Italian Pavia Exhibit - Guided Tours October 8th and October 9th!
Official guided tours of the
exhibit Photos of Pavia from the 19th to the 21st
Century:
Wednesday,
October 8, 4pm (in English)
Thursday,
October 9, 5:15pm (in Italian)
Dr. Luca Cottini (Villanova
University) will lead students and visitors through the exhibit, highlighting
the relationship between Pavia’s history and its monuments, and presenting the
great intellectual figures of its prestigious university (Foscolo, Volta,
Golgi). The tour will uncover the city’s most picturesque perspectives through
the eyes of six Italian photographers from the 19th to the 21st
century (Cantalupi, Chiolini, Manidi, Nazzari, Sacchi, and Valli), as well as
the attractions of its historic surroundings. In addition, the tour will
examine the Augustinian heritage of Pavia, by focusing on the story of how
Saint Augustine’s body arrived in the church of San Pietro in Ciel d’Oro.
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