(ANSA) – ROME, OCTOBER 30 – Desideria Pasolini Dall’Onda, co-founder of Italia Nostra, died in Rome at the age of 101. The association gives notice of this, underlining that the last signatory of the 1955 deed is leaving with her, then also signed by Umberto Zanotti Bianco, Elena Croce, Pier Paolo Trompeo, Giorgio Bassani, Luigi Magnani Rocca and Hubert Howard. from 1998 to 2005, Desideria Pasolini devoted herself above all to safeguarding the Italian agricultural landscape. Around her it gathers brilliant intellectuals such as Nicola Caracciolo and Antonio Cederna and important names in contemporary Italian urban planning, such as Vezio De Lucia, Italo Insolera, Leonardo Benevolo, Bernardo Rossi Doria. In 2001 the President of the Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi conferred the title of Knight of the Grand Cross on her with the following motivation: “Among the women who have contributed most to the defense of the historical, artistic and cultural heritage of the Bel Paese, Desideria Pasolini dall’Onda occupies an absolutely priority place. Her generous over fifty-year battles for the protection of the landscape, both in Italia Nostra, of which she was founder and president, and on many other occasions, have left a profound mark in the long and tiring history of environmental protection of our Country.” As national President of the Association, Ebe Giacometti recalls today, outgoing president of Italia Nostra, she has never shied away from the great battles, always putting the values of Article 9 of the Constitution first. We would like to have her by our side again in this new season of investments which, if not adequately guided and coordinated, risks turning into a season of soil consumption “. While the Minister of Culture Dario Franceschini stresses that with his death” a an important voice in the civil commitment to safeguard the cultural heritage and the landscape. “The funeral will be held in Rome, Tuesday 2 November, at 10.00 in the Church of San Carlo ai Catinari. (ANSA).
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