The Rossetti European Centre is based in Vasto, in “Casa Rossetti”, where the worldly famous family originated. It is there that Gabriele Rossetti was born, in 1783, before being an exile in London, where he died in 1854. His children (Dante Gabriel, Christina, William Michael, Francesca) all became, in their respective fields, milestones of European culture. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, founded by Dante Gabriel, has been among the most important cultural movements in modern Europe, encompassing the worlds of both literature and visual arts.

Under the high patronage of the Mayor of Vasto, and in collaboration with the universities of Chieti-Pescara, Naples, Caen Basse-Normandie, Birmingham, Oxford and Yale, the Centre aims to:

• create a research library specialised in every publication related to the Rossetti family, and systematise the existing archive of documents, photographs, manuscripts, and printed material. This will give life to a research resource centre that will constitute a hub for the studies on the Rossettis and on the Italian and European Modernism in general.
• Offer lectures, conferences and research seminars, host academic workshops and exhibitions, edit bibliographic bulletins, endorse the publication of journals, edited books and monographs.
• Form an academic network of international teachers in order to organise a Summer School for foreign students and adult learners.