Antonio De Ferrariis' commemorative plaque

On 500^th anniversary of Antonio De Ferrariis's death, last March the community wanted to honour him by dedicating a memorial plaque on the external wall of Municipality (Via Convento,Galatone) and inaugurating "The Galateano Year". The plaque is very interesting because of its content.

In the first part of the commemorative plaque there is an extract of Antonio De Ferrariis' work, "De situ Iapygiae", where the author describes his homeland. Instead, in the second part, the Italian inscription reads as follows:

"LA CITTA' DI GALATONE / COMMEMORA / IL V CENTENARIO DELLA MORTE / DI ANTONIO DE FERRARIIS GALATEO / INSIGNE UMANISTA / CHE DIEDE LUSTRO ALL'ITALIA / — / NEL CINQUECENTENARIO DELLA MORTE, GALATONE 2017".

(The city of Galatone / commemorates / the fifht centenary of Antonio De Ferrariis Galateo's death / famous humanist / that put a sheen on Italy / — / in the 500 ^th anniversary of the death, Galatone 2017.)

• Photos and main text by Caterina Di Pietro @, Laura Vetrugno @ (January 2018)

• Locate the item on this [Google Maps]

---

+ Show module Comments

---