APRIL 12 - 2:00 PM
The Philippine Italian Association is proud to co-present this webinar on Antonio Pigafetta and Philippine History and Heritage.
A. Pigafetta has the merit to have recorded in his chronicles a major event of the History of the Philippines, the first encounter between Filipinos and Europeans. His work "Report on the First Voyage around the World" includes the earliest documents available on the language and culture of the islands of Samar and Cebu.
His literary work represents a bridge that brought knowledge of the Philippines to Europe and, 500 years later, is still a reference for those who study the pre-hispanic Philippines.
In the late 70s, the Philippine Italian Association, wanted to erect a monument symbolizing the friendship between Italy and the Philippines and chose Antonio Pigafetta, the first "Italian" to come to the Philippines, as subject.
On the 41st anniversary of the inauguration and donation of the Pigafetta Statue to the City of Cebu, this free webinar will offer the opportunity to reconnect with this beautiful statue by National Artist Abdulmari A. Imao, recently restored by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines, and to re-discover the historical value of Antonio Pigafetta.
KEY SPEAKERS:
JUAN SAJID IMAO, son of the late National Artist Abdulmari Asia Imao and a veteran sculptor himself,
will share interesting stories about his dad, particularly during the period when his dad was working on the larger-than-life monument to Antonio Pigafetta: MY DAD’S STUDIO, MY PLAYGROUND
DANILO MADRID GERONA, PhD., from the Magellan-Elcano Studies Center - Partido State University,
will talk about Antonio Pigafetta’s participation in the Magellan expedition and the controversial questions on his purposes and his real identity as well as the value of his chronicle in the expansion of 16th century European knowledge on Asia and the Philippines, in particular: ANTONIO PIGAFETTA: THE ITALIAN CHRONICLER OF THE MAGELLAN EXPEDITION