5th Festival of the Book of Montereggio
29/31 August
Montereggio is an ancient village in the municipality of Mulazzo whose houses line the main street, climb up on the crest of a hill Alta Lunigiana.
The historic and unique characteristics of this small village, is the unusual activity of the traditional inhabitants, every summer headed to Pontremoli, and from there to the whole northern Italy, to sell the typical product of Montereggio books. After Sebastian from Pontremoli moved its business to Milan, where he learned the art of printing, the fame of booksellers Montereggio spread over hill and valley, arriving in Germany.
Aware of the value of literature, although almost illiterate, from street culture became true entrepreneurs, the stalls quickly turning into libraries and publishers, and producing works of high value, such as English translations of Italian classics published by Meucci and widespread in Spain and Argentina. Today, the descendants of the bold montereggini library, are still the owners of some important Italian libraries and the award stand, a great contribution to the literature, was born in Montereggio.
A scenario of this cultural and historical value, could not have its Book festival . Started today, August 29, featuring, among others, Oliviero Beha patient and his Italian , the fifth Book festival Montereggio of "Land of the Booksellers' continue until Sunday, closing with a flourish the month of August, with its splendid old and rare book market , aperitifs in place, meetings and conversations with authors.
Among the guests will be present Saturday 30 Vanni Bertozzi, who will present African Memories, astrophysicist Margherita Hack , which will bring to visitors a preview of Montereggio What is the universe? , an extraordinary journey through the history and development of universal, and Sunday 31 Dario Manfredi, curator of the magnificent collection of drawings Album Lunigiana Eugene Branchi, and Amos Luzzatto, president of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities, which will meet readers to discuss his new book counts and recounts. Memory of a jew left. For details on
Montereggio and the full program of the Festival of the Book, please visit www.montereggio.it
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