“Casa Caprin”: Writers and Politicians of the Kingdom Hosted by Giuseppe Caprin in Trieste
21 April 2026
Lecture by Marina Silvestri
Marina Silvestri will be the speaker at the next event organised by the Società internazionale di divulgazione Manlio Cecovini per gli studi storici sociali ed etici, this time focusing on a domestic and cultural environment that played a significant role in the intellectual life of Trieste between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: the house of Giuseppe Caprin.
The lecture will guide the audience through “Casa Caprin”, the residence on via Erta where the Garibaldian and director of L’Indipendente lived with his wife, the poet Caterina Croatto, in the heart of the San Giacomo working-class district. The house, which also housed the Stabilimento Artistico Tipografico, became a meeting point for a lively community of journalists, writers, playwrights, and politicians from the Kingdom of Italy. Among the most notable guests were Arrigo Boito, Giuseppe Giacosa, Edmondo De Amicis, Giacinto Gallina, and Felice Cavallotti; Matilde Serao, the first Italian woman to found and direct a daily newspaper, also visited.
Through contemporary testimonies, correspondence, and archival documents, Silvestri will reconstruct the personal relationships, intellectual connections, and cultural dynamics that animated this Trieste salon, conveying the atmosphere of a period marked by intense exchange of ideas, creative ferment, and civic engagement.
The lecture, which is free to attend, is part of the series organised by the Manlio Cecovini Association dedicated to promoting the cultural and social history of the region, offering the public new opportunities for insight and discussion.
Marina Silvestri will be the speaker at the next event organised by the Società internazionale di divulgazione Manlio Cecovini per gli studi storici sociali ed etici, this time focusing on a domestic and cultural environment that played a significant role in the intellectual life of Trieste between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: the house of Giuseppe Caprin.
The lecture will guide the audience through “Casa Caprin”, the residence on via Erta where the Garibaldian and director of L’Indipendente lived with his wife, the poet Caterina Croatto, in the heart of the San Giacomo working-class district. The house, which also housed the Stabilimento Artistico Tipografico, became a meeting point for a lively community of journalists, writers, playwrights, and politicians from the Kingdom of Italy. Among the most notable guests were Arrigo Boito, Giuseppe Giacosa, Edmondo De Amicis, Giacinto Gallina, and Felice Cavallotti; Matilde Serao, the first Italian woman to found and direct a daily newspaper, also visited.
Through contemporary testimonies, correspondence, and archival documents, Silvestri will reconstruct the personal relationships, intellectual connections, and cultural dynamics that animated this Trieste salon, conveying the atmosphere of a period marked by intense exchange of ideas, creative ferment, and civic engagement.
The lecture, which is free to attend, is part of the series organised by the Manlio Cecovini Association dedicated to promoting the cultural and social history of the region, offering the public new opportunities for insight and discussion.
