Shopping center in front of Catajo Castle: parliamentary question starts

The affair of the construction of the shopping center in front of the Catajo Castle in the Euganean Hills area (an affair to which Finestre sull’Arte devoted an extensive and discussed report in recent days) has reached Parliament.

Eleven senators of the 5 Star Movement (Giovanni Endrizzi, Michela Montevecchi, Enrico Cappelletti, Vito Crimi, Nicola Morra, Manuela Serra, Sara Paglini, Sergio Puglia, Mario Michele Giarrusso, Daniela Donno, and Vilma Moronese) in fact submitted aparliamentary question, addressed to the Minister of Cultural Heritage Dario Franceschini, to know whether the minister is aware of the facts that are affecting the Catajo Castle and whether he does not consider it appropriate “to activate the appropriate acts aimed at supervising, verifying and preventing any deterioration that may be caused by the construction of the shopping center, as well as to protect the landscape, artistic and environmental asset of the Euganean Hills area.”

The question makes reference to the affair as reported by Mattino di Padova and Finestre sull’Arte (the two newspapers are cited in the text of the act): the eleven senators emphasize how “the project, if implemented, would be particularly impactful for the territory concerned,” and how the director of the Catajo Castle, Marco Moressa, has on several occasions spoken out against the “infinite and incomprehensible disfigurement” that the shopping center would bring to the Venetian monument.

Ph. Credit Enrico Paggiaro. Courtesy Castello del Catajo

Shopping center in front of Catajo Castle: parliamentary question starts

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