1. Sources and archives
A first thanks goes, dutifully, to the Filippo Turati Foundation for Historical Studies in Florence, which holds in its extensive archives the Matteotti Papers donated to the Institute by the family and has made available a substantial number of images and documents. Special mention goes to the Polesine institutions, starting with the House Museum of Fratta Polesine, not forgetting the Accademia dei Concordi of Rovigo, the Minelliana Cultural Association and the Municipality of Fratta Polesine.
We report with pleasure the valuable support offered by the Alma Mater – University of Bologna, which has made available extensive documentation of Giacomo Matteotti’s university years.
Among the foundations that have opened their archives and made available interesting and rare matteottiani documents a particularly grateful mention goes to the Pietro Nenni Foundation, the Giuseppe Emanuele and Vera Modigliani Foundation – ESSMOI, the Eredi Titta Ruffo Bernardini and the Origoni Steiner Archives.
The cooperation of the archives of public preservation facilities, particularly the State Archives and the Central State Archives, proved particularly valuable, thanks in part to the effective coordination carried out by the General Directorate of Archives of the MiC. It should be noted, in this regard, that the State Archives of Chieti and Rome hold the papers of the Matteotti trials, while the State Archives of Rovigo has particularly important documentation related to the Matteotti family and its relations with Polesine. As for the Central State Archives, documents related to the investigations conducted into the Matteotti murder proved to be of particular interest, in addition to data on the numerous personnel files held in the political records and other funds.
Matteottian documents of wide interest are also held at the Senate Historical Archives, which also holds the records of the De Bono trial, which we thank along with the Historical Archives of the Chamber of Deputies for their valuable support.
Among the many other institutions that have contributed to enriching the museum’s halls, we recall and thank: the Circolo Rosselli Foundation of Florence, the Piero Gobetti Study Center of Turin, the Anna Kuliscioff Foundation of Milan, the Bruno Buozzi Foundation of Rome, the AAMOD – Audiovisual Archive of the Workers’ and Democratic Movement of Rome, the Gino Bianco Library of the Alfred Lewin Foundation of Forlì, and the Giuseppe Di Vagno Foundation of Conversano.
The exhibition section dedicated to “Young People and Giacomo” hosts a selection – destined to be enriched over time and to welcome new contributions from young people – of entries by secondary school students who have participated in the Matteotti National Competition for Schools over the years. To all the students and their teachers goes our feeling of appreciation and gratitude, which extends to the Direzione Generale per lo Studente, l’inclusione, l’orientamento e il contrasto alla dispersione scolastica of the Ministry of Education and Merit, which has been promoting the Competition together with the Matteotti and Turati Foundations for years.
Additional mention goes to the National Committee for the Celebration of the Centenary of the Death of Giacomo Matteotti and the National Edition of the Matteotti Trials. Established by decree for the centennial celebrations, the two institutions-established at the instance of the Matteotti Foundation – have actively worked on the occasion by promoting numerous and qualified cultural initiatives of which there is ample evidence in the Virtual Museum. Both entities have been recognized by the Direzione Generale ERIC of the Ministry of Culture, to whom our grateful appreciation goes.
Finally, it should be noted that the Matteotti Virtual Museum implements a project co-funded by the Struttura di Miissione per gli anniversari nazionali and is supported by the Prime Minister’s Office, as provided for in Law no. 92/2023 (Celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the death of Giacomo Matteotti).
Truly many people have thus collaborated on the MVM project, and to all of them goes our gratitude and that of the Museum’s visitors. For each cultural institution you will find below the logo, accompanied by a brief descriptive nod and a link referring to the relevant website.
The Filippo Turati Historical Studies Foundation, established on May 20, 1985, aims to promote and organize research, study, documentation and dissemination activities of social interest in the field of history studies with reference to politics, art, humanities and science. It keeps in its Archives the “Giacomo Matteotti Fund” which contains almost all the documents, donated by the family, related to the figure and work of Giacomo Matteotti, as well as extensive documentation on the institutional, political and civil history of the twentieth century.
Fondazione di Studi Storici Filippo Turati
Via Michelangelo Buonarroti, 13 – 50121 Florence (FI) – Italy
+39 055 243123
segreteria@fondazionestudistoriciturati.it, biblioteca@fondazionestudistoriciturati.it
The Giacomo Matteotti House Museum was established in 2004 (Law 255/2004) as a place of remembrance that maintains intact the original traces of the daily life of a leading figure in the history of the 20th century and his family. On the occasion of the centenary of Giacomo Matteotti’s assassination in 2024, the House Museum presents a new exhibit [ gallery] offering a renewed experience, combining historical tradition and modernity.
Casa Museo Giacomo Matteotti
Via Ruga, 3 – 45025 Fratta Polesine (RO) – Italy
+39 366 324 0619
Since its establishment in 1580 – at the initiative of Count Gaspare Campo – the Accademia dei Concordi has been a constant point of reference for the territory of the province of Rovigo, and beyond, with its countless activities promoting culture and the arts. For over 400 years, it has played an essential social role for the local community and for all scholars and literati who draw a source of research and inspiration from its historical and cultural heritage. Today, the Academy provides the public with a Library filled with more than 300,000 documents and a Picture Gallery with more than 400 works.
Accademia dei Concordi
Piazza V. Emanuele II, 14 – 45100 Rovigo (RO) – Italy
+39 0425 27991
The birth of “Minelliana,” as a cultural publishing association, dates back to 1966, the first Centenary of the annexation of Veneto to the Kingdom of Italy. The purpose of the Association is to disseminate knowledge of the art, history, traditions, cultural and environmental heritage of Polesine, considered in the context of Veneto and the Po Valley.
Associazione Culturale Minelliana
Piazzale San Bartolomeo, 18 – 45100 Rovigo (RO) – Italy
+39 348 5121572 – 366 6718312
The Municipality of Fratta Polesine participates in the management of the Casa Museo Giacomo Matteotti and carries out an intense activity in support in the matteottian memory, of which it preserves ample traces in its archives.
Comune di Fratta Polesine
Via G. Tasso, 37 – 45025 Fratta Polesine (RO) – Italy
+39 0425 668030
The Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna has been active since the 11th century and is considered by multiple sources to be the oldest university in the world still in operation. At its Faculty of Law Giacomo Matteotti attended courses starting in the 1903704 academic year and graduated there on November 7 in 1907. Recently, the University Museum System, together with the European Museum of Students- MEUS dedicated a mocumentary exhibition to Giacomo Matteotti’s Bologna period and his law studies, entitled “”Of chosen intelligence and good soul. Matteotti student at the University of Bologna.”
Archivio Storico dell’Università di Bologna
Via Zamboni, 33 – 40126 Bologna (BO) – Italy
+39 051 2088314 – 051 2098615
The Pietro Nenni Foundation is a cultural and research institute in the field of contemporary history and political sociology, which was established in 1985 and recognized by Presidential Decree No. 1001. The Institute was created at the initiative of Giuseppe Tamburrano, who led the Foundation until 2015, and the Nenni family. Alongside its research activity is an intense cultural activity: exhibitions, training courses, conferences, and publications. Its library and archives hold numerous publications and documents related to Matteotti’s memory.
Fondazione Pietro Nenni
Via A. Caroncini, 19 – 00198 Roma (RM) – Italy
+39 06 8077486
The idea of establishing an institution to foster historical studies on socialism and the labor movement (ESSMOI) came from Vera Funaro Modigliani, soon after her husband’s death in Rome in 1947. The many cultural, publishing and bibliographical and historical research activities of the Modigliani Foundation are taken care of by a group of scientific collaborators from the world of universities and libraries. The institutional headquarters is at Via Arco del Monte 99 in Rome, in the building that was the Casa Grande dei Barberini.
Fondazione Giuseppe Emanuele e Vera Modigliani – ESSMOI
Via dell’Arco del Monte, 99/a – 00186 Roma (RM) – Italy
+39 06 92043343
fondazionemodigliani@libero.it fondazionemodigliani@libero.it biblioarchivio@fondazionemodigliani.it
We owe to the Titta Ruffo Bernardini heirs the initiative to dedicate an extensive and well-documented website to the memory of the great Italian bass-baritone and to work for the preservation and promotion of a rich archive that documents, through the great singer’s artistic and human parabola, some of the most significant and troubled pages in the history of the 20th century.
Biblioteca Titta Bernardini
Piazza Garibaldi, 1, with entrance from Via Zara 1 in Campofilone – 63828 Campofilone (FM) – Italy
For info and contact: Marco Ruffo Bernardini, 393 8033783
info@tittaruffo.com
Daughter of Albe Steiner and granddaughter of Giacomo Matteotti, Anna Steiner holds papers, photographs, images, sculptures and paintings in the Origoni Steiner Archives that are closely linked to the memory of Giacomo Matteotti, his wife Velia and his brothers-in-law Fosca Titta and Emerich Steiner and their children and grandchildren.
Origoni Steiner Architetti Associati
Viale Elvezia, 18 – 20154 Milano (MI) – Italy
+39 02 342027
The State Archives of Rome preserves records produced by central magistracies pertaining to the temporal government of the Papal States; archives of magistracies from the Jacobin and Napoleonic periods in the Roman States; archives of religious corporations, confraternities and hospitals; a diplomatic fund consisting of about 17,000 parchments; and numerous private archives. It also preserves, among post-unification documents, the papers of the Matteotti trials and specifically the 1926 (Chieti) and 1947 (Rome) Acts of Court of Assizes and related investigations.
Archivio di Stato di Roma
Corso del Rinascimento, 40 – 00186 Roma (RM) – Italy
+39 06 67235600
The State Archives of Rovigo preserves, protects and enhances a complex of over 7000 linear meters of documentary material. It preserves the historical records produced by the state offices of the province of Rovigo, such as the Prefecture, the Police or the Court, and some archives of public and private bodies: the historical archives of the Municipality of Rovigo from the 19th century to about 1930, the archives of the Consorzi di Bonifica,the archives of the journalist and diplomat Adolfo Rossi. The institute has recently reorganized and inventoried papers and documents related to the life of Giacomo and Velia Matteotti by producing a reasoned guide to the relevant fonds.
Archivio di Stato di Rovigo
Via Giacomo Sichirollo, 9-11 – 45100 Rovigo (RO) – Italy
+39 0425 24051
The Central State Archives is the archival institute entrusted with the preservation of the documentary memory of the unified state. It is an institute of the Ministry of Culture with special autonomy, subject to the control and supervision of the General Directorate for Archives. The Central State Archives preserves historical records produced by the central organs of the State, archives received from public bodies of national importance and archives received from private individuals. Currently, the preserved documentation has a consistency of about 160 linear kilometers. At it are documents of particular interest related to the life of Giacomo Matteotti and the investigations following his murder, as well as reproductions of fascist archives made by the Joint Allied Intelligence Agency – JAIA.
Archivio Centrale dello Stato
P.le degli Archivi, 27 – 00144 Roma (RM) – Italy
+39 06 545481
The Rosselli Brothers Circle Foundation was established in Florence in 1990, with legal recognition by the Presidency of the Republic, and is a non-profit organization. In 2020, it also celebrates the centenary of the Circolo di Cultura, because it “aims, primarily, to promote, support and facilitate the activities and all the initiatives of the Circolo di Cultura, already operating in 1920-24 and subsequently refounded in 1944.” In 1920, in fact, a number of young people, including brothers Carlo and Nello Rosselli, Piero Calamandrei, Ernesto Rossi, Alfredo and Nello Niccoli, under the magisterium of Gaetano Salvemini, founded the Circolo di Cultura in Florence, which has been helping to keep the Matteottian memory alive ever since as well.
Fondazione Circolo Fratelli Rosselli
Via degli Alfani, 101 rosso – 50121 Firenze (FI) – Italy
+39 055 2658192
The Piero Gobetti Study Center is a cultural institute dedicated to the study of the history and political thought of the 20th century, open to citizens, youth movements and scholars, based at the Piero and Ada Gobetti House. With its multiple activities, the Center aims to respond to a twofold cultural demand: to contribute to the collective growth of critical awareness of our time; on the other hand, to preserve the documentary heritage of democratic thought.
Centro Studi Piero Gobetti
Via Antonio Fabro, 6 – 10122 Torino (TO) – Italy
+39 011 531429
The Anna Kuliscioff Foundation, born from the commitment of its founder Giulio Polotti, who donated his entire research and study heritage to it, was established in 1992 and has been a member of the Third Sector since 2022. Over time it has been enriched by important archives belonging to political, trade union and cultural figures. It keeps in its archives and library a wide documentation of socialism and the Italian labor movement of the 20th century, as well as publications, photographs and posters recalling the political activity of Giacomo Matteotti, to whose figure the institute dedicated an exhibition in Milan on the occasion of its centenary.
Fondazione Anna Kuliscioff
Via Vallazze, 34 – 20131 Milano (MI) – Italy
+39 02 2365186
The Bruno Buozzi Foundation was founded in Rome on January 24, 2003 and became a recognized body in May of the same year. It intends to foster and increase studies on the labor movement by promoting and encouraging initiatives aimed at deepening and spreading historical knowledge of the Italian and international labor movement. It also pursues the implementation and promotion of initiatives useful to the cultural, social, scientific and economic progress of Italy. It has an extensive archive. On the occasion of the Matteottian centenary, it created a photographic exhibition entitled “Giacomo Matteotti a hundred years after his assassination. Political-moral closeness with Bruno Buozzi”.
Fondazione Bruno Buozzi
Via Sistina, 57 – 00187 Roma (RM) – Italy
+39 06 6798 547
The Audiovisual Archive Foundation of the Workers’ and Democratic Movement ETS, established in the late 1970s, carries out its activities in the field of audiovisual (cinema, TV, multimedia, film and photographic archives), to foster the construction of a culture of memory and image of the history of the workers’ movement. The Foundation’s first president was Cesare Zavattini. The Foundation has always been committed to the research, collection, production, preservation and dissemination of visual and sound documents and, in general, any other evidence of the memory and reality of the world of labor and democratic institutions, in Italy and around the world.
AAMOD – Archivio audiovisivo del movimento operaio e democratico
Via Ostiense, 106 – 00154 Roma (RM) – Italy
+39 06 5730 5447
The Alfred Lewin is a foundation whose main activity is the Gino Bianco Library, with its extensive digital newspaper and periodical library, which was also created thanks to the collaboration and contribution of the Emilia-Romagna Region. It houses on its premises the editorial staff of the magazine “Una città,” whose editors were among its founders, and with which it collaborates on issues of memory, human rights and good citizenship practices.
Biblioteca Gino Bianco – Fondazione Alfred Lewin
Via Duca Valentino, 11 – 47121 Forlì (FO) – Italy
+39 0543 21422
The Foundation bears the name of Giuseppe Di Vagno first socialist deputy to Parliament who was a victim of fascist violence in 1921. The Foundation draws its origin and ideal inspiration from the Socialist Cultural Institute “Giuseppe Di Vagno” established in late 1943 by historian Antonio Lucarelli.
Pursues the goal of recovering democratic and anti-fascist Memory through its Historical Archives, Library and its cultural activities aimed especially at students and the younger generation. It organizes exhibitions, promotes historical research and study conferences.
Fondazione Giuseppe Di Vagno
Via San Benedetto, 18 – 70014 Conversano (BA) – Italy
+39 080 495 9372
The Directorate General for Students, Inclusion, Guidance and Countering Early School Leaving of the Ministry of Education and Merit is incardinated in the Department for the Educational System of Education and Training. Its Office III – Area of bio-psycho-social well-being, transversal education and legality – implements initiatives aimed at promoting the culture of legality and education for peace, human rights and active citizenship in and out of school. For more than ten years, in close collaboration with the Giacomo Matteotti Foundation and the Filippo Turati Foundation for Historical Studies, it has been organizing the National Competition “Matteotti for Schools”.
Ministero dell’Istruzione e del Merito – Direzione Generale per lo Studente, l’inclusione, l’orientamento e il contrasto alla dispersione scolastica
Viale Trastevere, 76 – 00153 Roma (RM) – Italy
+39 06 5849 4500
The National Committee for the Celebration of the Centenary of the Death of Giacomo Matteotti (“Matteotti100. Memory of Freedom”) was established at the instance of the Giacomo Matteotti Foundation by DM 20/04/2022, no. 172. By carrying out a wide-ranging program of qualified cultural initiatives, the Committee aimed to worthily commemorate the political and human story of Giacomo Matteotti, along with his extreme testimony of freedom and high lesson of democracy.
The Scientific Commission for the National Edition of the Matteotti Trials (“The Trials of the Liberal, Fascist and Republican State”, also established at the proposal of the Matteotti Foundation, was recognized by DM 08/04/2022, n. 140. Its goal is to create an integrated portal for the online publication and consultation of Matteotti trial records held in public and private archives in Italy and abroad.
Both bodies, the National Committee and the National Edition, are recognized and supervised by the Ministry of Culture through the General Directorate of Education, Research and Cultural Institutes.
Comitato Nazionale per la celebrazione del centenario della morte di Giacomo Matteotti, Edizione Nazionale dei Processi Matteotti
Via dell’Arco del Monte, 99/a – 00186 Roma (RM) – Italy
+39 06 37892588
Ministero della Cultura – Direzione Generale ERIC
Via Milano, 76 – 00184 Roma (RM) – Italy
The initiative “MVM Matteotti Virtual Museum – Networked multimedia program for memory and civic education” is supported by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers – National anniversaries and national and international sporting events mission structure.
CREDITS AND THANKS
The creation of the Matteotti Virtual Museum was made possible thanks to:
Special thanks go to
Elena Matteotti
Laura Matteotti
Elena Cotugno Comaneci, interpreter of the film Matteotti and us
Gloria Vancini
Paolo Edoardo “Pardo” Fornaciari with Livorno’s Garibaldi d’Assalto Choir
© Giacomo Matteotti Foundation – ETS
Via dell’Arco del Monte n.99/a -00186 Rome
06 37892588 info@fondazionemattettiroma.org
The Giacomo Matteotti Foundation is willing to grant third parties any rights that may be due for what is reproduced in the Matteotti Virtual Museum.
2. Credits
CREDITS AND THANKS
The creation of the Matteotti Virtual Museum was made possible thanks to:
Alberto Aghemo and Anna Villari, museum design and exhibition direction
Stefano Caretti, historical consulting
Alberto Aghemo, texts and iconographic research
Antonio Palma, original graphic works
Mirco Carrattieri, mapping matteottian places
Dario Vero, original music
Concept and graphic design L.&C. Ltd., Luca Di Cecca, Umberto Salerni
Website development: regesta.exe
Patrizia Arizza, general organization and administration
Thanks to Biancoenero Editions for the highly readable font
Special thanks go to
Elena Matteotti, Laura Matteotti, Elena Cotugno Comaneci, interpreter of the film Matteotti and Us, Gloria Vancini, Paolo Edoardo “Pardo” Fornaciari with Livorno’s Garibaldi d’Assalto Choir.
© Giacomo Matteotti Foundation – ETS Via dell’Arco del Monte n. 99/a – 00186 Rome – 06 37892588 info@fondazionemattettiroma.org
The Giacomo Matteotti Foundation is willing to grant third parties any rights that may be due for what is reproduced in the Matteotti Virtual Museum.