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Alberto Voccia
07 May 2024 09:17
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XIV Edition of the Certamen Plinianum in Castellammare di Stabia: a Cultural Success
The 14th edition of the Certamen Plinianum ended with the award ceremony of the winners in the Conference Room of the Banca Stabiese. Five students were winners. The event was organized by the Certamen Plinianum Association, a delegation of the Italian Association of Classical Culture of Castellammare di Stabia, which is committed to promoting knowledge of the figure and work of Pliny the Elder, an author linked to the cultural history of the city of Stabia . The event was sponsored by the Municipality of Castellammare di Stabia.
The competition was reserved for students in the last and penultimate classes of high schools, including classical, scientific and human sciences high schools. It was also open to equivalent foreign institutions. The Liceo Classico Plinio Seniore and the Liceo Scientifico F. Severi collaborated in the creation of the competition.
The examining commission assigned a passage from Pliny the Elder’s Naturalis Historia, on which the competitors wrote two translations: a “contrastive” one and a classical textual one. The Jury, made up of university professors and high school teachers, was chaired by Prof. Renzo Tosi, National President of the Italian Association of Classical Culture, assisted by Prof. Natascia Pellè, Prof. Pasqualina Vozza and Prof. Matteo Taufer .
There were 29 children who participated in the competition, coming from Foggia, Lucera, Salerno, Acerra, Sarno, Portici, Scafati, Gragnano and from the two high schools of Castellammare di Stabia, the Classical “Plinio Seniore:” and the Scientific “Francesco Severi “.
The five prizes of the prestigious competition were awarded to the following students: the Città di Castellammare di Stabia prize worth 500 euros went to Gianluca Rafael Caiazza from class V of section B of the State Classical High School “Francesco De Sanctis of Salerno. The prize offered by the “Plinia Certamennum” Association worth 400 euros went to Ludovica D’Aniello from class V of section B of the F. Severi Scientific High School in Castellammare di Stabia. The Rotary Club of Castellammare di Stabia prize worth 370 euros went to Voccia Maddalena from class 5 section B of the “Caccioppoli” scientific high school in Scafati.
The Inner Wheel Club prize of Castellammare di Stabia worth 300 euros went to Karol Vallone from class IV section A of the Tito Lucrezio Caro high school in Sarno.
The Circolo Nautico Stabia prize worth 250 euros went to Lorenzo Cerrato from class V section B of the Tito Lucrezio Caro high school in Sarno. As usual, the competition was accompanied by interesting conferences and visits to archaeological sites in the Stabia area.
Prof. Maria Carmen Matarazzo, president of the “Certamen Plinianum” Association, hopes that the association will maintain its cultural and specific role within similar existing initiatives.
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