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ABOUT US

• Italia Nostra
• The Venice Chapter
• The Chapter's Board of Directors
• This web site
• Our story

Venice in the centre of its Lagoon: Benedetto Bordone, 1528

Italia Nostra is the oldest national association for the defense of Italy's historical, cultural and environmental heritage. It was created in 1955 by Umberto Zanotti-Bianco, Giorgio Bassani, Elena Croce, Desideria Pasolini Dall'Onda, Pietro Trompeo, and Hubert Howard.

The association has its main office in Rome and over 200 sections across the country. Italia Nostra stays rigorously outside party politics. The assocation has its own, independent policies for historical preservation, territorial planning and landscape protection. For over 40 years, Italia Nostra has contributed to promoting a national culture of conservation, based on the respect of natinal historical and human heritage.

The national president is Alessandra Mottola Molfino.

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The Venice Chapter

Since it was founded in 1959, the Venice chapter of Italia Nostra has sought to protect the city of Venice and its natural Lagoon.

The chapter has its offices at: San Marco 1260, 30124 Venice, Italy
Tel and Fax: +39 041 5204822
email: italianostra.venezia@libero.it

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The Chapter's Board of Directors

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This Web Site

Lidia Fersuoch, Alvise Benedetti, Massimo Favilla, Paolo Lanapoppi, Maurizio Zanetto and other members of Italia Nostra contributed to this web site. Andrea Marcialis, Francesco Poli and Nicola Pegolo assisted.

We owe special gratitude to the contribution of Francesco Bortoluzzi.

Photographs and prints:

Venice panorama	UNESCO Photobank: A.Vorontzoff
The Bucintoro on Ascension Day by Antonio Visentini (micro format)	Stampe-venete.it: F. Bortoluzzi
Kids/canal	Car-free cities.com: J.H. Crawford
Lagoon/sunset, Salt marsh and houses	Tiberio Scozzafava-Jaeger
Historic prints of the Lagoon of Venice by Benedetto Bordone and the "high waters" in Piazza San Marco	Fototeca Museo Correr, Venice
High water in Venice	Marcello Foco, La Verità su Venezia
Venice and the petrochemical complex	Insula spa, reworked by Italia Nostra

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Our story

Since 1957, Italia Nostra has launched many campaigns, written countless articles and worked constantly to protect Venice and its Lagoon. Below are partial lists of our actions and articles. A more detailed overview of our own history will be available in the future.

• Actions by the Venice Chapter of Italia Nostra, 1995-2006
• Articles on Venice published in the national Bulletin of Italia Nostra, 1957-1999

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