Eike Schmidt appointed chairman of the new board of the Worship Buildings Fund

Eike Schmidt, director of the Uffizi Galleries, has been appointedchairman of the new board of directors of the Fondo Edifici di Culto (FEC). The cda took office on Oct. 7 and will remain in office for the four-year period 2019-2022; the collegiate body is composed of the central director for the administration of the Fondo Edifici di Culto, Angelo Carbone, thelawyer Biancamaria D’Agostino, Dr. Pietro Di Natale, Dr. Lucia Foti, architect Federica Galloni, Don Renato Tarantelli Baccari, Professor Andrea Bettetini, and lawyer Marcello Volpe.

The head of the department stressed the importance of managing a vast heritage consisting of more than 830 churches, many of inestimable historical and artistic value; careful conservation, restoration, preservation and enhancement is needed to reaffirm religious, historical and cultural values.

“I am honored to be able to contribute my experience to the important work carried out by the Worship Buildings Fund, a fundamental body of the state that in the sign of art, architecture, history and culture unites in its deepest fabric secular Italy with spiritual Italy,” commented newly appointed President Schmidt.

Eike Schmidt’s appointment will be held free of charge.

Eike Schmidt appointed chairman of the new board of the Worship Buildings Fund

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