27 January 2026 – 6.30 p.m.
Italian Cultural Institute of London
39 Belgrave Square – London SW1X 8NX
Byron in Ravenna
Love, Landscapes, Poetry and History in the City of Mosaics
A conversation with Gregory Dowling and Diego Saglia, scholars and academics, as well as Vice Presidents of the Italian Byron Society. They will recount the poet’s time in the city of Ravenna, exploring artistic and literary influences during years of intense historical, political, and cultural ferment that so deeply inspired his works and life. The event is organised one year after the opening of Musei di Palazzo Guiccioli, which house the Byron Museum and the Risorgimento Museum, and coincides with the anniversary of the poet’s birth. The conversation will take the audience on a journey through objects that bear witness to Lord Byron’s love story with Countess Teresa Guiccioli, alongside the literary testimonies preserved at the Byron Museum, which in its first year of activity also recorded the extraordinary visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla.
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Biographies
Gregory Dowling
Diego Saglia