Vincenzo Eugenio Balzano (Castel di Sangro, 18 July 1866 – Rome, 29 November 1951) was an Italian magistrate, an art historian and a scholar of the history of Abruzzo and Molise.
Graduated in Law in Bologna, in 1922 he joined the Supreme Military Tribunal, with the rank of major general and in 1926 he was appointed to the Tribunale speciale per la difesa dello Stato (1926-1943). For having carried out this function, at the fall of fascism he was arrested and put on trial. After serving 22 months in prison, he was freed, along with other former attorneys of the Tribunale speciale per la difesa dello Stato, following the Togliatti amnesty declared on 22 June 1946.
Balzano dedicated himself very much to study of the history of Abruzzo and Molise.[1] Together with Antonio De Nino, he was among the promoters of a museum that collected all the archaeological finds found in the territory of the ancient city of Aufidena.
In 1954, Balzano's books, manuscripts and correspondence were donated by his family to the municipal library of Castel di Sangro, named after him, where they are still preserved today.[2]
Many works are devoted to the history of Abruzzo and Molise[3]
