ITALIAN CENTER OF THE WEST The Sister City & County relationship, Torino, ItalyUtah's Former Consul of Italy Salt Lake CityDr. Giovanni G. MascheroPresent the Free Lecture SeriesInstructorDr. Alessandro A. Galvani(Doctor in Education) Social historian, instructor at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (U of U), cultural concierge,alumnus of the University of Bologna, at the ELI University of Utah, at Provincia di Milano (Direzione Centrale Affari Sociali), at Regione Lombardia (Direzione Generale Istruzione), at the European Social Fund. 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. 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. 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. Monday, March 18, 2013Time 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm451 STATE St. - Room 335Salt Lake City, UT 84111Please Use The EAST entranceCome experience Mediterranean, through a slideshow and presentation.Public is welcome, no admission fee.Refreshments RSVP Thank you, ph 801-364-8259 Please Like us on FaceBook http://www.facebook.com/SaltLakeCityTorinoSisterCities?ref=ts&fref=ts The Italian Center is grateful for partial funds by the ZAP tax program Salt Lake County"Italian Culture year 2013" http://www.italymag.co.uk/italy/arts-and-culture/2013-be-year-italian-cultur... year-long journey: the year of Italian Culture in the United States. America discovers Italy.Italy has declared 2013 the “Year of Italian Culture” in the United States and aims to present the best of Italian culture and enterprise in order to engage and enthuse Americans, and strengthen existing bonds and createnew ones. The journey seeks to encourage encounters at all levels of Italian society,economy and institutions.Italy’s brilliance and excellence are anchored in the present and driven by an unparalleledpast. Its innovation is clearly in forward motion, as Italy engages in projects that lookto the future.Italian culture and identity will be presented and decoded through the kaleidoscope ofgeniality that has forged Italian life and lifestyle: art, music, theatre, cinema, literature,architecture and archaelogy, science, design, fashion; politics, law and economics, and, of course, cuisine.