources to report on the ground from Israel and around the U.S rising antisemitism and polarized discourse This is a great time to support independent Jewish journalism you rely on See our full guidelines for more information, and this guide for detail about canonical URLs subject line “republish,” with any questions or to let us know what stories you’re picking up Copyright © 2025 The Forward Association You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed Families of those killed by asbestos-related lung diseases are demanding that Yale University revoke an honorary degree given to a Swiss billionaire who was convicted last week of aggravated manslaughter in the deaths of over a hundred people linked to asbestos exposure The effort is spear-headed by AFeVA (or the Associazione Famigliari Vittime Amianto) an Italian group made up of family members of those killed by diseases linked to asbestos exposure a former CEO of a Swiss asbestos cement company called Eternit Eternit operated multiple asbestos mines and cement product manufacturing plants on multiple continents that exposed workers to harmful Schmidheiny could not be reached for comment but a spokesperson for Schmidheiny told The New Lede that his legal defense plans to appeal the verdict Schmidheiny was awarded an honorary doctorate from Yale for his “his advocacy of sustainable economic growth and development,” according to a representative for Yale Schmidheiny has also given money to Yale in support of research on sustainable development though Yale declined to give the exact amount of donations it received Efforts to get Yale to revoke Schmidheiny’s honorary degree have been ongoing for about a decade; in 2014, over 50 Yale alumni signed a petition urging the university to do so and requested that Yale administrators revoke the billionaire’s honorary degree and return Schmidheiny’s gifts arguing that the gifts violate Yale’s new giving policy that was adopted last May The giving policy holds that gifts will not be accepted if Yale determines that the gift was made for the primary purpose of benefiting the donor The policy also allows for the return of gifts in “exceptional circumstances” when new information about the gift comes to light AFeVA alleges that Schmidheiny’s legal troubles related to the deaths of factory workers constitute new information relevant to Yale’s gift policy moved to Casale after getting married in 1975 She said her family begged her not to go to the highly polluted town were safe as they did not work in the asbestos materials factory and eventually passed away from mesothelioma “We shared in a community tragedy,” said Prato AFeVA alleges that Schmidheiny made the gifts to Yale in an attempt to bolster his own image as a champion for sustainability in order to protect himself against the growing backlash against the asbestos industry that he faced after taking over Eternit “Yale’s deeply defective gift policy directly contributed to thousands of deaths Schmidheiny caused and which are still occurring around the world,” AFeVA wrote in a letter to Yale last October Prato said the group also wants Schmidheiny to make donations to improve research on mesothelioma and other lung diseases as a way to restore justice to victims Yale Vice Provost Susan Gibbons declined to say whether Schmidheiny’s recent conviction would change Yale’s decision In a 2013 letter to a lawyer representing the people of Cassale Yale Secretary and Vice President for Student Life Kimberly Goff-Crews wrote that while Eternit’s role in manufacturing asbestos products was “well known” at the time the honorary degree was conferred it was also “well known” that Schmidheiny had “chosen to devote himself to crucial environmental issues.” “It’s been very difficult for Yale to admit that it made a mistake,” said Laura D’Amico Others assert that Schmidheiny is simply a scapegoat for the actions of his predecessors at Eternit and that his commitment to sustainability in the later part of his career were genuine Schmidheiny’s reputation as a champion of sustainability came after he sold all his shares in Eternit in 1989 and subsequently initiated the establishment of the Business Council for Sustainable Development which advocates for businesses to undertake sustainable actions Schmidheiny went on to fund or initiate various other groups dedicated to sustainable development, including Fundación Avina a foundation promoting sustainability in Latin America “Stephen very quickly realized that asbestos was a bad thing and began to get out of it in various ways,” said Lloyd Timberlake a Yale alum who has worked with Schmidheiny and his multiple businesses The demands for Yale to cut ties with Schmidheiny is one of many examples of campaigns aimed at pressing universities to disallow wrong-doers the prestige of a university association Multiple universities, including Tufts University and Oxford University have removed the Sackler name from campus buildings as a result of the Sackler family’s role in propelling the US opioid epidemic through sales of the addictive painkiller OxyContin The Sackler family was investigated by the US Justice Department and forced to pay a $6 billion settlement to a trust meant for opioid addiction victims and their families In 2018, Yale, Carnegie Mellon, and Notre Dame all revoked Bill Cosby’s honorary degrees after the actor was convicted of aggravated indecent assault Revoking Schmidheiny’s honorary degree “would be a very important signal” to the families affected by Eternit’s actions Receive the latest news and environmental insights by subscribing to our newsletter This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License © Environmental Working Group document.write(new Date().getFullYear()) ' + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.webview_notification_text + ' " + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_title + " " + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_text + " Here are some of the most beautiful castles of Monferrato to see is one of the most spectacular in the whole of Monferrato offers a unique glimpse of the Po valley and the Alps The castle built around the year 1000 can be visited internally Born as a strategic defensive point over the centuries it has become a home for noble families as well as a home for art The legend also says that among the rooms of the castle is still the ghost of Scarampo Scarampi an earl of 1400 dead beheaded A few kilometers from Casale Monferrato we find the Sannazzaro Castle Its origin dates back to 1163 by the Knights of Sannazzaro with the permission of the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa it is still owned by the family from which it takes its name which also offers those interested the opportunity to stay there living for a night in a true fairy tale Absolutely worth seeing is the fourteenth-century Church of San Giacomo which houses paintings and frescoes of the sixteenth century was built in 1300 by the will of the Visconti family of Milan it was for years a fixed stop for the merchants of the time Imposing and spectacular is surrounded by a large park of over 20 hectares and protected by a city wall Internally visited today is also home to private events and weddings where you can admire ancient tools and tools to appreciate the cultural and historical value of the most traditional crafts Subscribe to our weekly Newsletter dedicated to the Italian culture Check your email to confirm your subscription and receive special offers Top Attractions Colosseum Santa Maria Maggiore Vatican Museum Uffizi Gallery Pompeii Ruins Milan Cathedral Pantheon Vesuvius Florence Cathedral Sant'Angelo Castle Doge Palace Verona Arena Experiences Positano,Sorrento&Pompeii Tour Chianti Tour& San Gimignano Lake Como from Milan Romantic Sunset Boat Tour in Naples Capri Private Motorboat Tour Private Electric Cart Tour in Rome Abruzzo Basilicata Calabria Campania Emilia Romagna Friuli Venezia Giulia Lazio Liguria Lombardy Marche Molise Piedmont Apulia Sardinia Sicily Tuscany Trentino-Alto Adige Umbria Aosta Valley Veneto Italy like a local Hidden gems How to go to Attractions and Tours Unesco sites Latest news Best Tours and Experiences Art and culture Food and Flavours Best Places to Visit in Italy Places and Tours Exhibitions, events and shows History and Traditions About us Advertise with us Contact us Work with us the Civic Museum of Casale Monferrato presents a major new exhibition project It is Carlo Vidua a life on the road: from Monferrato to the Far East 1785/1830 an exhibition that presents the extraordinary ethnographic collection of explorer Carlo Vidua (Casale Monferrato books and documents that are the result of the long peregrinations in the five continents of the traveler from Monferrato who was born in Casale Monferrato in 1785 and died in Indonesia following a burn due to the boiling mud of a volcano in the island of Celebes came to the Municipal Administration in 1854 through a bequest in Clara Leardi’s will and until now has been kept in the Museum’s storage rooms.The objects (a unicum on the Piedmont territory for rarity and heterogeneity of materials) were collected during three long journeys made by Vidua in the five continents: between 1818 and 1821 in France Rhodes; between 1825 and 1827 in the United States Canada and Mexico; and from 1827 to 1830 in India Model relic representing the Holy Sepulcher (before 1808; olive wood and engraved mother-of-pearl; Casale Monferrato Court’s cancellation of Swiss asbestos polluter’s jail sentence dismays activists in Brazil could have major implications for the continued use of asbestos across the world On Wednesday, the court in Rome cancelled an 18-year jail sentence on the firm’s former owner Stephan Schmidheiny who was facing charges of environmental disaster having been found guilty of failing to comply with safety rules in two previous rulings The basis of the court’s ruling was that the statute of limitations had passed – Eternit left Italy 25 years ago – but the local trade unions and the Italian asbestos victims’ association, Afeva Victims’ families shouted: “Shame on you!” as the verdict was pronounced. The group consisted of about 200 people, most of them from Casale Monferrato, a north-west Italian city where victims of asbestos-related diseases have been numbered in the thousands. Others came from countries including Switzerland, the UK, the US, Argentina, Belgium and Brazil it seems that thousands of deaths never existed We can’t stop our fight when people keep on dying every week My country missed a chance to tell the world the truth Activists in Brazil are likely to be particularly dismayed by the court’s decision The country is the world’s third-largest asbestos producer – at 300,000 tons per year – and a major consumer Asbestos has been used extensively in Brazil mostly in the form of cement for roof tiles and roofing panels Brazil’s asbestos industry: the human cost – video GuardianAccording to Ubiratan de Paula Santos a pulmonologist at the University of São Paulo medical school it is estimated that Brazil accounts for 10% of global asbestos-related deaths otherwise 30 years from now this epidemic will increase and will reach uncontrollable levels,” he said The Italian case is the biggest trial for environmental damage in European history, with more than 2,890 injured parties – workers and members of the public living around the plants. More than 2,000 have died or are suffering from serious illnesses, Linda Reinstein, president of the US-based Asbestos Disease Awareness Organisation Eternit’s flagrant disregard for public health and the environment is reprehensible and criminal.” According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) about 125 million people are in contact with asbestos at their workplaces and every year more than 107,000 people die as a result One of the characteristics of asbestos diseases is the long latency period – the time between exposure to it and the manifestation of symptoms This means that someone who was involved in asbestos production in the 1960s may have been disease-free for many years but could be diagnosed with mesothelioma today The Cana Brava mine, owned and operated by Sama, part of the Brazilian Eternit Group, in Minacu, Brazil. Cana Brava is the only mine producing chrysotile, or white asbestos, in Latin America. Photograph: Ueslei Marcelino/ReutersAlthough asbestos was banned in Italy in 1992 – and elsewhere in Europe in 1999 – it is still largely used in Brazil Mexico was the leading destination for US asbestos products but the US claims to be dependent on asbestos imports to meet manufacturing needs and all the asbestos the US imported was chrysotile from Brazil Asbestos is banned in six Brazilian states yet, despite the WHO resolutions, it is still widely produced and has been a valuable commodity for the past 50 years. In 1995, Abrea the Brazilian Association of People Exposed to Asbestos was formed by hundreds of former workers in Osasco The former asbestos-cement capital of Brazil is nowadays the capital of the asbestos victims’ movement a founding member of Abrea and former inspector with the federal labour ministry is an outspoken advocate for the rights of people exposed to asbestos to receive justice and medical treatment The Italian verdict does not stop our fight against asbestos in Brazil We want justice for our victims,” she said It is 19 December 1909 and in Hall room 1 of the Instituto Tecnico Leardi in Casale Monferrato a decision is agreed upon by those who are present: Italy’s newest football club had just been founded This fulfilled the ambition of one Professor Raffaele Jaffe after being invited to watch a match in a neighbouring village by a group of students was enchanted by what he saw and decided to found a club for his local town The club grew at a fantastic pace and by 1911 was accepted into the top flight of Italian football they became the first Italian side to defeat English opposition (Reading) and in 1914 they upset all the odds to win Casale’s one and only Scudetto Casale remain the smallest town in Italy to be home to a Serie A (top-flight) winning side All of which would not have been possible without the vision of Professor Jaffe Another who proved key to Casale’s triumph was local boy Luigi Barbesino. He was described by the infamous former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti as someone with ‘great personality and who inspired awe and sometimes even a bit of dislike.’ Barring a very brief interlude with Legnano Barbesino spent most his career with his hometown club It was there that his talent flourished earning him the respect of teammates and opponents alike Barbesino would win the first of five caps for the Italian national side and in the process became the second youngest player behind Renzo De Vecchi to pull on an Azzurri shirt he remains one of Italy’s youngest capped players Barbesino decided to hang up his boots and was not seen again in a footballing context until 1928 when he returned to Casale and took over as head-coach of the club He remained with the club for a further two seasons before leaving to take control at Roma Barbesino led the club to a fifth-place finish Gradual improvement was seen the following year as the Lupi finish fourth things at the club were all set for a title charge fearing that they may be called up by Mussolini to fight in Ethiopia fled the capital leaving Roma and Barbesino short the Giallorossi battled on but in the end came up just short behind Bologna Barbesino would finish with football forever But what happened in those intervening eight years between when he retired from football and took up the post as head-coach at his hometown club we must turn to Barbesino’s biographer Giancarlo Ramezzana ‘I was flipping through the fourth volume of the history of the 1919/1922 Fascist Revolution by Giorgio Alberto Chiurco,” Ramezzana noted “when I recognised the unmistakeable face and in particular a photograph of him in a black shirt.’ It seems that in the aftermath of his footballing career Barbesino became the leader of the Trento and Bolzano branch of the Italian fascist party two other sources seem to corroborate this The first is a book called ‘South Tyrol: A minority conflict of the 20th century’ where it mentions: ‘At the end of April Luigi Barbesino a lumber dealer from Piedmont (Where Casale is located) took over the leadership of the group (Fasci di Combattimento of Bozen) The second source is retrieved from another book called ‘The Italian Military Governorship in South Tyrol and the Rise of Fascism’ Referring once again to the area of Bolzano and Trento the book states that ‘These first local branches of the local fascist party developed their activity under the direction of Luigi Barbesino who has been sent to the new province by the central Fascio of Milan and by Mussolini.’ Vaulting forward in time to the end of his coaching days Barbesino’s life would soon take on a calling far from the dugout Hitler’s Wehrmacht army invaded Poland thus starting World War II seeing the early successes of Nazi Germany and having previously signed the Pact of Steel Barbesino would answer the call like many others and join the Italian armed forces taking the role of observer on his plane as it flew reconnaissance and convoy escort missions Barbesino and his crew mates would take to the sky for the last time Flying a familiar route known as Sciacca – Kuriate – Kerkenna – Sciacca his aircraft would encounter harsh weather conditions and after about an hour of flying the mission was abandoned and they decided to return to base that was the last that was ever seen of Barbesino and his crew His plane never made it back to base and indeed remains lost to this day It proved a tragic end for possibly Casale’s greatest ever footballer and although not as young as many others who lost their lives during the war Barbesino still had plenty of life left to live endures and he is still remembered as the gifted player who delivered his local town its one and only league title As for the man who made that all possible by founding the club Professor Jaffe would also meet an untimely end during the war although in far different and much more sinister circumstances For you see Professor Jaffe was born Jewish and despite marrying a Catholic woman and converting to the religion in 1937 he was still arrested by the Black Brigades in a roundup of Jews in early 1944 An article by Gianni Turino on a Casale focused website tells us of the Professor’s fate after the arrest He was immediately interned at the Fossoli camp outside Carpi before being deported to Auschwitz on 22 February 1944 He would arrive at the infamous death camp four days later he would pass through the gates never to emerge again Both of Casale’s most famous sons died in vastly different ways in the most devastating of wars Two men who had delivered a historic title to this small north-western town one with his talent on the pitch and the other with his vision in the boardroom Luigi Barbesino and Raffaele Jaffe: the men who made Casale the Champions of Italy Kevin is an Irishman who loves to watch calcio no matter how lowly the level Comment * document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id" 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discounts indicated below The option can be added to each ticket Magic Pass at the cost of € 22,40 30 minutes together with the Harlem Globetrotters players playing with them on the parquet The deadline for bookings is set in Friday February 22 and for any information relating to the purchase of tickets or the reservations themselves it is possible to contact the Derthona Basket secretariat by telephone on 0131 868803 Below are the prices reserved for groups and sports clubs International design and innovation office CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati has unveiled a new hospitality project called Roccia in the hills of Monferrato including fine-grain point cloud LIDAR scanning make it possible for a new timber skin to be digitally fabricated and inserted seamlessly inside the ruins This allows the complex to be habitable again while preserving the antiquity of the old structure and the natural elements that have taken hold By blending the natural and artificial worlds the design suggests a new approach for renovating historical buildings. Roccia – the Italian word for “rock” – is a hilltop monastery-turned-farmhouse in the heart of the Piedmontese countryside The site has been in decay since a fire broke out in the early 20th century Decades of neglect have further deteriorated the bricks and invited moss Its current conditions evoke the vision of Giovanni Battista Piranesi the 18th-century artist who saw the ruins of Rome as the starting point for the city of the future. CRA’s intervention preserves this harmony between natural and artificial reviving the old building without severing its present embrace of bricks and leaves The contemporary intervention is primarily made of prefabricated wooden elements slotted inside the ruined brick walls form a symbiotic relationship with each other and with nature the “digital factory” of the studio and is expected to be completed in 2024. “I have always been inspired by John Ruskin and his idea that the decay of buildings should not be reversed I admire the ‘deep sense of voicefulness which we feel in walls that have long been washed by the passing waves of humanity,’” says Carlo Ratti founding partner of CRA and director of MIT Senseable City Lab “Our project embraces the decaying of Roccia and add a new digitally-fabricated layer to make a tree-filled ruin inhabitable.” “Through a research process implemented with cloud scanning technologies we developed a framework that aligns with the specific form of the house and the surrounding landscape,” adds Mykola Murashko “This will become the backbone of Maestro a company under the CRA group focusing on digital fabrication at every scale from buildings to neighborhoods.” Informed by an evolutionary approach CRA has adopted a mix of design schemes to restore buildings of different ages and conditions allowing them to be reinhabited while celebrating their history the Pankhasari Retreat project employs tech-driven strategies and local crafts to imagine a co-living and co-working complex in the Indian Himalayas jointly designed with architect Italo Rota CRA converts a 18th-century hospital into a cultural space with a reversible origami-shaped kinetic roof above the courtyard.  CREDITS A project by CRA-Carlo Ratti AssociatiCreative Lead: Italo RotaCRA team: Carlo Ratti (Founding Partner) Gianluca Zimbardi (Past team member) Mario Daudo Alessandro Tassinari Mechanical Engineer: Ivan PavanelloStructural Engineer: Paolo Vagaggini This allows the complex to be habitable again while preserving the antiquity of the old structure and the natural.. A new miracle has been officially recognised at Lourdes today has been officialy declared a 'miracle' today by Mgr Alceste Catella the diocese in which the Salesian Sister resides A press statement from the Communication Service of the Sanctuary of Lourdes this afternoon states: 'On the occasion of the opening of the Year of Faith we have great joy in announcing the recognition of the 68th miracle attributed to the intercession of Our Lady of Lourdes' The new bishop of the diocese of Tarbes and Lourdes together with Doctor Alessandro de Franciscis President of the Office of Medical Observations of Lourdes will be holding a press conference tomorrow in Lourdes We will be carrying further reports tomorrow For further information visit thte official Lourdes website here: www.lourdes-france.org/index.php?goto_centre=ru&contexte=en&id=405 The Popemobile of Peace: Pope Francis' final gift to Gaza Missionary sister pays tribute to her cousin We offer publicity space for Catholic groups/organisations. See our advertising page if you would like more information ICN aims to provide speedy and accurate news coverage of all subjects of interest to Catholics and the wider Christian community As our audience increases - so do our costs You can support our journalism by advertising with us or donating to ICN the Italian justice system seems to think so and the tragic story of Gabriella and Luigi De Ambrosis an elderly couple who had their natural daughter taken away and put up for adoption because they were deemed too old to take care of her is proof enough 57-year-old Gabriella and 69-year-old Luigi and traveled abroad to undergo an advanced in-vitro procedure Gabriella gave birth to a healthy baby daughter They became known as the “grandparent parents” and faced discrimination from people deeming them too old to take care of a baby while they were still in the hospital after their daughter’s birth someone alerted child services about their age and their ability to properly tend to the infant there was no Italian law that prevented people over a certain age from having and raising children so they were able to take the baby home and live a normal life just 15 months after their daughter was born the De Ambrosis were accused of “abandonment” for leaving the baby unsupervised for only a few minutes What followed was a nightmare that continues to this day Photo via Il Secolo XIX when Gabriella and Luigi left their daughter in the car seat of their car while they went inside the house to prepare her milk bottle The car was parked right outside their home so they kept an eye on her through the window the whole seven minutes it took to prepare the formula That was apparently too long for an overzealous neighbor who must have called the police the moment he saw the couple go inside without the baby the “grandparent parents” were charged with abandonment and soon appeared before a judge who declared the De Ambrosis unfit to take care of the baby The elderly parents will never forget that moment in 2013 when the judge told them that their pregnancy was “the result of the distorted application of the enormous possibilities offered by progress in genetics” and that if the child remained in their care she would either wind up a young orphan or be forced to take care of them due to their advanced age But the humiliation was nothing compared to the pain of having their daughter removed from their custody and put up for adoption with a new family but it would be another three years before their lawyer managed to get the original court decision repealed and the charges of abandonment dropped The favorable decision to Boscagli’s extraordinary appeal was read in June 2016 but it only gave the De Ambrosis the illusion that they would finally get their child back It was a cruel hope that would once again be shattered by the justice system Put in the care of a foster family after the “abandonment” incident in 2011 Gabriella and Luigi’s daughter was declared adoptable in 2013 and was officially adopted by her foster family She had been living with her new parents for nearly five years when the sentence against the De Ambrosis was overturned and judges ruled that removing the girl from the only family she had really ever known would be detrimental to her Gabriella and Luigi once again went to court to get back the child that had unjustly been taken away from them The Court of Appeals confirmed the adoptability of the girl claiming that the “umbilical cord” to her natural parents was severed too long ago and that to take her away from her adoptive family would only hurt and confuse the child So despite being declared innocent of previous charges and perfectly fit to raise a child as Gabriella and Luigi De Ambrosis now plan to challenge the recent court decision at the Supreme Court They are hopeful that in the end they will get the chance to hold their daughter again and live as a normal family Luigi is now 75 years old and Gabriella is 63 Their daughter will be turning 7 in two months and every day that passes is another one of her childhood that they have missed They hope that it’s not too late to make up for all this lost time has described the case of Gabriella and Luigi De Ambrosis as “the defeat of justice” at the hand of those who should be delivering it Because courts took so long to decide on the case without taking into consideration the unique situation and the emotional stability of the child Children become attached to their care-givers and turning their whole world upside down opens up serious problems one cannot help be sympathetic to the natural parents and the ordeal they are still going through A Swiss billionaire and a Belgian baron were found guilty and sentenced to 16 years each in prison by an Italian court in a groundbreaking trial over 3,000 alleged asbestos-related deaths the right to dream that justice can and should be done the former owner of a company making Eternit fibre cement and Jean-Louis Marie Ghislain de Cartier de Marchienne were sentenced in absentia after being found guilty of causing an environmental disaster and failing to comply with safety regulations They were ordered to pay €30,000 in damages to relatives of people killed by asbestos-related diseases as well as other payouts set to total hundreds of millions of euros Hundreds of relatives of victims had waited anxiously for the verdict in a trial which was closely watched as a potential precedent around the world cheered and clapped when the sentence was read aloud who worked on the case for the past five years the right to dream that justice can and should be done.” Lawyer Sergio Bonetto said the case was far from over It was “a fair verdict which acknowledges their responsibility” but “the problem now is to see if the condemned men will face up to their obligations” and pay the damages They are unlikely to go to jail any time soon Mr Schmidheiny is now 64 years old and Mr De Cartier 90 Their crimes usually carry a maximum 12-year sentence but prosecutors had sought a harsher punishment because they say the fall-out continues to affect victims Mr Schmidheiny and Mr De Cartier have been sentenced to pay over €250 million in damages to various civil parties involved one of the worst hit by cases of asbestos-related illnesses while Cavagnolo village got €5 million The national institute for work-related accidents or injuries won €15 million while the Piedmont region where the largest Eternit factory was located a process that could take several years in the Italian justice system They had denied the accused had direct responsibility for the company and the pair were absent from court throughout The sentencing is “technically unjust” adding that it was “absurd” to think that his client had “intentional responsibility” A legal source close to the defence said that under Italian law the pair were under no obligation to serve their sentences or pay the damages until the case had been heard by both the appeal court and Italy’s supreme court It could also go before the European Court of Justice Eternit went bankrupt six years before asbestos was banned in Italy in 1992 which began in 2009 after a five-year investigation is the biggest of its kind against a multi­national for asbestos-related deaths please register for free or log in to your account.