WDEC 2014 in Certosa, Bologna Monumental Cemetery

Get ready to visit Bologna.

For
this year
s Week for Discovering European Cemeteries
organised by the Museo civico del Risorgimento of Bologna inside the Certosa, there will be guided visits by
day
, evening events and the inauguration of the photographic
exhibition
of Mauro
Squiz
Daviddi, dedicated to sculptor Cincinnato 

Baruzzi.















The
events planned include the following:

Wednesday
28th May, 8.30 pm
guided visit for the evening
The
fathers of Bolognese archaeology and the Certosa
This
itinerary is dedicated to the founding fathers of Bolognese
archaeology: Giovanni Gozzadini and his wife and collaborator, Maria
Teresa Serego Alighieri, Antonio Zannoni and Edoardo Brizio. Visitors
will be taken on a fascinating voyage of discovery of their
activities, lives and enthusiasms through which to recover one
s
memory of one
s
own ancestors.
Organised
by Didasco. Meeting point at 8.30 pm at the entrance to the Certosa
(church courtyard), via della Certosa 18. Booking required by calling
+39 348.1431230 (afternoon – evening)




Saturday 31st May,
11 am – inauguration
of the exhibition of
works by Bolognese photographer Mauro Squiz Daviddi who for the
photographic campaign undertaken for the publication of the volume
dedicated to Cincinnato Baruzzi (1796 – 1878) interpreted details,
views and atmospheres of œuvre of the most Bolognese sculptor of the
mid-19th century with his own sensitivity. On top of the photographs
and a video projection by Squiz Daviddi, the
exhibition will present
some historic documents concerning Baruzzi.


Museo civico del Risorgimento
Piazza
Carducci 5, Bologna
Info +39 051.225583
museorisorgimento@comune.bologna.it









Saturday 1st June, 9 pm – event
Tenebrae factae sunt
A visit and a voyage through late-Renaissance Spanish music. The Accademia dei Galanti quartet will be offering a musical journey from De Victoria to Guerrero and some South American music in the enchanting space of the Certosa.
Organised by the Associazione Vox Vitae.
Tickets €10, of which €2 will be donated for the restoration of the Certosa. Prior booking required by calling 345.2699200 (afternoon – evening)

The
whole programme may be consulted on the website of the Museo civico
del Risorgimento

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