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Graziana Tura Canova has been a member of FAI since 1980 and, together with her husband, has chosen to adopt the Abbazia di San Fruttuoso. Adopting an FAI Property means helping to care for it, following its journey of conservation and enhancement, and feeling a sense of personal connection to it. It is a gesture that brings together heart and reason.

Paper is a delicate material that requires constant care. FAI looks after prints, drawings and documents through ongoing maintenance, targeted conservation work and specialist restoration, ensuring that this fragile heritage can be preserved and enjoyed over time.

FAI safeguards a remarkable collection of works on paper that vary widely in artistic technique, period and provenance, as well as in form and function. The collection includes more than 11,000 prints, drawings and photographs, 40,000 rare books, historical archives and around 700 square metres of wall coverings made of wallpaper and parchment.

Italy’s most fragile territories — its inland areas and urban peripheries — are at the heart of the latest initiatives supported by Italian Places I Love. Twenty new projects across 11 regions, from north to south, will receive financial support from FAI, in collaboration with Intesa Sanpaolo.

FAI has announced the start of construction on the Padiglione Brion, a project that will transform an ordinary villa into a visitors’ reception and services centre for the Brion Memorial, while also serving as an example of urban regeneration that enhances the surrounding area.

Spring arrives with FAI: discover the unmissable events taking place throughout April and enjoy the longer days surrounded by art, nature and beauty.

Until 11 January 2026, don’t miss the traditional Christmas celebrations at Villa Necchi Campiglio in Milan with The Christmas table at Villa Necchi designed by Guido Andloviz.

The exhibition, on display until 6 January 2026 in the historic Negozio Olivetti in Piazza San Marco in Venice, marks the return of Spanish artist Jaume Plensa to the lagoon city and traces the evolution of his glass creations, exploring his growing personal dialogue with the material to create contemplative portraits that inspire deep reflection.

FAI has opened the Case Montana at the Giardino della Kolymbethra: traditional farm buildings, brought back from ruin, bearing witness to centuries of rural civilisation that shaped and cared for the landscape of the Valley of the Temples.

In 2025, FAI marked its first fifty years with institutional events, new openings and important recognitions.

In 2025, FAI will celebrate fifty years since its foundation and, with four inaugurations already completed and a fifth scheduled for November, it renews its commitment to preserving and restoring places of identity to the country, authentic witnesses to our history and culture.