ACTIVITY

Davide Tansini has participated and participates to various activities concerning historical research and divulgation. His working ‘fields’ are the fortified and military architecture and the local history of the Middle and Modern Ages, with particular reference to the ancient State of Milan.

Pizzighettone 1706. Between Spain and Austria [Pizzighettone 1706. Fra Spagna ed Austria].
Documentary exhibition and conference.
2006.
Bill.

Coming soon…

• Material and Colour Open Days 2011
  Pizzighettone (Cremona) – November 18^th-21^st, 2011.
  Object: opening to the public of informal artist Erminio Tansini’s studio and atelier.
  Organization: In arce.
  Part: curator.
  Carrying out: in Pizzighettone (Cremona) from November 18^th, Friday, to 21^st, 2011, Monday, 10:00/12:00 and 14:00/20:00 at artist Erminio Tansini’s studio (3, Via Bastioni – Gera hamlet). Free participation. Booking required.

• Guided tour at Pizzighettone’s town walls
  Pizzighettone (Cremona) – December 8^th, 2011.
  Object: guided tour to the town walls and fortifications of Pizzighettone’s ancient place (East sector). Italian language.
  Organization: Gruppo Volontari Mura (GVM) of Pizzighettone.
  Part: visit leader (voluntary collaborator).
  Carrying out: in Pizzighettone on December 8^th, Thursday, 2011, starting at 14:30 from GVM Information Office (Piazza d’Armi).

Hic est bonum comedere. Renaissance crockeries and victuals of a garrison of Pizzighettone [Hic est bonum comedere. Stoviglie e vettovaglie rinascimentali di una guarnigione di Pizzighettone].
Archaeological exhibition.
2005.
Invitation.

Exhibitions

• Pizzighettone 1706. Between Spain and Austria
  Pizzighettone (Cremona), Town Walls – From November 3^rd to 12^th, 2006.
  Object: documentary exhibition centred on events and period of the siege of Pizzighettone in 1706 during the Spanish Succession War.
  Organization: personal. Patronage of the Commune of Pizzighettone.
  Part: conceiver, organizer and curator.

• The wooden bridge over the Adda River between Pizzighettone and Gera
  Pizzighettone (Cremona), Town Walls – From September 24^th to October 1^st, 2006.
  Object: documentary exhibition centred on events and setting up of the wooden bridge over the Adda River at Pizzighettone in the XIX Century.
  Organization: Gruppo Volontari Mura of Pizzighettone and Istituto Italiano dei Castelli. Patronage of the Commune of Pizzighettone.
  Part: collaborator.

• Hic est bonum comedere. Renaissance crockeries and victuals of a garrison of Pizzighettone
  Pizzighettone (Cremona), Town Walls – From September 4^th to November 12^th, 2005.
  Object: exhibition of archaeological material recovered in 2002 from a waste cistern under the walls of Pizzighettone near Cremona Old Gate.
  Organization: Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities, Commune of Pizzighettone and Gruppo Volontari Mura of Pizzighettone. Patronage of the Lombardy Region and of the Province of Cremona.
  Part: collaborator.

Oppidum Piceleonis. Viscontean fortifications in Pizzighettone [Oppidum Piceleonis. Fortificazioni viscontee a Pizzighettone].
Thematic itinerary.
2008.
Handbill.

Conferences

• Chatting in the history
  Terranova dei Passerini (Lodi) – March 13^th, 2011.
  Pizzighettone (Cremona) – April 10^th, 2011.
  San Bassano (Cremona) – June 22^nd, 2011.
  Object: informal meeting about the local history in the Lombardy between Middle, Renaissance and Modern Ages: topics, points of view, discussions, proposals, news in a very interactive conversation with the partakers.
  Organization: Davide Tansini. In collaboration with the Commune of Terranova dei Passerini (March 13^th, 2011), the Pro Loco of Pizzighettone (April 10^th, 2011) and the Commune of San Bassano (June 22^nd, 2011).
  Part: organizer and moderator.

• Battlefields and fortifications in the Risorgimento
  Milan – February 15^th, 2011.
  Object: conference titled The XIX Century fortifications in the Po Valley-Appennini area, concerning the fortalices built or modified in the central fifty years of the XIX Century by the Habsburg, Bourbon, Este and Savoy family in the territory included among Emilia, Liguria, Lombardy and Tuscany (Aulla, Borgoforte, Carrara, La Spezia, Lerici, Massa, Modena, Motteggiana, Piacenza, Pizzighettone, Portovenere, Reggio Emilia).
  Organization: “Istituto Italiano dei Castelli” and “Credito Valtellinese”.
  Part: lecturer.

• Castle effect. Terranova dei Passerini and Middle Ages fortifications
  Terranova dei Passerini (Lodi) – October 22^nd and November 5^th, 2010.
  Object: conference concerning the relations among the territory of Terranova dei Passerini and the neighbour Middle Ages castles (Camairago, Casalpusterlengo, Castiglione d’Adda, Cavacurta, Codogno, Maleo, Pizzighettone) between X and XVI Century, and the material structures of these fortalices.
  Organization: Davide Tansini. In collaboration with the Commune of Terranova dei Passerini.
  Part: conceiver, organizer and lecturer.
  

• Pizzighettone 1706. Between Spain and Austria
  Pizzighettone (Cremona), Town Walls – November 3^rd, 2006.
  Object: opening conference of the documentary exhibition Pizzighettone 1706. Between Spain and Austria, centred on events and period of the siege of Pizzighettone in 1706 during the Spanish Succession War. Participation of Anna Maria Benetollo and Francesca Gaido. Italian language.
  Organization: personal. Patronage of the Commune of Pizzighettone.
  Part: conceiver, moderator and lecturer.

• Pizzighettone and Gera: a borgo, its river and its people
  Pizzighettone (Cremona), «Enrico Fermi» Institute – December 12^th, 2003.
  Object: conference centred on the history of the connections between Pizzighettone and the Adda River. Participation of Gianfranco Gambarelli.
  Organization: Commune of Pizzighettone, Lombardy COOP and Gruppo Volontari Mura of Pizzighettone. Italian language.
  Part: lecturer.

• Crema, Pizzighettone and Soncino. Historical and architectonic-military aspects of the three towns
  Crema (Cremona), Benzoni Palace – September 27^th, 2003.
  Object: conference centred on the historic-architectonical events of Crema, Pizzighettone and Soncino’s fortifications. Participation of Graziella Colmuto Zanella, Franco Occhio and Carlo Piastrella. Italian language.
  Organization: Istituto Italiano dei Castelli.
  Part: lecturer.

(The) Viscontean Citadel of Piacenza [(La) Cittadella viscontea di Piacenza].
Thematic itinerary.
2008.
Press release.

Itineraries

• Castellan meetings 2010
  San Colombano al Lambro (Milan), Castle [Castello] – March 21^st, 2010.
  Piacenza, Farnesian Citadel [Cittadella Farnesiana] – June 2^nd, 2010.
  Rovato (Brescia), Castle [Castello] – September 26^th, 2010.
  Vigoleno of Vernasca (Piacenza), Borgo – October 10^th, 2010.
  Object: informal theme meetings in Lombardy and Emilia, centred on the relation among some Middle and Modern Ages fortifications types (castle, town walls, citadel and rocca) and their neighbouring human and ambiental context. Italian language.
  Organization: personal.
  Part: conceiver and organizer.

• Oppidum Piceleonis. Viscontean fortifications in Pizzighettone
  Pizzighettone (Cremona), Tower of the Ford and Town Walls – May 10^th and 11^th, 2008.
  Object: thematic itinerary centred on the fortifications made built in Pizzighettone by the Visconti family of Milan between the XIV and the XV Century. Italian language.
  Organization: Associazione Culturale Nebbie del Drago of Castiglione d’Adda. Collaboration with the Gruppo Volontari Mura of Pizzighettone.
  Part: conceiver, organizer and visit leader.

• (The) Viscontean Citadel of Piacenza
  Piacenza, Farnese Palace – April 20^th, 2008.
  Object: thematic itinerary centred on the citadel made built in Piacenza by the Visconti family of Milan in the XIV Century, now Farnese Palace. Italian language.
  Organization: Associazione Culturale Nebbie del Drago of Castiglione d’Adda.
  Part: conceiver, organizer and visit leader.

• Guided tour to Fombio’s Castle
  Fombio (Lodi), Castle [Castello] – October 28^th, 2007.
  Object: guided tour to the so-called Douglas-Scotti Castle, built in the XIV Century. Italian language.
  Organization: Associazione Culturale Nebbie del Drago of Codogno.
  Part: visit leader.

• Guided tours to Castiglione d’Adda’s Castle
  Castiglione d’Adda (Lodi), Castle [Castello] – June 17^th, 2007.
  Object: guided tours at the so-called Pallavicino-Serbelloni Castle on the occasion of the manifestation The last Pallavicino. Italian language.
  Organization: Associazione Culturale Nebbie del Drago of Codogno.
  Part: visit leader.

• Pizzighettone and Gera’s fortified system
  Pizzighettone (Cremona), Town Walls and Gera’s Bastions – April 21^st, 2007.
  Object: study visit at Pizzighettone’s town walls and Gera’s bastioned front. Participation of Gianfranco Gambarelli and Luciano Roncai. Italian language.
  Organization: Istituto Italiano dei Castelli. Collaboration with the Gruppo Volontari Mura of Pizzighettone.
  Part: visit leader.

• Gera: guided tour of the XVII Century walls
  Pizzighettone (Cremona), Gera’s Bastions – November 5^th, 2006.
  Object: guided tour to Gera’s fortifications. Italian language.
  Organization: Associazione Culturale Nebbie del Drago of Codogno.
  Part: visit leader.

The last Pallavicino [L’ultimo Pallavicino].
Historical re-enaction.
2007.
Bill.

Historical tells

• (Unexpected) tales among the walls
  Pizzighettone (Cremona) – November 1^st and December 26^th, 2010, and January 6^th, 2011.
  Object: historical tell concerning the courses of the unexpected in Pizzighettone (Cremona) between Middle and Modern Ages.
  Organization: Gruppo Volontari Mura (GVM) of Pizzighettone.
  Part: conceiver and visit leader (voluntary collaborator).

• Pizzighettone 1449: intrigue in the castle
  Pizzighettone (Cremona) – July 24^th, August 28^th, September 4^th, October 30^th and October 31^st, 2010.
  Object: historical tell concerning the conquest of Pizzighettone by Francis Sforza Visconti in 1449, narrated inside the ancient town walls during a night guided tour by torches and lanterns-light.
  Organization: Gruppo Volontari Mura (GVM) of Pizzighettone.
  Part: conceiver and visit leader (voluntary collaborator).

(The) Viscontean Citadel of Piacenza [(La) Cittadella viscontea di Piacenza].
Thematic itinerary.
2008.
Press release.

Publications

• 1449: intrigues, money and treasons in the castle of Pizzighettone
  Cremona – 2009.
  Object: article concerning event and backstages of the conveyance to Francis Sforza Visconti of the fortress of Pizzighettone in 1449 by Antony Crivelli. Italian language.
  References: Davide Tansini, «1449: intrighi, denaro e tradimenti al castello di Pizzighettone», in La Cronaca, Cremona, Società Editrice Nuova Informazione, XVI, 257, 2009, pp. 32 and 33.
  Part: author.

• Pizzighettone besieged, disputed between Bourbons and Habsburgs
  Cremona – 2006.
  Object: article concerning events and sceneries of the siege suffered by the fortress of Pizzighettone in 1706 during the Spanish Succession War. Italian language.
  References: Davide Tansini, «Pizzighettone stretta d’assedio, contesa tra Borboni e Asburgo», in La Cronaca, Cremona, Società Editrice Nuova Informazione, XIII, 302, 2006, pp. 28 and 29.
  Part: author.

• A ‘piece’ of walls, a ‘piece’ of history
  Cremona – 2005.
  Object: article concerning history and architectonic-military function of the so-called Demi-lune of Saint Roque, northern ravelin of Gera’s bastioned front, built in the XVII Century. Italian language.
  References: Davide Tansini, «Un ‘pezzo’ di mura, un ‘pezzo’ di storia», in La Cronaca, Cremona, Società Editrice Nuova Informazione, XII, 202, 2005, p. 25.
  Part: author.

• Saint Eusebius’s hermitage
  Pizzighettone (Cremona) – 2005.
  Object: article concerning history and structure of Saint Eusebius’s hermitage, placed in the territory of Pizzighettone between the hamlets of Ferie and Regona. Italian language.
  References: Davide Tansini, «L’eremo di Sant’Eusebio», in La Nostra Gente, Pizzighettone, Piccolo Laboratorio Culturale «Don Luigi Viadana», II, 1, 2005, pp. 6 and 7.
  Part: author.

Soncino (Cremona, Italy).
Rocca (Sforzesca Rocca [Rocca Sforzesca]).
Captain’s Tower [Torre del Capitano].
2008.
Digital filing (2008-02736).

Filings

• Image and memory project
  Pizzighettone (Cremona) – since 2005.
  Object: collection and cataloguation of photographic evidences concerning historic-architectonical monuments and documents. The corpus divides into two categories: the patterns of fortified and military architecture present in the territory (castles, bastioned fronts, strogholds, towers or their remains and traces) and the archival documentations. Currently, the collect comprises beyond 11,000 digital images, grouped by acquisition locality. Fortified and military architecture: Agazzano (Piacenza), Anacapri (Naples), Arena Po (Pavia), Belgioioso (Pavia), Berceto (Parma), Bereguardo (Pavia), Bettola (Piacenza), Binasco (Milan), Borgo Val di Taro (Parma), Brescia, Brugnato (La Spezia), Calendasco (Piacenza), Camairago (Lodi), Cappella Cantone (Cremona), Casaletto Ceredano (Cremona), Caselle Landi (Lodi), Castell’Arquato (Piacenza), Castelleone (Cremona), Castelnuovo Bocca d’Adda (Lodi), Castiglione d’Adda (Lodi), Cavacurta (Lodi), Cerro (Varese), Coli (Piacenza), Como, Cortemaggiore (Piacenza), Cremona, Cusago (Milan), Fombio (Lodi), Gossolengo (Piacenza), Grumello Cremonese ed Uniti (Cremona), Inverno e Monteleone (Pavia), La Spezia, Levanto (La Spezia), Locarno (Ticino, CH), Lodi, Maccastorna (Lodi), Maleo (Lodi), Medesano (Parma), Milan, Montecastello (Alexandria), Monterosso al Mare (La Spezia), Monticelli d’Ongina (Piacenza), Nibbiano (Piacenza), Noceto (Parma), Opera (Milan), Pandino (Cremona), Perledo (Lecco), Peschiera Borromeo (Milan), Piacenza, Piozzano (Piacenza), Pisa, Pizzighettone (Cremona), Ponte dell’Olio (Piacenza), Pontremoli (Massa-Carrara), Portovenere (La Spezia), Riomaggiore (La Spezia), Rivergaro (Piacenza), Roccabianca (Parma), Rocca de’ Giorgi (Pavia), Romanengo (Cremona), San Bassano (Cremona), San Colombano al Lambro (Milan), San Giorgio Piacentino (Piacenza), San Pietro in Cerro (Piacenza), Sant’Angelo Lodigiano (Lodi), Sarmato (Piacenza), Scandolara Ripa d’Oglio (Cremona), Somaglia (Lodi), Soncino (Cremona), Terranova dei Passerini (Lodi), Trezzo sull’Adda (Milan), Turano Lodigiano (Lodi), Vernasca (Piacenza), Vernazza (La Spezia), Vigolzone (Piacenza) and Villafranca in Lunigiana (Massa-Carrara). Archival documentations: State Archives of Cremona [Archivio di Stato di Cremona], State Archives of Milan [Archivio di Stato di Milano], State Archives of Turin [Archivio di Stato di Torino], Town Historical Archives of Pavia [Archivio Storico Civico di Pavia], Communal Historical Archives of Pizzighettone [Archivio Storico Comunale di Pizzighettone], Communal Library of Pizzighettone [Biblioteca Comunale di Pizzighettone], State Library of Cremona [Biblioteca Statale di Cremona] and Sverige National Archives [Svenska Riksarchivet].
  Organization: personal.
  Part: conceiver, author and curator.

Tansini Erminio. Matter and colour [Tansini Erminio. Materia e colore].
Small monograph.
2008.
Cover.

Various

• Tansini Archives
  Pizzighettone (Cremona) – Since 2009.
  Object: paper and digital filing of Tansini Erminio’s artistic work.
  Organization: Tansini Erminio.
  Part: curator.

• Preview of Matter and Colour Open Days
  Pizzighettone (Cremona) – December 10^th-13^th, 2010.
  Object: opening to the public of abstract informal artist Erminio Tansini’s studio.
  Organization: In arce.
  Part: curator.

• Material extensions
  Florence, Panciatichi Palace – From June 22^nd to 28^th, 2009.
  Object: personal painting exhibition of the artist Tansini Erminio.
  Organization: Tuscany Region.
  Part: lecturer and collaborator.

• Tansini Erminio. Matter and colour
  Pizzighettone (Cremona) – 2008.
  Object: small monograph devoted to the pictorial work of the artist Tansini Erminio. Italian language.
  References: Davide Tansini (a c. di), Tansini Erminio. Materia e colore, Pizzighettone, Tansini Erminio, 2008.
  Part: editor.

• Matter and colour
  Cremona, Sperlari House – Dal 3 al 18 Marzo 2007.
  Object: personal painting exhibition of the artist Tansini Erminio curated by Tiziana Cordani.
  Organization: ADAFA association of Cremona.
  Part: collaborator.

Material extensions [Estensioni materiche].
Painting exhibition.
2009.
Invitation.

Davide Tansini’s contacts:

• mobile (+39) 349 2203693;

• e-mail davide@tansini.it.