The first two rooms of the Museum of the Italian Language open in Florence

On Wednesday, July 6, a first section of the MUNDI Museum of the Italian Language will be inaugurated in Florence at theformer monastery of the Santissima Concezione, inside the Santa Maria Novella complex, in the presence of Culture Minister Dario Franceschini and Mayor Dario Nardella. It will then start with the inauguration of two rooms that intend to lead visitors to discover the origin and evolution of Italian, starting with some inscriptions from the National Roman Museum, the Archaeological Park of Pompeii and the Museum of Civilizations, moving from the first vernacular testimonies, such as the Placito capuano, to Dante ’s work that fixes the language of “yes” to Pellegrino Artusi’s culinary manual.

The display, which will come to cover more than 2,000 square meters of exhibition space, aims to explain the relationship of today’s Italian with dialects and linguistic minorities and the spread of Dante’s language around the world, conveyed by emigration and an imagery of sympathy that the language aggregates.

Funded by the Ministry of Culture, the project, unveiled in December 2020 as the largest cultural complex in Europe, is sponsored by the Accademia della Crusca, the Accademia dei Lincei, the Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana Treccani, the ASLI (Association for the History of the Italian Language) and the Dante Alighieri Society.

The project constitutes a fundamental junction within a path started long ago: in 2003 the great exhibition Dove il sì suona was organized by the Dante Alighieri Society, inaugurated at the Uffizi by the President of the Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and still replicated today in several countries around the world. MUNDI wants to emphasize the relationship with Latin, but at the same time refers to Italian as the language of the world, recalling how the Italian linguistic heritage is considered a cultural asset of international interest.

The Scientific Committee is coordinated by Luca Serianni and composed of Giuseppe Antonelli, Francesco Bruni, Michele Cortelazzo, Paolo D’Achille, Nicoletta Maraschio, Marco Mancini and Lucilla Pizzoli.

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The first two rooms of the Museum of the Italian Language open in Florence

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