From 19 to 25 October 2026 the Giornate della Cultura (Culture Days) return to Poli, with a week of events between Palazzo Conti and the historic centre. It opens on Monday 19 at 5:30 PM in the Council Hall with a talk on the ties between Saint Francis and the Conti family, with Professor Massimo Moretti of Sapienza University and Professor Alessandro Zuccari of the Accademia dei Lincei. On Thursday 22 Urbano Barberini presents his book “La bellezza nel destino” (Sperling & Kupfer), about the Barberini family, and on Friday 23 Alessandro Ferranti presents his crime novel “Piccoli indizi di morte”.
On Saturday 24 at 6 PM, Piazza Conti hosts the concert “Echoes of Fortune – Carmina Burana Jazz”. On Sunday 25, from 11 AM to 7 PM, the entrance hall of Palazzo Conti hosts a group exhibition with works by Stefano Azzena, Gianmarco Brugnoli, Antonella Mondella, Michela Sambenedetto and Ciro Vespoli, with a tribute to the local painter Marcello Conti. The festival closes on Sunday at 6 PM with the “Concert for Peace” by Luca Angeletti and Paolo Proietti, organised with the association I Colori di Matteo APS and followed by a tasting of local products.
Throughout the week visitors can also follow “Diari – Maria Graham”, a headphone sound walk through the historic centre created with secondary school students and curated by Polysonica.
Source: Vidya It, NumeroZero