Inauguration of the exhibition “Ettore and Bruno Castiglioni, two brothers and the mountains”

Bruno (1898–1945) and Ettore Castiglioni (1908–1944) saw mountaineering as a quest for freedom and spiritual growth. As part of the Italian Resistance movement, Ettore and Bruno died for their beliefs, in March 1944 and April 1945 respectively. Although all of the Castiglioni family had ties with the mountains, Bruno and Ettore made them an existential vocation. Bruno’s was more linear and scientific, while Ettore’s was more varied, impetuous and painful, yet each encouraged and learned from the other. Ettore wrote guidebooks with a modern feel that were inspired by his field trips with Bruno, a geographer and geologist, who gave him knowledge and method.

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