The centrepiece is the story of a major cultural event: the presentation at the Campidoglio of the book on the d'Este collections which were dispersed in Rome after the Devolution, another sign of the desire on the part of the Cassa di Risparmio and the Foundation to trace the outlines of the d'Este contribution to civilisation and to acquire items from that dispersed artistic heritage, a feather in the cap of the cultural policy operated by the two institutions.
Alongside this we have the recollections of a great musician who has recently passed away, Claudio Varese, of the conductor and composer Luciano Chailly and of Azzalli, the legendary proprietor and operator of the Apollo, the cinema where generations of Ferraresi learnt the secrets of the screen. The Biblioteca Ariostea seen through the eyes of the great journalist and writer Tumiati, the description of the extremely interesting Shakespeare exhibition at the Palazzo dei Diamanti and, above all, the poetry of Roberto Pazzi, the most illustrious Ferrarese writer of today, make for a fitting conclusion to an issue that bears witness to the city's past and present fervour for all things civilised to match that of the great cultural capitals, but also to its willingness to display an economic and entrepreneurial tradition of some stature, exemplified today by the enlightened approach taken by the Cassa di Risparmio and the Foundation.