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The illustrations refer to various periods in Montessori’s life and the many dimensions of her work, as well as to different stages in the life of the Montessori schools, which were started in 1907 in Rome’s San Lorenzo district and then spread to a variety of geographical and socio-cultural contexts. The pictures help readers grasp Montessori’s theory of education ‘in action’ as well as its expansion from the Children’s Houses to primary schools, that is, from early childhood to adolescence.The captions state published sources/known places of conservation, contexts, sites, countries, years/periods of reference. All materials are indexed, and as the search engine operates on captions, searches by year/time period, by key word, by city, and by country are possible.
Casa popolare nel quartiere di S. Lorenzo risanata e trasformata. Prospetto prima della trasformazione. Prospetto dopo la trasformazione - E. Talamo, La Casa Moderna nell’opera dell’Istituto Romano di Beni Stabili, Roma, Offic. Tip. Bodoni, 1910, Tav. XXXV.
This image was selected for the creation of the itinerary I luoghi di Maria Montessori, the result of a collaboration between Municipio II of the Municipality of Rome and the Opera Nazionale Montessori. For further content, please visit the “Texts”, “Pictures” and “Journals” sections.
Petits dexebles desempenyant quefers casolans [Casa dei Bambini presso il Convento delle Suore Missionarie Francescane di Maria di via Giusti a Roma, anni Dieci] - L’Obra de María Montessori a Catalunya, in “La ilustració Catalana/Feminal”, n.581, 26 Juliol 1914, pp.2-6.
Bambini che fanno esercizi ai telai delle allacciature [Casa dei Bambini a San Lorenzo, Roma, 1907-1909] - M. Montessori, Il metodo della pedagogia scientifica applicato all’educazione infantile nelle Case dei Bambini, Città di Castello, Tipografia della Casa Editrice S. Lapi, 1909.
This image was selected for the creation of the itinerary I luoghi di Maria Montessori, the result of a collaboration between Municipio II of the Municipality of Rome and the Opera Nazionale Montessori. For further content, please visit the “Texts”, “Pictures” and “Journals” sections.
[From left: Flaminia Guidi, director of the Children’s House of Viale Spartaco, and Maria Jervolino, President of the Opera Nazionale Montessori. Inauguration of the Children’s House of Viale Spartaco (Tuscolano district), 5 January 1957, Rome] – ONM Archive.
[Children working in the garden of the “Children’s House” at Villa Paganini, Rome, late 1940s] - ONM Archive.
This image was selected for the creation of the itinerary I luoghi di Maria Montessori, the result of a collaboration between Municipio II of the Municipality of Rome and the Opera Nazionale Montessori. For further content, please visit the “Texts”, “Pictures” and “Journals” sections.
[Maria de Unterrichter Jervolino, President of the Opera Nazionale Montessori, with Hon. Antonio Segni, Minister of Public Education, in the center, observing Anna Maria Maccheroni, a pupil of Maria Montessori, demonstrating the use of bells for musical education. National Montessori Congress, Naples, 1952] – ONM Archive.
[Maria de Unterrichter Jervolino, President of the Opera Nazionale Montessori, in conversation with Prof. Nazareno Padellaro, Director General and President of the Central Committee for Popular Education, during the inauguration of the Montessori Method Didactic Specialization Course, Rome, 1957] – in "Vita dell’infanzia", vol. VI, no. 2, 28 February 1957, p. 36.
[The President of the Italian Republic, Hon. Giovanni Gronchi, receives at the Quirinal Palace the Undersecretary of State for Public Education, Hon. Maria de Unterrichter Jervolino, also President of the Opera Nazionale Montessori, together with a delegation of participants in the 11th International Montessori Congress in Rome, 1957] – ONM Archive.
[Maria de Unterrichter Jervolino, President of the Opera Nazionale Montessori, next to the Mayor of Rome, Senator Tupini, who is greeting Mario M. Montessori, seen from behind. Sala della Protomoteca, Campidoglio, Rome, September 1957] – ONM Archive.
[Maria de Unterrichter Jervolino, President of the Opera Nazionale Montessori, standing next to the Mayor of Rome, Senator Tupini, followed by Hon. Scaglia, who declares the proceedings of the 11th International Montessori Congress open. Sala della Protomoteca, Campidoglio, Rome, September 1957] – ONM Archive.
[Maria de Unterrichter Jervolino, President of the Opera Nazionale Montessori, at the inauguration of the Casa dei Bambini in the Tuscolano district of Rome, held on 5 January 1957. In the foreground on the right, Salvatore Valitutti, Vice President of the ONM] – ONM Archive.
[Maria de Unterrichter Jervolino, President of the Opera Nazionale Montessori, receives greetings from the students of the Montessori Method Didactic Specialization Course, Rome, 1957] – in "Vita dell’infanzia", vol. VI, no. 2, 28 February 1957, p. 35.
[Maria de Unterrichter Jervolino, President of the Opera Nazionale Montessori, at the inauguration, held on 27 October 1952, of the Casa dei Bambini established by the Falck Company in Sesto San Giovanni] - ONM Archive.
[Maria Montessori with her son Mario, stopping in Rome on their way back to the Netherlands from Pakistan. Late 1940s] – ONM Archive.
[Maria Montessori in the center, with Hon. Maria de Unterrichter Jervolino, President of the Opera Nazionale Montessori, on the left, and Mario M. Montessori and Hon. Guido Gonella, Minister of Public Education, on the right. The names of the three pupils depicted are written on the back of the photograph: Maria Adele Groff, Fiorenza Groff, and Marinella Ferrari. International Montessori Congress on the theme The Formation of Man in World Reconstruction, Sanremo, 22–29 August 1949] – ONM Archive.
[Maria Montessori in the center, with Hon. Maria de Unterrichter Jervolino, President of the Opera Nazionale Montessori, on the left, and Mario M. Montessori on the right, at the International Montessori Congress on the theme The Formation of Man in World Reconstruction, Sanremo, 22–29 August 1949] – ONM Archive.
[Practical life area: washing, pouring, and care of the environment, Montessori Micronido run by the ONM in agreement with the Municipality of Rome, Via Nomentana 56, first decade of the 2000s] – ONM Archive.
This image was selected for the creation of the itinerary I luoghi di Maria Montessori, the result of a collaboration between Municipio II of the Municipality of Rome and the Opera Nazionale Montessori. For further content, please visit the “Texts”, “Pictures” and “Journals” sections.
[Inauguration of the Santa Maria Goretti School, Rome, 1969] - Archive of the Roman Montessori Association.
This image was selected for the creation of the itinerary I luoghi di Maria Montessori, the result of a collaboration between Municipio II of the Municipality of Rome and the Opera Nazionale Montessori. For further content, please visit the “Texts”, “Pictures” and “Journals” sections.
Un bambino di cinque anni può trasportare la pentola piena di minestra calda [anni Venti] - M. Montessori, Il metodo della pedagogia scientifica applicato all’educazione infantile nelle Case dei Bambini, Roma, Maglione & Strini, 1926.
Inaugural ceremony of the International Course of 1930 in the Capitol, speech by the sen. Gentile. (From left to right: Maria Montessori, l’on. Balbino Giuliano, Governatore P.pe Boncompagni Ludovisi and standing sen. Gentile), 1930 - Il XVI corso internazionale Montessori in Roma dal gennaio al giugno 1931, in "Montessori", a.I, n.1, 15 gennaio 1931, p.26.