The Vittoriale acquires the original documents of the Maritime Pact

Thus the president Giordano Bruno Guerri: «The documents acquired by the Vittoriale give us a fundamental legacy: the idea of ​​a job that is not just hard work but the elevation of man. Although the Marino Pact never fully came into force, it remains – together with the Carnaro Charter – the political testament of a poet who tried to merge ancient Italian municipalism with the modern needs of the proletariat”.

The documentation acquired includes 105 autograph sheets of d’Annunzio and 36 envelopes, for a total of 46 letters, including three autograph minutes of telegrams to Benito Mussolini, two to Costanzo Ciano and a letter to Domenico Giulietti.

Giulietti’s materials relating to the genesis of the Pact are also preserved: a handwritten diary, a notebook and the autograph copy of the Pact kept in a splendid decorated paper folder from the Bottega d’Arte, accompanied by a letter addressed to Giulietti himself.

On Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th March at the Vittoriale degli Italiani in Gardone Riviera (Brescia) the acquisition of the “Patto Marino” will be presented as part of the “Fatigue without fatigue” festival. The symbolic heart of the event will be the reopening of the Mausoleum, restored and enhanced by new lighting created in collaboration with A2A, together with the completely renovated Auditorium: spaces that become alive and fully usable again. These interventions are part of the broader strategy, imagined by President Guerri, who looks at the Vittoriale as a living, open and accessible organism, capable of combining protection, innovation and high cultural planning, giving the public a vision that is both ancient and new of D’Annunzio’s legacy.

During the festive days, the anthology of D’Annunzio’s poems will also be presented, edited by Guerri and published by Crocetti editore, new works of art will be inaugurated in the park and the exhibitions of the spring season of the Vittoriale: an exhibition dedicated to Ugo Mulas, created in collaboration with the Mulas Foundation and the solo exhibitions of Lorenzo Capellini, Emanuele Gregolin and Umberto Mariani, organized by Lorenzo Zichichi of Cigno Arte and curated by Giordano Bruno Warriors.

Entrance to the Vittoriale park will be free for the two days of the celebration. On Saturday 14th the Vittoriale will remain open until 10.00 pm (last entry at 9.00 pm). (by Paolo Martini)