Palazzo Fuga will be a major cultural hub. It will also house the branch of the MANN

The Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Culture and the City of Naples for the enhancement and urban regeneration of the Real Albergo dei Poveri was signed today in Naples at Palazzo Fuga. Signing the document were Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiulianoand Naples Mayor Gaetano Manfredi.

“Palazzo Fuga will be a great cultural hub,” the minister explained. “It will house the MANN branch, a modern library, a graduate school of the Federico II University and international cultural events. We have worked so hard in recent weeks to realize at my instigation a project, a space of cultural life inspired by the great National Library of Paris, which has always been linked to Naples by history and cultural exchange. We must proceed quickly with procurement and recover additional resources to return this space that the city has been waiting for decades.”

“The revitalization and consequent enhancement of the Albergo dei Poveri has been one of the priorities for our Administration since taking office in order to reopen this extraordinary structure to citizenship in synergy with the other institutions involved. With the signing of the Protocol together with the Ministry of Culture, concrete conditions are set for Palazzo Fuga to become a permanent factory of creativity, culture, training, social inclusion and innovation opening first of all to the neighborhood with a national and international vocation. The Albergo dei Poveri thus aspires to represent the Naples that enhances its history by projecting into the future,” said the mayor of Naples.

The Project

A multipurpose cultural center. This will be the future of Palazzo Fuga with the project desired by the Ministry of Culture in collaboration with the City of Naples. The allocation of 100 million euros (plus an additional 15 million planned for increased raw material costs) under the National Plan for Complementary Investment (PNC) to the PNRR will bring three major city institutions to the Real Albergo dei Poveri: a second location for the National Archaeological Museum of Naples so that it can display the large number of works that now lie in the MANN’s storerooms; the National Library of Naples with large reading rooms and a conference hall with more than 1,000 seats; and a graduate school for the Federico II University, on the model already implemented in East Naples in the San Giovanni neighborhood. In addition, Palazzo Fuga will be a place dedicated to young people, a dynamic meeting place, and a cultural hub with an international scope. The goal is to make the largest historical social infrastructure of the city of Naples usable again and to restore the monument’s social and cultural vocation.

The commitments

The Ministry of Culture pledges to ensure the issuance of any opinions and authorizations that may be necessary, including through the involvement of the Special Superintendence for the PNRR, while the City of Naples pledges to ensure maximum citizen participation in the process of enhancing the area, to ensure the proper use of the site and to adopt the most appropriate forms of management for the cultural, economic and tourism development of the area.

The interventions

The planned interventions consist of the consolidation of the structure, architectural reconfiguration of the volumes, restoration activities, recovery and reuse of the central courtyard and connective; plant arrangement and arrangement of spaces and all operations necessary for the settlement of the new intended use. The cost of the works, including safety charges, is 67,140,000 euros to which are added the cost of supplies services totaling 9 million euros and personnel costs amounting to 3 million euros.

Palazzo Fuga will be a major cultural hub. It will also house the branch of the MANN

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