{"id":110154,"date":"2025-01-10T15:03:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T14:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/chi-siamo-edit-claudio\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:01:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T09:01:30","slug":"chi-siamo-edit-claudio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/en\/chi-siamo\/","title":{"rendered":"The Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; bg_type=&#8221;bg_color&#8221; bg_override=&#8221;full&#8221; bg_color_value=&#8221;rgba(234,234,234,0.57)&#8221; el_class=&#8221;bottom_border&#8221;][vc_column el_class=&#8221;white-smoke&#8221;]<div class=\"dinamic_sticky_main_cnt\"><div class=\"dinamic_sticky_menu_cnt\"><ul class=\"dinamic_sticky_menu_ul\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div>[vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The Foundation&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h1|text_align:center&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1742989419663{margin-bottom: 0.626rem !important;padding-top: 2.62% !important;padding-bottom: 4.2% !important;background-color: #f5f5f5 !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cini_font_huge custom_cini_heading&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_class=&#8221;bottom_border&#8221; el_id=&#8221;THE FOUNDATION&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; el_class=&#8221;right_border&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1731603359801{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"ult_row_spacer\"><div class=\"ult-sticky-anchor\"><div class=\"ult-sticky-section ult-sticky \"  data-stick_behaviour= 'stick_with_scroll_row'  data-sticky_position= 'top' data-mobile='no' data-support='no'>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cini_font_basic&#8221;]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Fondazione Giorgio Cini ETS was established on 20 April 1951, on the initiative of Vittorio Cini, in memory of his son Giorgio, with the aim of promoting the restoration of the monumental complex of the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore \u2013 designed, among others, by Palladio and Longhena \u2013 severely degraded after almost one hundred and fifty years of military occupation, and to reintegrate it into the life of Venice<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to make it an international center of cultural activities, research and meetings of great importance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In its more than seventy years of history, the Foundation has promoted countless social, cultural and artistic activities in a constant dialogue with other institutions and the most prominent Italian and international representatives of culture and science. It has always maintained a hybrid vocation, between humanism and science, promoting and hosting hundreds of seminars and conferences on contemporary challenges, from a technological, ethical, philosophical and global point of view, bringing together the best researchers and experts at an international level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Fondazione Giorgio Cini ETS has transformed the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore into a prestigious venue for international meetings, in the name of dialogue and listening between different visions of the world. Since the 1960s and throughout the Cold War it has been a privileged meeting place for academics and personalities from East and West. In 1971, it signed a programme with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the development of international cultural and scientific activities. It hosted ministerial meetings<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the EEC<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ECSC<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, UNESCO, the European Investment Bank, the<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> OECD<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, just to name a few. In 1987 it was the venue for the G7 and in 2021 for the G20 Economy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to exhibitions, research activities, study meetings, seminars and training and advanced courses, the Foundation<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hosts seven Institutes<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and three Research<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Centres, that focus on theatre, spirituality, music, art, historical research, and new technologies for the digitalisation and enhancement of the cultural heritage. The first nucleus from which the various Institutes<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are articulated was established in 1954, as the Centro di Cultura e Civilt\u00e0 Italiana (\u2018Centre for Italian Culture and Civilisation\u2019), which immediately became a prestigious place of thought and research of international excellence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2010 the Fondazione Giorgio Cini ETS established a research residence, dedicated to Vittore Branca, the renowned Italianist and former Secretary General of the Foundation. It is a humanities centre that welcomes academics, writers and artists from all over the world who wish to spend a period of study on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore. Every year the Foundation<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">offers residential scholarships to young scholars from universities and international institutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The extraordinary significance of the Foundation<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is clearly demonstrated by the excellence of the events, documented in publications, organised and hosted on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, as well as by the richness of its cultural heritage (ancient books, drawings, miniatures, tapestries, paintings, furniture, sculptures) and the archive collections, with documentary and photographic archives from all over the world. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1984, the Gallery of Palazzo Cini in San Vio, in the historic centre of Venice, was added to the Foundation, with its collection of Tuscan and Ferrara Renaissance paintings from Vittorio Cini&#8217;s personal collection. On the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, the Auditorium \u201cLo Squero\u201d hosts major classical and contemporary music concerts, while its expansive exhibition spaces feature displays dedicated to the most compelling expressions of contemporary art and architecture.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<\/div><div class=\"ult-space\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1731603364831{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"ult_row_spacer\"><div class=\"ult-sticky-anchor\"><div class=\"ult-sticky-section ult-sticky \"  data-gutter= '50' data-stick_behaviour= 'stick_with_scroll_row'  data-sticky_position= 'top' data-mobile='no' data-support='no'>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;103282&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;width-100&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cini_font_small_sans&#8221;]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fratelli Alinari, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">View of the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, 1920-1930 c<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Venice, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Institute of Art History \u2013 Photo Library<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-6a21c5767cce2\" data-id=\"6a21c5767cce2\" data-height=\"30\" data-height-mobile=\"30\" data-height-tab=\"30\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ult-space\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;bottom_border&#8221;][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The Fondazione Giorgio Cini, established by Vittorio Cini on 20 April 1951, promotes the dialogue between different cultures and the humanistic and scientific research through an interdisciplinary approach.&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1742999856657{margin-bottom: 0px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cini_font_large cini-custom-single-column-heading&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_class=&#8221;bottom_border&#8221; el_id=&#8221;HISTORY&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; el_class=&#8221;right_border&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1731603556938{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"ult_row_spacer\"><div class=\"ult-sticky-anchor\"><div class=\"ult-sticky-section ult-sticky \"  data-stick_behaviour= 'stick_with_scroll_row'  data-sticky_position= 'top' data-mobile='no' data-support='no'>[vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;MONUMENTAL COMPLEX&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h5|text_align:left&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cini_font_small&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cini_font_basic&#8221;]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, already inhabited during the Roman period and known as Insula Memmia (\u2018Memmia Island\u2019), from the eponymous gens that must have owned property here, took its current name following the construction of a church dedicated to Saint George in the first half of the 9th century. In 982, Abbot Giovanni Morosini received the island as a donation from the Doge Tribuno Memmo, with the aim of founding a Benedictine monastery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From that time, the island and the monastery became a leading spiritual and economic centre, also due to the Doge&#8217;s protectorate, which continued until the fall of the Venetian Republic. The complex began to take on its current aspect around the end of the 15th century, with the intervention of the Lombard architect Giovanni Buora, who was responsible of the construction of the Manica Lunga, the former dormitory of the abbey, completed in 1508 with the relief of St. George by Giovan Battista Bregno. His son Andrea was responsible for the construction of the Cypress Cloister, a remarkable example of Renaissance architecture (1517-1526).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second major architectural intervention was the work of Andrea Palladio, who, appointed first architect in 1560, radically renovated the previous Gothic church, built the new refectory and the second cloister, completed only in 1615. This is one of Palladio\u2019s most beautiful creations with a harmony between empty and full spaces that makes it a perfect place for meditation. It was in the refectory that Paolo Veronese painted the admirable canvas <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Le Nozze di Cana<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, conserved in the Louvre Museum since the Napoleonic era.\u00a0 It was recently \u2018returned\u2019 to its original location through the placement of a facsimile made in 2007 by <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Factum Arte<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Madrid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Venetian Baldassare Longhena renovated the spaces of the monumental complex with two interventions that marked the beginning of the Baroque season at San Giorgio Maggiore: the Monumental Staircase, which gives access to the abbot&#8217;s apartments, begun in 1643, and the Library, from 1654-1671, decorated with the cycle of paintings by the Lucchese painters Giovanni Coli and Filippo Gherardi and the walnut bookcases designed by Longhena. Following the fall of the Serenissima in 1797, the island became a barracks and prison; the military function was maintained later by the Austrian and Italian governments, inaugurating a long season of spoliation and tampering that profoundly changed the face of the monastery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the monumental buildings fragmented without criteria<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and often repurposed for uses that disregarded their historical and artistic value, the island experienced a period of dramatic decay. It was only thanks to the intervention of Vittorio Cini and the restoration directed by Ferdinando Forlati after the Second World War that the abbey complex was restored to its former splendour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting from this first recovery in the 1950s, many areas of the monumental complex and the structures on the island have been restored and returned to public use, even for purposes different from their original ones. An extraordinary example of redesign is the Manica Lunga, the place that once housed the monks&#8217; cells and later the accommodations and dormitories: after a restoration by Michele De Lucchi, completed in 2009, it is now a large library dedicated to the History of Art.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From its earliest years of activity, the Foundation also constructed a series of buildings to house the Maritime Centre (1952) and the Arts and Crafts Centre (1953), both of which operated until the 1970s. Once this important phase of professional training experience (typography, carpentry, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tailoring, mechanics) aimed at the city&#8217;s young people had come to an end, those same buildings became the home of <a href=\"https:\/\/lestanzedelvetro.org\/en\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Le Stanze del Vetro<\/a> (2012) and <a href=\"https:\/\/lestanzedellafotografia.it\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Le Stanze della Fotografia<\/a> (2023). Thus the island&#8217;s squero, once an ancient workshop for repairing boats, was transformed in 2016 into a modern and atmospheric Auditorium.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the works built ex novo over the years the Teatro Verde (construction began in 1952) is worth mentioning, designed by architects Luigi Vietti and Angelo Scattolin, using demolition material accumulated during the island&#8217;s restoration. It is an open-air amphitheatre with around 1.500 seats, consisting of tiers of white Vicenza stone interspersed with boxwood espaliers, so as to give the impression \u2013 with the audience seated \u2013 of one of those \u201cteatri di verdure\u201d (\u2018theatres of greenery\u2019) that adorned the Venetian mainland villas. In 1960 it was the turn of the swimming pool, inaugurated two years later, the first to be built in the city and which remained in use for a long time, until its current transformation into a suggestive exhibition centre.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the creation of the Borges Labyrinth, the Island gives itself a sort of \u201cterzo chiostro\u201d (\u2018third cloister\u2019), built on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the death of the famous Argentine writer (14 June 1986 \u2013 14 June 2011), designed by Randoll Coate in collaboration with the Fundaci\u00f3n Internacional Jorge Luis Borges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 2018, the Vatican Chapels have enriched the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, in the heart of the Wood. These chapels were conceived as the Holy See&#8217;s first pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. Inspired by Gunnar Asplund&#8217;s Chapel of the Woods, the project was curated by Francesco Dal Co and Micol Forti. The ten chapels, designed by as many famous international architects, originally conceived as temporary installations, have become an integrated part of the Island, transforming themselves into places of meditation and extraordinary beauty.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<\/div><div class=\"ult-space\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1731603561686{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"ult_row_spacer\"><div class=\"ult-sticky-anchor\"><div class=\"ult-sticky-section ult-sticky \"  data-gutter= '50' data-stick_behaviour= 'stick_with_scroll_row'  data-sticky_position= 'top' data-mobile='no' data-support='no'>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=&#8221;103178&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;width-100&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cini_font_small_sans&#8221;]Palladian Cloister \u00a9Matteo De Fina[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;1.875rem&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=&#8221;103299&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;width-100&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cini_font_small_sans&#8221;]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guglielmo Visentini, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">View of the Piazza of the Centre for Arts and Crafts of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 1953. Venice, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Institute of Art History \u2013 Photo Library<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;1.875rem&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=&#8221;103318&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;width-100&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cini_font_small_sans&#8221;]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giacomelli, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction of the Teatro Verde of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 1953. Venice, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Institute of Art History \u2013 Photo Library<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;1.875rem&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=&#8221;103324&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;width-100&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cini_font_small_sans&#8221;]Guglielmo Visentini, <em>View of the Cypress Cloister of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice<\/em>, 1953. Venice, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Institute of Art History \u2013 Photo Library<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner]<\/div><div class=\"ult-space\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-6a21c5767cd8c\" data-id=\"6a21c5767cd8c\" data-height=\"30\" data-height-mobile=\"30\" data-height-tab=\"30\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_id=&#8221;INSTITUTES&#8221; el_class=&#8221;bottom_border&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; el_class=&#8221;right_border&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1732006674341{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"ult_row_spacer\"><div class=\"ult-sticky-anchor\"><div class=\"ult-sticky-section ult-sticky \"  data-stick_behaviour= 'stick_with_scroll_row'  data-sticky_position= 'top' data-mobile='no' data-support='no'>[vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;INSTITUTES&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h5|text_align:left&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cini_font_small&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1742997679554{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cini_font_basic&#8221;]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Fondazione Giorgio Cini, an international point of reference for the culture and the education of the new generations, has always oriented its scientific activity towards the establishment of advanced Research Institutes, drawing inspiration<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by the models of the Institutes for Advanced Studies in the Anglo-Saxon tradition and the most prestigious international cultural centres.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Between 1954 and 1958, in the years following its foundation, the Institute of Art History; the Institute for the History of the Venetian State and Society; the Institute of Letters, Music and Theatre <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> whose activities are now carried on by the Institute of Theatre and Opera <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and, finally, the Institute of Venice and the Orient, now the Comparative Studies of Civilisations and Spiritualities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following this first cycle of growth and development, the Italian Antonio Vivaldi Institute, the Institute of Music and the Intercultural Institute of Comparative Music Studies were founded between 1978 and 2003, until the foundation, in June 2018, of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital Centre \u2013 ARCHiVe<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the digitisation and the enhancement of the historical-artistic 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css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1739449869754{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cini_font_large&#8221;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-6a21c5767f181\" data-id=\"6a21c5767f181\" data-height=\"30\" data-height-mobile=\"30\" data-height-tab=\"30\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ult-space\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1737045864564{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;padding-reset&#8221;]    <div class=\"accordion-container \" >\n        <div class=\"title-wrapper\">\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"accordion-title-container\">\n                    <span class=\"accordion-header-text-span\">Current Governance<\/span>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"accordion-icon-container\">\n                <span class=\"accordion-icon-span\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/wp-content\/themes\/cini\/icons\/Plus.svg\" alt=\"plus\" style=\"transform: rotate(0deg);\">\n                <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-content-inner\">\n                <p>President<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/en\/who-whe-are\/staff\/gianfelice-rocca-president-of-the-fondazione-giorgio-cini\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Gianfelice Rocca<\/a> (2024 \u2013 in office)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Scientific Director<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/en\/who-we-are\/staff\/daniele-franco\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniele Franco<\/a> (2024 \u2013 in office)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>General Secretaries<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/en\/who-whe-are\/staff\/renata-codello\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Renata Codello<\/a> (2020 \u2013 in office)<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"accordion-container \" >\n        <div class=\"title-wrapper\">\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"accordion-title-container\">\n                    <span class=\"accordion-header-text-span\">Presidents<\/span>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"accordion-icon-container\">\n                <span class=\"accordion-icon-span\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/wp-content\/themes\/cini\/icons\/Plus.svg\" alt=\"plus\" style=\"transform: rotate(0deg);\">\n                <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-content-inner\">\n                <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/en\/who-whe-are\/staff\/giovanni-bazoli\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Giovanni Bazoli (1999 \u2014 2024)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/en\/who-whe-are\/staff\/feliciano-benvenuti\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Feliciano Benvenuti (1997 \u2014 1999<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/en\/who-whe-are\/staff\/vittore-branca\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Vittore Branca (1995 \u2014 1996)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/en\/who-whe-are\/staff\/bruno-visentini\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Bruno Visentini (1977 \u2014 1995)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/en\/who-whe-are\/staff\/angelo-spanio\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Angelo Spanio (1953 \u2014 1976)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/en\/who-whe-are\/staff\/nino-barbantini\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Nino Barbantini (1951 \u2014 1952)<\/a><\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"accordion-container \" >\n        <div class=\"title-wrapper\">\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"accordion-title-container\">\n                    <span class=\"accordion-header-text-span\">General Secretaries<\/span>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"accordion-icon-container\">\n                <span class=\"accordion-icon-span\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/wp-content\/themes\/cini\/icons\/Plus.svg\" alt=\"plus\" style=\"transform: rotate(0deg);\">\n                <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-content-inner\">\n                <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/en\/who-whe-are\/staff\/pasquale-gagliardi\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Pasquale Gagliardi (2002 \u2014 2020)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/en\/who-whe-are\/staff\/renzo-zorzi\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Renzo Zorzi (1988 \u2014 2001)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/en\/who-whe-are\/staff\/vittore-branca\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Vittore Branca (1953 \u2014 1988)<\/a><\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_class=&#8221;bottom_border&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; el_class=&#8221;right_border&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1731794914863{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"ult_row_spacer\"><div class=\"ult-sticky-anchor\"><div class=\"ult-sticky-section ult-sticky \"  data-stick_behaviour= 'stick_with_scroll_row'  data-sticky_position= 'top' data-mobile='no' data-support='no'>[vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Cda, General Council and Statute&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1739522123507{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px 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ETS.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"download-item-download\"><div class=\"download-item-download-icon\"><div class=\"download-item-download-button\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/wp-content\/themes\/cini\/icons\/Freccia.svg\" alt=\"download-icon\" class=\"svg-icon svg-arrow-down\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/wp-content\/themes\/cini\/icons\/SottoFreccia.svg\" alt=\"download-icon\" class=\"svg-icon\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"download-item-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Statuto_FGC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"download-item-link\"><div class=\"download-item-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"download-item-text\"><p>Statute 2024<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"download-item-download\"><div class=\"download-item-download-icon\"><div class=\"download-item-download-button\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/wp-content\/themes\/cini\/icons\/Freccia.svg\" 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