(July 28 2016) Aquileia was founded by the Romans in the year 181 B.C. Due to its strategic position and its port, Aquileia soon became an important centre of cultural and commercial exchange between North Europe and the Mediterranean Sea and grew to become the ninth city in size and importance of the Roman Empire. The “Aquileia Crossroad of the Roman Empire” exhibition was created in 2009 and since then has travelled around Europe explaining the history and the role of Aquileia in the Roman Empire. Now the exhibition stops at the Institute of Italian Culture in Dublin, from August 23 to September 23. It’s an event promoted by Mitteleuropa Cultural Association in partnership with Fogolâr Furlan d’Irlanda and Italian Institute of Culture and in collaboration with Ente Friuli nel Mondo, Province of Udine, Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia and Turismo Friuli Venezia Giulia. The opening night (August 23 from 9 PM) will be attended by Paolo Petiziol, president of Mitteleuropa, a non-profit organization set up in 1974 in Friuli with the purpose of promoting a social, cultural and economic dialogue among different European ethnic groups and cultures. (Red)
