Alinari – Albanian  Telegraphic  Agency. https://en.ata.gov.al News Agency Fri, 13 Oct 2023 11:17:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 An agreement of cooperation between “Marubi” Museum and world oldest photographic archive   https://en.ata.gov.al/2023/10/13/an-agreement-of-cooperation-between-marubi-museum-and-world-oldest-photographic-archive/ https://en.ata.gov.al/2023/10/13/an-agreement-of-cooperation-between-marubi-museum-and-world-oldest-photographic-archive/#respond Fri, 13 Oct 2023 11:17:09 +0000 https://en.ata.gov.al/?p=217461 TIRANA, October 13 /ATA/ The National Museum of Photography “Marubi” welcomed today President of Fondazione Alinari per la Fotografia Giorgio van Straten and Director of this institution Claudia Baroncini.

Foundation Alinari for the Photography is the new body founded in Florence by the Tuscany Region on 16th July, 2020 for the conservation, management and promotion of the Alinari photographic collections. Its birth marks a new beginning in the long history of the archive.

They got acquainted with the museum, held a conversation on the topic: “The new life of the oldest photographic archive in the world” and signed a cooperation agreement between the two institutions.

During their stay in Shkodra, the heads of the Alinari Foundation presented the oldest photographic archive in the world, while photographs unknown to the public with a view of the Rozafa Castle, which bear the authorship of Kel Marubi, are today part of this archive.

Giorgio van Straten and Claudia Baroncini also had the opportunity to visit Rozafa Castle, where they got acquainted with one of the most important castles in Albania and the main tourist attraction in the city of Shkodra./p.s./

 

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