Bruna Forlati Tamaro

A member of several prestigious organizations, she initiated efforts directed at safeguarding Italy's archaeological heritage.

In addition to publications on preservation, she examined and wrote extensively on archaeological inscriptions in Pula and southern Istria in Croatia.

Forlati Tamaro supervised numerous national restoration projects in Veneto and the surrounding regions.

[1][2][3] Born on 31 March 1897 in Grumello del Monte, Bruna Tamaro was the daughter of a father from Piran in Slovenia and a mother from the Dompieri family in Trieste.

She was nominated a Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1986) and received several awards, including a gold medal from the city of Aquileia where she had organized outstanding excavation work.