Over the years, the General Archives and Library of the Carmelite Order have participated in "Archivissima – The Night of the Archives": the festival of Italian Archives, which takes place every year in the first week of June, with the aim of promoting and enhancing Italy's archival heritage, both secular and ecclesiastical.

Each year, Archivissima's scientific committee identifies a common theme, around which each institution can build its own dissemination program: videos, podcasts, conferences, guided tours, and thematic exhibitions.

We have participated in several editions of the festival with conferences and videos on ancient documents preserved in our general archive, recounting the history of the Order, its documentary heritage, and the figures of the Carmelite Family, who have left us a precious legacy of identity, spirituality, and culture.

Enjoy!

Archivissima 2024: #Passions

On the occasion of the national event Archivissima 2024 – The Festival and the Night of the Archives, This year, dedicated to the theme #Passions, on Friday 7 June 2024 at the Sant'Alberto International Centre (Rome), the round table entitled: «Aut pati aut mori». The symbolism of the heart in Carmelite female iconography..

Mario Alfarano, archivist and general librarian at the time of the event, spoke with art historian Ruggiero Doronzo and theologian Charlo Camilleri, exploring the spiritual and cultural significance of the image of the heart in the lives and imaginations of several modern-day Carmelite mystics, from Saint Teresa of Avila to Saint Magdalene de' Pazzi, and the venerable Apulian Rosa Maria Serio.

Archivissima 2023: #Carnet de Voyage

Traveling through Europe: The Diary of Prior General Giovanni Antonio Filippini

From participation in Archivissima 2023 and from the Round Table on Travel stories in the Carmelites' diaries inthe early modern age, the idea was born to create and share a video to illustrate the Travel diary of the prior general Giovanni Antonio Filippini, 1651-1653, preserved in the General Archives of the Carmelite Order: a small, pocket-sized manuscript, capable of providing a colourful religious and social cross-section of Europe at the time, from the Italian Peninsula to Germany, passing through France and Flanders.

Produced by: General Archives of the Carmelite Order – Rome
Texts and documentary research: Flavia Di Giampaolo

Voices: Flavia Di Giampaolo and Michele De Nittis
Editing and music selection: Francesco Ciaccia

Archivissima 2021: #Change

From the «archa mobile» to the «archivum immobile»: when the Archive of the Prior General became a Place

In this video, we intend to recount the series of changes that, between the Middle Ages and the modern age, transformed the Archives of the General Curia of the Carmelite Order from a road archive, moving between provinces, to a stable and well-regulated documentary base in the convent of Santa Maria in Traspontina in Rome, inaugurating an extraordinary season of documentary research aimed at rediscovering the Carmelite identity.

Produced by: General Archives of the Carmelite Order – Rome
Texts and documentary research: Simona Serci

Voice: Simona Serci
Editing and music selection: Francesco Ciaccia

Archivissima 2020: #Women

The Monastery as a Writing Laboratory: Rosa Maria Serio and the Carmel of Fasano

The archives of the postulation as house of a history also shaped by holy women. From words to deeds: writings of the Carmelites Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi (1566-1607), Serafina di Dio (1621-1699), and Rosa Maria Serio (1674-1726), preserved in the archive section of the General Postulation.

Produced by: General Archives of the Carmelite Order – Rome
Texts and documentary research: Mario Alfarano

Voice: Giovanna Brizi
Editing and music selection: Francesco Ciaccia

[Source https://archivioocarm.com/i-nostri-video/]