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Sud chiama Sud: Matera and the Mediterranean between past and future

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 Casa Cava, Centro comunale per la Creatività, Matera

Organised by Società Dante Alighieri APS - Comitato di Matera

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The Matera Committee of the Società Dante Alighieri organises on Saturday 7 November 2026 at Casa Cava the international conference “Sud chiama Sud. Matera e il Mediterraneo tra passato e futuro”, a study day on the city's role as an observation point on the Mediterranean. The proceedings open at 10:00 with institutional greetings and continue with the morning session, dedicated to the Mediterranean between past and present and to future prospects. In the afternoon, from 16:30, the session on myth, landscape and symbolic forms of the Mediterranean. The initiative is part of the Matera Capitale Mediterranea della Cultura e del Dialogo 2026 programme and is under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture and the Basilicata Region.

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Time: 10:00 Free admission Morning session from 10:00, afternoon session from 16:30 Speakers include Egidio Ivetic, Rocco Buttiglione, Saba Anglana, Ernesto Galli della Loggia, Pietro Laureano Under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture and the Basilicata Region As part of Matera Capitale Mediterranea della Cultura e del Dialogo 2026