Italia Nostra
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Italia Nostra is an Italian
not for profit campaigning organisation, dedicated to the protection and promotion of the country’s historical, artistic and environmental patrimony.
The organisation was founded in 1955 by a small group of people drawn from the Roman
intelligentsia with the specific aim of opposing the projected demolition of part of the city’s historic centre. The promotion of an approach to urban planning
which preserves sites of historic architecture have remained a focus of the movement; however its interests have expanded over time to include the preservation of all aspects of Italy’s cultural and environmental heritage, and more than 200 branches have been established across the country.
Founding members included Desideria Pasolini dall'Onda, Antonio Cederna and Umberto Zanotti Bianco
, the archaeologist and Italian senator for life
, who became its first president. Later presidents of the organisation have included the writer Giorgio Bassani
, Desideria Pasolini dall'Onda, the politician Carlo Ripa di Meana, and Giovanni Losavio who is the current incumbent.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
not for profit campaigning organisation, dedicated to the protection and promotion of the country’s historical, artistic and environmental patrimony.
The organisation was founded in 1955 by a small group of people drawn from the Roman
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
intelligentsia with the specific aim of opposing the projected demolition of part of the city’s historic centre. The promotion of an approach to urban planning
Urban planning
Urban planning incorporates areas such as economics, design, ecology, sociology, geography, law, political science, and statistics to guide and ensure the orderly development of settlements and communities....
which preserves sites of historic architecture have remained a focus of the movement; however its interests have expanded over time to include the preservation of all aspects of Italy’s cultural and environmental heritage, and more than 200 branches have been established across the country.
Founding members included Desideria Pasolini dall'Onda, Antonio Cederna and Umberto Zanotti Bianco
Umberto Zanotti Bianco
Umberto Zanotti Bianco was an Italian archaeologist, environmentalist and lifetime senator ....
, the archaeologist and Italian senator for life
Senator for life
A senator for life is a member of the senate or equivalent upper chamber of a legislature who has life tenure. , 7 Italian Senators out of 322, 4 out of the 47 Burundian Senators and all members of the British House of Lords have lifetime tenure...
, who became its first president. Later presidents of the organisation have included the writer Giorgio Bassani
Giorgio Bassani
Giorgio Bassani was an Italian novelist, poet, essayist, editor, and international intellectual.-Biography:Bassani was born in Bologna into a prosperous Jewish family of Ferrara, where he spent his childhood with his mother Dora, father Enrico , brother Paolo, and sister Jenny...
, Desideria Pasolini dall'Onda, the politician Carlo Ripa di Meana, and Giovanni Losavio who is the current incumbent.