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FAI UK Italian Heritage Trust, a UK registered charity that has been active since 2016. It works in Britain to foster awareness and appreciation of Italy’s cultural heritage through special events and lectures and supports restoration projects for places of outstanding beauty and significance. It also organises visits to Italy that give privileged access to houses, people and collections.
FAI UK supports the work of the Italian charity FAI – Fondo Ambiente Italiano (the National Trust for Italy) which takes care of special properties.
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On display until 24 November 2024 at the @negozioo

On display until 24 November 2024 at the @negozioolivetti in Piazza San Marco in Venice is the exhibition ‘Tony Cragg. The shapes of glass’. Do not miss it!

In keeping with the spaces of Negozio Olivetti, designed by Carlo Scarpa, a selection of glass sculptures from the artist’s personal collection and a work created from scratch in close dialogue with the Scarpa spaces will be on public display until 24 November 2024.

One of the leading artists on the international scene, Tony Cragg (Liverpool, 1949), constantly reinvents the language of sculpture by developing complex relationships between material and form. Since the 1980s, Cragg has expanded the range of materials he uses, always managing, perhaps also thanks to his scientific training, to penetrate the essence of each material and exploiting its full—and often limitless—potential: bronze, iron, ceramics, wood and of course, glass.

#fondoambienteitaliano🍀 #italy #fondoambienteitaliano #visititaly #fai #negozioolivetti #negozioolivettifai #negozioolivettivenice #negozioolivettivenezia #venice #veniceitaly #tonycraggart #tonycraggartist #tonycraggsculptor #tonycragg #tonycraggsculptures #exhibitionart

🍁Autumn is in the air!🍁 Discover its colour

🍁Autumn is in the air!🍁

Discover its colours in FAI properties, and don't miss out on all the benefits of the FAI UK membership.

Discover them all in the link in bio.

#fondoambienteitaliano🍀 #italy #fondoambienteitaliano #visititaly #fai #autumn #autumnmood #autumnvibes #autumncolors #autumnleaves

FAI Autumn Days are back! On 16 and 17 October, w

FAI Autumn Days are back!
On 16 and 17 October, we'll treat you to the wonders of Italy.
In 300 cities across Italy, 600 places of art and nature are waiting for you to discover! From the north to the south of the peninsula, 700 extraordinary, little-known and little-valued or unusual and curious places, some of which are usually inaccessible, will open to the public in 360 cities. The list of open places and how to participate can be found at www.giornatefai.it (in Italian).

#fondoambienteitaliano🍀 #italy #fondoambienteitaliano #visititaly #fai #giornatefaiautunno #giornatefaiautunno24 #faiautumndays

#FAIExperiences Today's visit tip takes us to Rome

#FAIExperiences
Today's visit tip takes us to Rome!
Let's discover a jewel of Roman Baroque, the #GalleriaColonna.
It was designed as a grand reception hall to celebrate the victory of the Christian fleet over the Turks at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571.
Commissioned in the mid-1600s by Cardinal Girolamo I Colonna and designed by architect Antonio del Grande, it was later integrated by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Johan Paul Schor and Carlo Fontana and finally inaugurated in 1700.
The prestigious Gallery, divided between richly decorated rooms, includes paintings by the likes of Bronzino, Tintoretto, Guercino and Annibale Carracci.
A Roman stop not to be missed.

➡With FAI or FAI UK membership card, the ticket for the weekend guided tours is reduced.

#fondoambienteitaliano🍀 #italy #fondoambienteitaliano #visititaly #fai #rome #romeitaly #galleriacolonna #galleríacolonna #Lazio

Last Saturday, @fondoambiente inaugurated the Vela

Last Saturday, @fondoambiente inaugurated the Velarca, a houseboat designed by Milan-based Studio BBPR in 1959 and moored in Ossuccio, Tremezzina, on Lake Como, opposite Isola Comacina.

Aldo and Maria Luisa Norsa donated the Velarca to the FAI in 2011. After a long restoration period, It returned to its original mooring and was opened to the public.
The Velarca is not just a simple houseboat but a small masterpiece of modern architectural history, signed by the same architects as the Torre Velasca, symbol of Milan, and deliberately recalled in the name ‘Velarca’. Not just a holiday home but a special place imagined by Fiammetta and Emilio, Aldo Norsa's parents, destined to receive, welcome and bring together friends and acquaintances who also used to visit their Milanese home, including great personalities of Italian culture, starting with the Milanese architects Rogers, Peressutti and Belgiojoso, as well as Riccardo Sambonet, Gio Ponti, Gillo Dorfles, Eugenio Montale, Lucio Fontana, Umberto Eco, Cesare Musatti, and others.

A new FAI property now open to the public, Velarca was added to the 71 managed by the Foundation throughout Italy, including the neighbouring FAI properties - Villa del Balbianello and Torre del Soccorso, in the same municipality of Tremezzina.

This is a new cultural offer for Lake Como, with which FAI wants to contribute to promoting diversified and more sustainable tourism, offering a new destination, a new viewpoint on the Lake Como landscape and a new story to tell that will thrill the curious and satisfy specialists and amateurs alike.

Finally, the Velarca is a cultural asset that is entirely original in terms of its type, and yet a monument in its own right: a pinnacle of Italian culture in the field of modern architecture and design, reflecting the incredible variety and richness of the country's heritage that FAI, by mission, with a subsidiary spirit, protects and promotes forever and for all.

Ph. R. Morelli, L. Chiaudano © FAI

#fondoambienteitaliano🍀 #italy #fondoambienteitaliano #visititaly #fai #lakecomoitaly #lakecomoexperience #lombardy #lombardia #velarca #architecturedaily #architecture #houseboat #houseboats

Today we invite you to admire some of the interior

Today we invite you to admire some of the interiors of @castellodimasino

Credits: M. Cupella; arenaimmagini; B. Verduci; L. Cicconi; Auda & Coudayre Photography; D. Fusaro

#fondoambienteitaliano🍀 #italy #fondoambienteitaliano #visititaly #fai #castellodimasino #castellodimasino🏰 #castellodimasinofai #caravino #torino #piedmont #piedmonte

#FAIexperiences With today's visit tip we are goi

#FAIexperiences
With today's visit tip we are going to discover nature! We'd love to suggest:

📌 The Natural History Museum in Venice (@msnvenezia=, which allows you to learn about the evolution of the different forms of life that have populated the earth from its formation to the present day.
📌 The Mountain Museum in Turin (@museo_montagna), which overlooks the city and the Alps. The cultural centre ideally unites the world's mountains, with a permanent collection and temporary exhibitions that tell the story of the mountains and those who climb them.
📌 The Trieste Museum of Natural History is home to Europe's most important palaeontological discovery as well as Italy's largest dinosaur. This place also houses a human jawbone over 6,400 years old in which a dental filling made of beeswax is visible, the oldest example of dental care in the world.

These are just three of the themed museums you can visit with the FAI or FAI UK reduced-price card.

#fondoambienteitaliano🍀 #italy #fondoambienteitaliano #visititaly #fai #faiexperiences #naturalhistorymuseum #nature #mountain #museum #heritage

#FAIexperiences Where did you spend or are you sp

#FAIexperiences
Where did you spend or are you spending your holidays? We are taking you to Naples today! The sightseeing tip we want to give you is in the heart of the old city centre. The 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗱𝗶 𝗦𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗲 tells us about eight centuries of art, history, culture and faith.

The walls of the basilica and the convent preserve the memory of illustrious figures: from philosophers such as St Thomas Aquinas and Giordano Bruno, to artists such as Raphael, Titian, Caravaggio and many others.
In the photo, you can admire the Sacristy, a Baroque jewel designed in the early 18th century, and its gallery housing forty-two tombs, known as the Aragonese Archaeology. Also pictured is the Basilica and one of the chapels.
We suggest a stop here, with FAI or FAI UK card the ticket is reduced.

@domasandomenicomaggiore
#fondoambienteitaliano🍀 #italy #fondoambienteitaliano #visititaly #fai #naples #campania #visitnaples

Among the places @fondoambiente takes care of is

Among the places @fondoambiente takes care of is the Batteria Militare Talmone in Palau (Sardinia), a true ‘ship on land’ that guards an important page of our country's history.
The @faitalmone is a fortification that guards the arm of the sea between the little island of Spargi and Sardinia and holds the memories of soldiers who have been here. Enjoy it on a trekking route!

#italy #fondoambienteitaliano🍀 #fondoambienteitaliano #visititaly #fai #sardinia #island #batteriatalamone #spargi

#FAIexperiences Today we go to Umbria to remind y

#FAIexperiences
Today we go to Umbria to remind you of 3 opportunities that the FAI card offers you.

📌 First of all, the ticket for 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗶𝗮 𝗦𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗮 is reduced: fifteen metres below ground we find ourselves in ancient Perusia. A treasure chest of rocks where, through the stratifications of twenty-five centuries of history, ancient civilisations and legends, works of great Etruscan engineering, glimpses of Roman life and medieval papal intrigues are interwoven.

📌 In addition, in September the region comes alive with two festivals, whose performances have a reduced ticket price: let's talk about the 𝗢𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗼 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗲 which, among concerts, lectures, visual and theatrical arts, this year deals with the theme of Metamorphoses; and let's then talk about the 𝗦𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗮 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗨𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗮, one of the oldest music festivals in Italy that, since 1937, has promoted the performance of sacred music and compositions with a strong spiritual value.

See you in Umbria, with your FAI or FAI UK card.

Photo: Perugia (credit: Kristianpot); Perugia Sotterranea and the Teatro Mancinelli in Orvieto

Today, @fondoambiente inaugurated the Aula del Sim

Today, @fondoambiente inaugurated the Aula del Simonino, formerly known as Cappella del Simonino, in Trento. The Aula del Simonino is located inside Palazzo Bortolazzi Larcher Fogazzaro, in the city's historic centre.

Marina Larcher Fogazzaro bequeathed this place to FAI in 2018, so that it could be restored and enhanced. The Foundation honours this generous gesture by opening to the public, from today on a regular basis (Wednesday to Sunday, from 10am to 6pm), a new Property, which joins the 55 already open to the public among the 72 owned and managed throughout Italy by the Foundation, including the Castello di Avio in the same region.

Thanks to the donor's bequest, and with further contributions, the FAI carried out restoration work: first on the façade of the Palazzo, uncovering the 15th-century windows and restoring colour and legibility to the figures and inscriptions painted in the 18th century; then also inside, where much larger contemporary frescoes are preserved, and in the apse space, between two small rooms used as sacristies, where the original altar is located, with architectural and sculptural decorations in polychrome marble in the Baroque style.

The interior has also been rearranged to realise a new and original cultural enhancement project, which consists of a 'sound narrative' dedicated to the story of little Simone da Trento, which will be permanently accessible here. The public, seated on wooden benches like those of a choir, will listen in the dark, in wireless headphones, designed to offer high quality audio, to a narration of about 20 minutes, informative, didactic, but also highly suggestive and with a particular immersive effect.

#fondoambienteitaliano🍀 #italy #fondoambienteitaliano #visititaly #fai #trento #visittrento #trentino #cappelladelsimonino #palazzobortolazzi

Looking for a weekend escape? The #FAISpringDays a

Looking for a weekend escape? The #FAISpringDays await you on 23 and 24 March for a weekend of visits to 750 unique places in Italy.
Choose what to visit via the link in bio!

#fondoambienteitaliano🍀 #italy #fondoambienteitaliano #visititaly #fai #faispringdays #primavera #spring

#FAIexperiences Make a note of this visit tip: l

#FAIexperiences

Make a note of this visit tip: let's talk about a garden in Florence.
Overlooking the city, the @edvgardenfirenze offers spectacular views, as far as Brunelleschi's dome.

Born from the inspiration of the owner, artist Alice Esclapon de Villeneuve, this green treasure is dotted with flowers, plants, and artistic installations, the ideal place to relax.

An ideal visit can be made in spring, but there are events scheduled throughout the year.

With a @fondoambiente or FAI UK membership card, you can get a discount on the entrance tickets!

#FAIexperiences #fondoambienteitaliano🍀 #italy #fondoambienteitaliano #visititaly #fai #tuscanybuzz #tuscanylovers #tuscanypeople #florence #faiuksupporters

What is the most fascinating place where you have

What is the most fascinating place where you have ever stayed for a night?
Perhaps some of us will answer this question by mentioning our @villadeivescovi in Luvigliano di Torreglia. Here in fact it is possible to stay in two spacious attics. Find out more: landmarktrust.italia@landmarktrust.org.uk

#fondoambienteitaliano🍀 #italy #fondoambienteitaliano #visititaly #fai #villadeivescovi #villadeivescovi🏰 #villadeivescovifai #villadeivescovivivoveneto #veneto #venetogram #venetosegreto #visititaly

@villafogazzaroroi consists of a set of buildings

@villafogazzaroroi consists of a set of buildings on several levels, leaning against and adapting to the steep slope of the mountain behind. The roofs (the roofs) of these six buildings flank each other in an articulated manner, creating a complex system of wooden beams and typical brick tile roofs.

Thanks to funding from Fondazione Cariplo under the Bando 2021 - SOS Patrimonio, it was finally possible to undertake a major extraordinary maintenance and structural improvement work on both the roofs and the walls of the residence overlooking the Italian shore of Lake Lugano.

#italy #fai #visititaly #fondoambienteitaliano #fondoambienteitaliano🍀 #villafogazzaroroi #lombardy #como #visitcomo #visitlombardia #lake #comolake #lagodicomo

@fondoambiente and the Palazzo Moroni Museum Found

@fondoambiente and the Palazzo Moroni Museum Foundation have inaugurated @palazzomoronibergamo in Bergamo!

After the opening of the gardens and the ortaglia in June 2020 in the midst of the pandemic, and that of four rooms with splendid Baroque frescoes in September 2021 (as part of the celebrations for the 500th anniversary of the birth of Giovanni Battista Moroni, whose masterpieces are preserved in these rooms), the 17th-century palace in the heart of Bergamo Città Alta opened in full from Wednesday, November 22, 2023, on the occasion of the event "Bergamo Brescia Capital of Culture 2023."

Find more information on: https://fondoambiente.it/palazzo-e-giardini-moroni-eng/

Ph. B. Verduci (C) FAI
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The restoration of Palazzo Moroni was carried out thanks to the decisive contribution of @regionelombardia.official
@palazzomoronibergamo

#visitlombardia #visititaly #fai #italy #fondoambienteitaliano #lombardy #PalazzoMoroni #palazzomoroni #palazzomoronibergamo #palazzomoronieisuoigiardini

𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝘄 "𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗼" 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗙𝗔𝗜!
𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐚 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢 𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐳𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐚 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐨 𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐳𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢 tell family stories and an unprecedented cross-section of the city's society and culture.

The Foundation will open Casa Crespi and Collezione Bagutta and Casa Livio and Collezione Grandi to the public in 2026, proposing them as places not only to get to know, but also to experience.

Two important new donations, which join @villanecchicampiglio, telling another cross-section of typically Milanese society and culture.

Ph. B. Verduci (C) FAI

#fondoambienteitaliano #italy #visititaly #fai #lombardy #visitlombardia #villanecchicampiglio #collezionegrandi #casalivio #collezionebagutta #casacrespi

Here is the @boscodisanfrancesco, 64 hectares of n

Here is the @boscodisanfrancesco, 64 hectares of nature and history in Assisi. Have you ever visited it?

Come and discover it in the autumn: a few days ago @fondoambiente reopened the path leading to the Terzo Paradiso (Third Paradise), the masterpiece created by Michelangelo Pistoletto in the heart of the Bosco di San Francesco.
Ph,. E Dottorini, A. Angelucci (C) FAI

#fondoambienteitaliano #fai #fondoambienteitaliano🍀 #visititaly #italy #landscape #nature #autumn #boscodisanfrancesco #assisi #umbria

5 things you didn't know you could do with the FAI

5 things you didn't know you could do with the FAI - Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano or FAI UK Card 👈
📍 Rafting in Calabria
📍 Cycling in Lombardy
📍 A photography course in Rome
📍 A zipline in Campania
📍 A spa day in Veneto
✅With your FAI/FAI UK card, you have access to hundreds of experiences with reduced tickets throughout Italy!

🔗Check them here: https://bit.ly/EsperienzeFAI

Hike amidst the scents and colours of the Mediterr

Hike amidst the scents and colours of the Mediterranean maquis, observe nature and draw it into a painting, walk to observe the landscape around us, discover the stories of those who have gone before us, and listen to the music that resonates among the trees. These are some of the experiences you can enjoy if you participate in 𝐆𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚, Sunday 10 September.
Don't miss this precious opportunity to get to know the varied landscape of our country better: discover all the events @fondoambiente has organised for you at www.giornatadelpanorama.it.

#fondoambienteitaliano🍀 #fondoambienteitaliano #fai #visititaly #panorama #landscape #nature #italy

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