Italia Nostra

Italia Nostra (Our Italy) is an Italian not for profit organization dedicated to the protection and promotion of the country’s historical, artistic and environmental patrimony.

Not to be confused with L'Italia Nostra, fascist magazine published from 1928 to 1940.[1].
Italia Nostra
Italia Nostra headquarters in Roma
Formation1955
Founded atRoma
Legal statusNon-profit
PurposeProtection and promotion of the Italy's historical, artistic and environmental patrimony
HeadquartersViale Liegi, 33 - 00198 Roma
Official language
Italian

History

The organization was formed on October 29th, 1955, by Umberto Zanotti Bianco, Pietro Paolo Trompeo, Giorgio Bassani, Desideria Pasolini dall'Onda, Elena Croce, Luigi Magnani, Hubert Howard,[2] and Antonio Cederna, a small group of people drawn from the Roman intelligentsia with the specific aim of opposing the projected demolition of part of the city’s historic center. The promotion of an approach to urban planning which preserves sites of historic architecture have remained a focus of the movement; however its interests have expanded over time to include the preservation of all aspects of Italy’s cultural and environmental heritage, and more than 200 branches have been established across the country. Successes have included the campaign that led to the establishment of the Appian Way Regional Park in 1988.[3]

In 1989, Italia Nostra opposed the restitution of the Venus of Cyrene to Libya.[4] The same year, after a Pink Floyd concert in Venice that caused partial historic site deterioration in the city, the Italia Nostra filed a complaint against the city's officials for misconduct and corruption.[5] In 1999, after workers unearthed an ancient Roman villa wall while building the foundations of a new parking in the Vatican (nicknamed "God's parking lot"), the Italia Nostra lobbied to stop the construction project.[6]

In July 2009, the Italia Nostra gave up on the management of the Parco delle Cave in Milan for political reasons.[7] In 2011, the Italia Nostra pulled the alarm on Venice's 59,000 daily tourists, reminding the press that the daily tourists limit in the city was set to 33,000 since a 1988 study.[8] The organization has been a long-time opponent of large cruise ships sailing through Venice's lagoon.[9]

In May 2019, The Italian Association of Environmental Excursion Guides and Italia Nostra inked a Memorandum of Understanding to develop a common strategic collaboration to protect and describe the Italian patrimonial heritage.[10] In July 2019, the Italia Nostra asked UNESCO to include Venice and its laguna in the list of World Heritage in Danger.[11] In October 2019, the Italia Nostra opposed the temporary transfer of the Vitruvian Man from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia to the Louvre in Paris.[12]

Presidents

See also

References
  1. Claudia Baldoli (2014). "Italian Fascism in Britain" (PDF). Core.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  2. "Che cos'è ItaliaNostra". Tiscalinet.it (in Italian). 25 November 1999. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  3. "Crisi di governo, blitz estivo su Appia Antica e Villa Giulia: «Dal 22 agosto via i direttori e stop a progetti»". www.ilmessaggero.it.
  4. "La Venere di Cirene torna in Libia restituita la statua della discordia". Repubblica.it (in Italian). 30 August 2008. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  5. Jannifer Parmelee (19 June 1989). "Venice sees red over Pink Floyd". Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  6. Alessandra Stanley (30 September 1999). "Rome Journal; 'God's Parking Lot' Runs Into Ancient Grandeur". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  7. Marco Trabucchi (6 July 2009). "Italia Nostra abbandona il Parco delle Cave. L'intervista al presidente della sezione di Milano: "C'è troppa politica nel parco"". 02blog.it (in Italian). Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  8. "Venise: une ONG dénonce le tourisme de masse, "menace" pour la lagune" (PDF). Italianostra.org (in French). 4 July 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  9. "Sofia Loren urged to stop 'monster of the sea'". Abc.net.au. 2 June 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  10. "AIGAE firma un protocollo d'intesa con Italia Nostra". Aigae.org (in Italian). 19 May 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  11. "Italia Nostra chiede all'Unesco di iscrivere Venezia e la Laguna tra i siti a rischio". Italianostravenezia.org (in Italian). 27 June 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  12. "La justice italienne autorise la venue de l'« Homme de Vitruve » à Paris". Lemonde.fr (in French). 16 October 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  13. "Malta: Former President of Italia Nostra Giorgio Bassani commemorated". Europanostra.org. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  14. "Italia non più Nostra". Ilgiornaldellarte.com (in Italian). 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.


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