The Sala del Simonino, until now known as Cappella del Simonino, is located inside Palazzo Bortolazzi Larcher Fogazzaro, in Via del Simonino, in the historic centre of Trento. It was donated to FAI by Marina Larcher Fogazzaro in 2018, to be restored and enhanced.
The Palace was the home of Simone Lomferdorm, a child protagonist despite an incredible story of anti-Semitism, religious intolerance and injustice, which deserves to be remembered and told.
FAI has decided to reopen this place with a new function: to educate the citizens of today and especially of tomorrow, that is, the young people of the schools, to which it is primarily destined. That is why it is called "Aula" del Simonino: because it wants to be like a school classroom, but outside the school.
Choose your trip
The proposals for the 2025-26 school year
Free visit TO the Aula del Simonino
- For first and second grade secondary school classes
- Subjects: History
- Duration: 30-50 minutes
The visit consists of a "sound story" dedicated to the story of little Simone from Trento. The class, sitting on wooden benches like those of a choir, will listen in wireless headphones, designed to offer high quality audio, a narrative of about 20 minutes, informative, educational, but also of great suggestion and with a particular immersive effect, conceived and curated by FAI, entrusted to the voice of the actress from Trentino Daria Deflorian and produced by Chora Media.
After listening, the classroom will remain available for classes that want to stop, as a space for reflection and debate managed by the teachers on what they learned during the audio story.
Speaking
- For first and second grade secondary school classes
- Subjects: civics, history
- Duration: 2 hours
Discovering fifteenth-century Trento
- For first and second grade secondary school classes
- Subjects: civics, history
- Duration: 2 hours
After listening to the audio story that tells the story of Simone Lomferdorm, the class, divided into groups, with the help of maps and educational cards, will delve into the characteristics and history of the historic centre of the city of Trento in the 15th century. Different activities, questions and questions are proposed to each group, which only through the collaboration of everyone will lead to reconstructing the places linked to Simone's history and understanding how they have changed over time, in a process of discovery and education among peers.
Useful information
Groups are accepted from Tuesday to Friday by reservation | Attention to schedules, they change according to the reservation
Prices per student
€ 1 discount per student for classes enrolled in the FAI
Free accompanying teachers
Reduction of € 3 for certified disabled (free entrance ticket, only the guide service is counted)
- Free visit to the Aula del Simonino: € 3 (free for schools in the Municipality of Trento)
- "En punta di voce": € 6 (€ 3 for schools in the Municipality of Trento)
- "Discovering the Trento of the fifteenth century": € 6 (€ 3 for schools in the Municipality of Trento)
Details
- The Sala del Simonino can accommodate a maximum of 25 people per shift. In the case of larger classes, it is possible to make agreements directly with the Asset to carry out close listening shifts
- During the audio story the classroom will remain predominantly in the dark, with some highlights during which some lights will come on to highlight the details of the place
- The Sala del Simonino can only be reached on foot, being in an area with limited traffic. For more information on parking (also for coaches) in the city, click here
- Distance Station of Trento - Aula del Simonino: about 900 meters (10 minutes walk)
