Leonardo Project Video-presentation

As part of the Leonardo Project, with the aim of involving people with autism in the preservation and protection of cultural heritage, we present the video that promotes the aims and activities of the project.

Earning and working with cultural heritage

The seminars promoted by Assocastelli and conducted by Ivan Drogo Inglese begin, with the aim of including many entrepreneurial and professional profiles in the heritage sector. The first national seminars will be held on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 October at the Sacchi Nemours Castle in Frassinello Monferrato (Alessandria) and on Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 October at Palazzo Bernardini …

Poetry Committee

Poetry is a cultural asset. Every civilization, every people has its own poetic tradition, from the times of the Epic of Gilgamesh to the present day, passing through the ancient Greece of Homer, the European Middle Ages of Dante, the French decadent modernity of Baudelaire, to get to India of Tagore. We decided to set up a Poetry subcommittee. The …

#1 General Assembly

Dear Rotarian and non-Rotarian friends We look forward to seeing you at the first general assembly of the new F.R.A.C.H. Fellowship, scheduled for July 4, 2020: the location and the program will be communicated as soon as possible, considering the Coronavirus situation. The annual membership campaign will also start shortly, with the aim of involving the greatest number of people …

Online Museums

10 museums that can be visited from home: virtual tours and online collections. Pinacoteca di Brera – Milano Galleria degli Uffizi – Firenze Musei Vaticani – Roma Museo Archeologico – Atene Prado – Madrid Louvre – Parigi British Museum – Londra Metropolitan Museum – New York Hermitage – San Pietroburgo National Gallery of art – Washington

The Last Supper

The Rotary District 2031 officially announced its commitment, in collaboration with other sponsors of the City of Turin to restore Luigi Gagna’s recreation of “The Last Supper”. This pristine edition of Leonardo’s “The Last Supper” is one of the greatest copies still in existence. Today it silently dominates the entrance of the renowned Turin Cathedral.

DAFNE

The project “La genialità degli autistici al servizio dei Beni Culturali – la debolezza dell’uomo diventa forza” (“The genius of individuals affected by autism serving cultural heritage – human’s weakness turns into strength”) is evolving. The first call for DAFNE (Digital Anastylosis of Frescos challeNgE), a project focused on AUTISM and CULTURAL HERITAGE, is online at: https://vision.unipv.it/DAFchallenge/DAF-notice.html The associations of …

Autism and Cultural Heritage

The project Autism/Culture: “La genialità degli autistici al servizio dei Beni Culturali – la debolezza dell’uomo diventa forza” (“The genius of individuals affected by autism serving cultural heritage – human’s weakness turns into strength”) aims at encouraging individuals affected by autism to work on the restoration of frescos destroyed by natural disasters, with the use of dedicated software. The project …