Politics and cultural heritage - Finestre sull'Arte

What was the really dark part of Giuli's speech.

No: the least clear part of the speech that Minister Alexander Giuli gave in the House last Oct. 8 to outline his policies was not the "somewhat more theoretical" introduction, it wasn't that preamble about "defensive apocalypticism" and the "global ...
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The flood of skills: a story that starts with conservation

In the face of the environmental tragedies that increasingly strike Italy - these days the fourth flood in two years in part of Emilia, including Bologna - with deaths, missing people, thousands homeless, hundreds of millions in damages and so on, I ...
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Culture Minister Alexander Giuli's guidelines in detail

What are the guidelines on which the new Minister of Culture Alessandro Giuli intends to set his action? Last October 8, in front of the Culture Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, Giuli expressed his vision in an hour-long speech: the attention o...
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Official, the G7 of Culture will be held in Naples. With a stop in Pompeii. Focus on Ukraine, AI and climate

It is official, the G7 Culture, now in its second edition after the debut edition in Florence in 2017, will be held in Naples and there will also be a stop in Pompeii. Thus, on September 20 and 21, 2024, the G7 Culture Ministers' meeting, chaired by ...
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Trevi Fountain for a fee? Crazy idea, impractical, and would cause negative phenomena

I am deeply opposed to the proposal, but I say right away that the problem is not in the cost, whether it is 2 euros or 5 or 10. It is not about defending tourists from a payment. The reasons are quite different. Contrary to what Councillor Onorato i...
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Putting a fee on the Trevi Fountain: a dystopian, grotesque and wrong idea, here's why

According to Rome's tourism councilor, Alessandro Onorato, visiting the Trevi Fountain should be an "experience," whatever that means: his word, he said so in a video he posted on his Instagram profile. Now, it is not important to investigate what th...
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What is the G7 of Culture

The G7 of Culture, also known as the "G7 of Culture Ministers," is a summit that brings together representatives of G7 member countries with the aim of discussing issues related to culture, cultural heritage protection, and international cultural po...
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Trevi Fountain fee and municipalities hungry for easy money

Councillor Alessandro Onorato's idea to introduce a pay-as-you-go ticket (2 euros for half an hour) at the Trevi Fountain confirms for the umpteenth time how money-hungry Italian municipalities are becoming. Especially when this money is easy and com...
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