As the year 2022 draws to a close - a year in which we celebrated the 35th anniversary of the St Louis-Bologna Sister Cities - we have yet another reason to celebrate. Our board member and VP, Elizabeth Bernhardt, Ph.D., has announced the publication of her long-awaited book on the life of renaissance Bolognese noblewoman Genevra Sforza de' Bentivoglio.

In 2019, after living in Italy for over twenty years, Dr. Bernhardt returned to her birthplace, St Louis. Having fallen in love with Italy, its language and culture, and in particular with the city of Bologna, she brought her passion home. Among many other things, Bernhardt has been assisting in bringing our two cities closer together.