Name of Object:

The Students’ Benevolent Fund of the Società Dante Alighieri

Name in original language:

Società Dante Alighieri. Patronato scolastico

Location:

Rome, Italy

Holding Institution:

Italian Geographical Society (SGI)

 About Italian Geographical Society (SGI), Rome

Holding Institution (original language):

Società Geografica Italiana (SGI)

Date of Object:

First years of the 20th century

Description:

The Dante Alighieri Society – created in Italy in 1889 and still in existence ‒ is aimed at promoting Italian language and culture abroad; its Tunisian branch was established in 1893. In Tunisia the Dante Alighieri Society devoted its energies into promoting schooling and supporting school attendance. One should consider, in this regard, that the Italian community at the time was composed of workers, miners, and labourers and included several destitute members. The students’ benevolent fund of the Società Dante Alighieri (Patronato scolastico) was created in 1898 and was aimed at supporting school attendance of destitute children, by providing free books and clothes.

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

Comitato della Camera italiana di commercio ed arti, Gli italiani in Tunisia, Tunis, 1906, p. 122

Citation of this web page:

Giulia Barrera "The Students’ Benevolent Fund of the Società Dante Alighieri" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2025.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;it;116;en

Prepared by: Giulia Barrera
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: IT1 116