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Line 1: {{Short description\|Venetian art and research institute}} [[File:~~Venice09~~San Giorgio Maggiore island, Venice, Italy.jpg\|right \|thumb \|250 px \|The island of [[San Giorgio Maggiore]] is home to the Cini Foundation]] ~~The '''Giorgio Cini Foundation''' (Italian '''Fondazione Giorgio Cini'''), or just '''Cini Foundation''', is a cultural foundation founded April 20, 1951 in memory of Count {{Ill\|it\|Giorgio Cini}}.~~ The '''Giorgio Cini Foundation''' (''Italian: '''Fondazione Giorgio Cini'''''), or just the '''Cini Foundation''', is a cultural foundation founded by industrialist and politician Vittorio Cini in 20 April 1951 in memory of [[:it:Giorgio_Cini_(imprenditore)\|Giorgio Cini]], his son who died in a airplane accident near [[Cannes]] in August 1949.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Who we are – Fondazione Giorgio Cini Onlus \|url=https://www.cini.it/en/who-we-are \|access-date=2024-05-08 \|website=www.cini.it}}</ref> ==History== The Foundation is located in the former [[San Giorgio Monastery]] on the island of [[San Giorgio Maggiore]], [[Venice]]. The Foundation is located in the former [[San Giorgio Monastery]] on the island of [[San Giorgio Maggiore]], [[Venice]]. It was established by Count Vittorio Cini in memory of his son who died in an airplane accident near [[Cannes]] in 1949. Vittorio Cini had been arrested by the [[SS]] during [[World War II]] and sent to the [[Dachau concentration camp]]. His son Giorgio was able to get him released by bribing officials with diamonds and jewellery.<ref>{{cite book \| author=[[Tatiana von Metternich-Winneburg\|Tatiana Metternich]] \| title=Purgatory of Fools \| publisher=Quadrangle (1976) \| page=196 \| isbn=0-8129-0691-8 \| year=1976}}</ref> Vittorio Cini had a long relationship with the Italian Fascist party, joining in 1926, and had occupied influential positions within government and industry throughout the decades of [[Benito Mussolini]]'s rule. In early 1943 he was named to the Ministry of Communication, but soon resigned, publicly castigating the obvious dire state of the national situation. He joined the plotting against Mussolini,<ref>[http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/vittorio-cini_(Dizionario_Biografico)/ Enciclopedia Treccani], Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 25 (1981), entry by Maurizio Reberschak.</ref> and with the Nazi occupation of Northern Italy, he was arrested by the [[SS]] and sent to the [[Dachau concentration camp]]. Transferred to a hospital, his son Giorgio was able to get him released by bribing officials with diamonds and jewelry.<ref>{{cite book \| author=Tatiana Metternich \| author-link=Tatiana von Metternich-Winneburg \| title=Purgatory of Fools \| publisher=Quadrangle (1976) \| page=196 \| isbn=0-8129-0691-8 \| year=1976}}</ref> Giorgio would also lobby successfully against the elder Cini's legal exclusion from political activities, arguing that his final break with Mussolini mitigated his long years of collaboration.<ref>Reberschak entry in Treccani.</ref> ==Purpose and collections== Part of the original purpose of the Foundation was to rebuild the convent that had been destroyed by [[Napoleon]] and later used by the Austrian Army, then the Italian Army, and rehabilitate the island within the context of the cultural history of [[Venice]].<ref>[{{Cite web \|url=http://www.cini.it/en/foundation \|title=Mission of the Cini Foundation] \|access-date=2009-02-15 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211211356/http://www.cini.it/en/foundation \|archive-date=2012-02-11 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> It now houses a historical library of about 15 ,000 volumes, an archive of manuscripts, and a collection concerning documents about history, music, theater and art. It is also a venue for exhibitions, concerts and meetings. As such it was a meeting place for the [[G7]] meetings in 1980 and 1987.<ref>{{cite journal\| title=Once a World Power, Now Host to World Powers \|author=R. W. Apple, Jr.\| journal=[[The [[New York Times]]\| \|date=June 7, 1987 \|url=~~http~~https://~~query~~www.nytimes.com/~~gst~~1987/~~fullpage~~06/07/world/once-a-world-power-now-host-to-world-powers.html?~~res=9B0DE5D81E38F934A35755C0A961948260&sec=&spon=&~~pagewanted=all}}</ref> The Foundation possess manuscripts and letters of famous persons of the theatrical and literary life of Italy at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth century, including [[Arrigo Boito]], [[Eleonora Duse]], [[Gabriele D'Annunzio]], [[Giovanni Pascoli]], [[Gian Francesco Malipiero]], and ~~{{Ill\|it\|~~[[Diego Valeri (poet)~~\|Diego Valeri}}~~]]. The Malipiero collection includes the library of the composer as well as scores, correspondence and many musical autographs. The Foundation also retains most of the music by [[Nino Rota]], including a collection of sketches. The Foundation also is home to the ''School of San Giorgio for the Study of Venetian Civilisation'', an academic center to examine the contributions of the [[Republic of Venice]] to civilization. ==La Foresteria== The Foresteria are the exclusive guest quarters that were built for Cini's friends and have been reserved for important guests who attend meetings at the Cini ~~foundation~~Foundation. Filled with valuable art and presenting across the water a view of [[Piazza San Marco\|St. Mark's Square]] and the [[Doge's Palace, Venice\|Doge's Palace]], the place has been visited by heads of state including [[Jimmy Carter]], [[Margaret Thatcher]], [[Ronald Reagan]], [[François Mitterrand]], [[Romano Prodi]], [[Carlo Azeglio Ciampi]], and [[King [[Juan Carlos I of Spain]].<ref>[{{Cite web \|url=http://www.cini.it/uploads/box/20fa5253cd38c3dcb719e8319a5190ce.pdf \|title=Information about La Foresteria] \|access-date=2009-02-13 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224224731/http://www.cini.it/uploads/box/20fa5253cd38c3dcb719e8319a5190ce.pdf \|archive-date=2009-02-24 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== Line 26 ⟶ 29: {{coord\|45\|25\|45\|N\|12\|20\|36\|E\|source:kolossus-eswiki\|display=title}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Museums in Venice]] [[Category:Culture in Venice]]▼ [[Category:Foundations based in Italy]] ▲[[Category:~~Culture~~Cultural organization in Venice]]