From Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Torino 2.4 million euros for 135 restoration sites

The Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Torino will kick off the restoration of 135 artistic and architectural “jewels” in Piedmont and Valle d’Aosta that will be given a new lease on life thanks to 2.4 million euros in grants awarded by the foundation itself through the Restoration of Diffuse Sites call.

The goal of the project is to recover immovable and movable assets (bell towers, facades, flooring, canvases, statues, books, wooden furnishings) subject to protection, and to promote the knowledge and full enjoyment of the places by an increasingly wide range of the public. The resources of Fondazione CRT will also make possible the conservative restoration of the south side facade of the Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi, the high altar of the Real Chiesa di San Lorenzo in Turin, and the flooring of the Sala delle Grottesche of the Castello della Manta in the Cuneo area. To do all this, 135 construction sites will be opened in the coming months, involving more than 250 small and medium-sized companies in the area. This brings the total number of assets revived by Fondazione CRT under Restauri Cantieri Diffusi to more than 2,700, with an investment of more than 45 million euros.

“The protection of historical, artistic and architectural heritage in the landscape and environmental context has a ’contemporary sense,’ an identity link with community life: for 21st century patrons like Foundations, saving the memory and beauty of places, in line with the very principles of the Constitution, means working concretely for the common good,” says Fondazione CRT President Giovanni Quaglia. “The ’Restorations’ project combines the cultural value with the economic-employment value, which is particularly significant at this time of extreme difficulty for the country, restoring confidence, hope and a prospect of restarting: the opening of construction sites for the recovery of the works, in fact, will create new job opportunities in the territory functional to the recovery, strengthening the capacity for ’resilience’ of the entire community.”

“Today more than ever, due to the limitations imposed by the pandemic, we understand what it means not to be able to enjoy the beauty of the artistic-cultural heritage and the importance of protecting it over time,” says Fondazione CRT Secretary General Massimo Lapucci. “Thanks in part to the tax deduction and relief mechanisms of the Art bonus, Fondazione CRT’s contribution to the revival of ’great beauty’ that is widespread locally but also of national significance activates a double virtuous circle: It restores breath to many businesses in the Northwest and makes available to the territory additional resources - 730,000 euros in the last year - concretizing the strategic role of philanthropy to ensure that art is, at the same time, an asset to be valued in the present, but also a legacy for the future.”

Pictured: the Royal Church of San Lorenzo. Ph. Credit Francesco Bini

From Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Torino 2.4 million euros for 135 restoration sites

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