In 1918, the Idrija mine came under Italian control, marking the end of Austro-Hungarian rule. By the late 1920s, the Slovenian language had been removed from schools, and education was provided exclusively in Italian. In this historical context, Pier Paolo Pasolini’s family moved to Idrija in October 1930. His father, Carlo, was an officer in […]

Just outside the town of Cordovado, you can admire the Venchiaredo fountain, celebrated by Ippolito Nievo in his masterpiece novel Le confessioni d’un italiano. Pasolini also visited this place and dedicated the poem Limpida fontana di Vinchiaredo to it, dated August 24, 1945, in addition to mentioning it in some letters to his friends in […]

Valvasone is the small village where Pier Paolo Pasolini taught Italian and Latin at the Middle School (the building today houses the Primary School) from October 1947 to November 1949. The testimonies of his students describe a much-loved Pasolini, possessing a great ability to engage and didactic creativity. The village is characterized by the castle […]

San Vito al Tagliamento is linked to Pasolini’s memory starting from the current seat of the Town Hall, formerly the residence of the noble Rota family, in the main square of the town, where the main facades of the buildings still preserve traces of ancient frescoes. The square was the focal point of the peasant […]

In Sacile, Pasolini attended elementary school during the 1929-1931 period (interrupted by his move to Idrija), where he also took the entrance exam for the gymnasium. After failing Italian, he passed the retake exam in October. The small town, crossed by the Livenza River, is called the “Garden of the Serenissima” for its Venetian-style atmosphere, […]