Diocese of Udine to host conference on Gian Domenico Bertoli

The Diocese of Udine will host a conference on Friday, November 6, to mark the 350th anniversary of the birth of Gian Domenico Bertoli. The event, titled "The Rediscovery of Aquileia: Gian Domenico Bertoli and Antiquarian Culture in the Eighteenth Century," will take place in the Hall Scrosoppi at the Udine Seminary.

Monsignor Sandro Piussi, director of the diocesan office for cultural heritage, will open the proceedings with a presentation on Roman and Christian Aquileia. Massimo Lavarone will discuss Bertoli's role in the development of archaeological research in Aquileia, while Paolo Pastres will address antiquarian culture in Friuli during the first half of the 1700s. Roberto Feruglio and Alberto Vidon will present on Bertoli's place within the 18th-century intellectual community. Admission to the conference is free.