The Istituto Italiano di Cultura in collaboration with the Floriana local council, the Comune di Macerata and the Associazione Archivio Compagnoni Floriani are dedicating Thursday 16 April to the great engineer Pietro Paolo Floriani (1585-1638). This event will take place at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Valletta.

Throughout the day the following papers will be presented:

G. Adami: Pietro Paolo Floriani fra spalti e scene – Del testo ed agenda dei progetti in corso d’opera e future

Roger Vella Bonavita: Three documents relating to Col. Pietro Paolo Floriani’s proposals for ‘Floriana’ – October 1635

A. Neuwahl: L’evoluzione delle machine rinascimentali analizzata attraverso le ricostruzioni virtuali

S. Spiteri: The influence of Pietro Paolo Floriani on Hospitaller Military Architecture in the 17th century

C. Ebejer: Floriani the making of a baroque monument in the XXI century

The meeting will be chaired by Alessandra Sfrappini. Also present will be Nigel Holland, mayor of Floriana; Giorgio Meschini, mayor of Macerata and Carla Compagnoni Floriani who is closely related to Pietro Paolo Floriani.

This event will be followed by the inauguration of the statue of Pietro Paolo Floriani, the work of the sculptor Chris Ebejer.

For further information please contact the Istituto Italiano di Cultura on 2122 1462; email: [email protected] or web site: www.iicvalletta.esteri.it