ITALIAN CENTER OF THE WEST

The Sister City relationship, Torino & Salt Lake City &
Utah's Former Vice Consul of Italy
Dr. Giovanni G. Maschero
Present the Free Lecture Series
Instructor: Alessandro Galvani

Monday, Oct 24, 2011
Time 6:30pm

Cost:  Free / Gratis!

451 STATE St. - Room 335
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Please Use The EAST entrance

Florence is one of the great cities of Italy full of a lot of culture and tradition.  This looks like it’ll be a fascinating slideshow:

Florence, its art, culture, tradition

Florence originated as a Roman city, and later, after a period as a flourishing trading and banking medieval commune it was politically, economically, and culturally one of the most important cities in Europe and the world from the 14th century to the 16th century.

A little lesson on the Italian language

The language spoken in the city there during the 14th century was, and still is, accepted as a pan-Italian language. Almost all the writers and poets in the Italian literature of the golden age are somewhat connected with Florence, leading ultimately to the adoption of the Florentine dialect above all the local dialects, as a literary language of choice.

Florentine Money

Starting from the late Middle Ages, Florentine money – in the form of the gold florin – financed the development of industry all over Europe, from Britain to Bruges, to Lyon and Hungary. Florentine bankers financed the English kings during the Hundred years War, as well as the papacy, including the construction of their provisional capital of Avignon and, after their return to Rome, the reconstruction and Renaissance embellishment of the latter.

Instructor Galvani an Italian Historic tour guide of private clients groups
University of Utah, Università di Bologna,  Provincia di Milano – Direzione Centrale Affari Sociali,
Regione Lombardia Direzione Generale Istruzione,  Fondo Sociale Europeo