Società Savonese di Storia Patria

The Società Savonese di Storia Patria (SSSP) is a non-profit historical society founded in 1885. Its registered location is in Savona: its statutory interests are directed towards historical Liguria, and so they cover an area wider than the current homonym Italian region.

History

The Società Savonese di Storia Patria was founded on 27 December 1885 with the name of Società storica savonese by a group of intellectuals at the request of Paolo Boselli, the future Prime Minister. In 1916 it assumed its present name.

Social activities and library

Society's entrance hall with the portrait and the bust of Boselli

Conference room

The social activity is coordinated by a board of council members and it is mainly expressed in the publication of an annual volume of Atti e memorie and other publishing activities (magazine Sabazia, editorial series Zetesis and Novecento). The non-publishing activities are very intense and they include historical conferences, also organized with other institutions, and interventions more closely linked to the cultural life. The Society owns a specialized library of more than 50,000 titles.

Historical Toponymy Project

The main ongoing research of the society is represented by the Progetto Toponomastica Storica (Historical Toponymy Project) that collects and studies historical place names; the project began in 2011 and up to now has published over 50,000 pre–19th century toponyms, related to Liguria and Piedmont.

Presidents

1885–1932 Paolo Boselli
1932–1941 Filippo Noberasco
1948–1964 Italo Scovazzi
1964–2007 Carlo Russo (honorary president)
1964–1972 Lorenzo Vivaldo
1972–1978 Adele Restagno
1978–1984 Giulio Fiaschini
1984–1990 Carlo Varaldo
1990–2000 Almerino Lunardon
2000–2002 Furio Ciciliot
2002–2005 Marco Castiglia
2005–2011 Carmelo Prestipino
2011–2013 Francesco Murialdo
2013–2018 Carmelo Prestipino
2018–present Furio Ciciliot

External links

Official site, storiapatriasavona.it