Ministry of Culture - Finestre sull'Arte

Ministry of Culture acquires Casa Balla and becomes state property

Casa Balla officially becomes part of the state heritage. The Ministry of Culture in fact signed this morning the deed of acquisition of Giacomo Balla's famous home-studio, located at 39B Via Oslavia in Rome, where the master of Futurism lived and wo...
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Phlegraean Fields, agreement to restore renaissance churches at seismic risk

Two Renaissance churches in Pozzuoli (Naples), threatened by seismic movements that have long affected the Campi Flegrei area, will be secured and restored thanks to a new institutional collaboration agreement. The document, signed today in Rome at t...
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Culture Card, the 100-euro book bonus, launches today: here's how to apply for it

Starting today, Oct. 1, and until noon next Oct. 31, it is possible to submit an application to access the "Culture Card," the digital grant made available by the Ministry of Culture for the purchase of books. The initiative, managed by the Center fo...
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MiC launches Culture Card: 100 euros to fragile families to buy books

From October 1, it will be possible to apply for the "Culture Card," the new tool made available by the Ministry of Culture to support the purchase of books and combat educational poverty. This is an economic contribution worth 100 euros, disbursed i...
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Giuli and the 54.8 million for libraries: the numbers explained to those who say it doesn't add up for them

Let us start with an observation: in a country where there is a democratic system that is not yet on the road to authoritarian drifts (which I think Italy is) and where newspapers work, a minister can hardly claim nonexistent appropriations. Clearly,...
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From 2026, the Charterhouse of Pavia will be managed solely by the Ministry of Culture. The monks will leave the Complex

As of January 1, 2026, the Cistercian monks of the Casamariensis Congregation will leave the Monumental Complex of the Charterhouse of Pavia, where they have lived permanently since 1968. As of that date, the management of the site, one of the most i...
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New hires at the Ministry of Culture, parliamentary question on art historians

The affair of the successful candidates of the past competition of the Ministry of Culture, 251 officials whose unit was authorized by a dpcm of August 7 and who are to be recruited by December 31, also reaches Parliament. We had mentioned this in an...
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Happy Cinefamily, the Ministry of Culture's new initiative to bring the whole family to the movies

Happy Cinefamily was presented. Fun starts with the family, the new initiative of the Ministry of Culture that will kick off on September 26 and continue until December 31, 2025. The project provides a fixed reduction of 2.50 euros on the price of ad...
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