Mese: Ottobre 2008

The Medieval and Postmedieval Archaeology Research Group of the University of the Basque Country organizes an International Conference that will be held from 20 to 21 November, 2008 in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain). This topic is a fundamental one in the European archaeological research due to the great significance that these studies have when developing protection policies of the cultural heritage, as well as its involvements in the creation of social and local identities. The work done in recent years in different European locations has shown that most of the current cities…

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  Highlighting the splendours of the Byzantine Empire, Byzantium 330–1453 comprises around 300 objects including icons, detached wall paintings, micro-mosaics, ivories, enamels plus gold and silver metalwork. Some of the works have never been displayed in public before. The exhibition includes great works from the San Marco Treasury in Venice and rare items from collections across Europe, the USA, Russia, Ukraine and Egypt. The exhibition begins with the foundation of Constantinople in 330 AD by the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great and concludes with the capture of the city by…

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  Da alcuni anni in molte città d’Italia, si assiste ad una crescita di iniziative culturali di studio e di divulgazione, aventi a tema gli avvenimenti dei secoli che separano la fine dell’Impero Romano d’Occidente (476 d.C.) e l’avvento di quello carolingio (800 d.C. ca), periodo che vede l’ingresso in Italia di popoli genericamente definiti “barbari” come i Goti, e i Longobardi; segno di un rinnovato interesse e di una rilettura puntuale e più attenta di un periodo storico, tradizionalmente e pregiudizialmente liquidato nel passato, come una “cupa parentesi di…

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