Saturday 21 May Aeronautica Palace he hosted a conference of Italian Environmental Fund which were attended by presidents, delegates and volunteers from Lazio, Tuscany and Sardinia with the FAI Youth Groups from the three Regions.
After about two years of activity that was interrupted or, in any case, severely limited due to the pandemic crisis, the foundation, which aims to protect and enhance the Italian historical, artistic and landscape heritage, he chose to organize a conference dedicated to his volunteers to restart reflections and suggestions for cultural and organizational direction for the future.
In this context, the The Palazzo dell’Aeronautica represented the ideal venue for the meeting, an institutional building of the Air Force that houses a precious historical and cultural heritage that the FAI Delegation in Rome appreciates so much that it is one of the Roman sites included in the organized visits of the “What are you doing today?”which took place last year.”.
To emphasize the close connection between the Air Force and FAI, Brigadier General Massimo Cicerone, Commander of the Support Services of the Top-Level Entities of the Air Force, who in his speech greeted and welcomed the representatives of FAI.
The Conference saw the participation of President of FAI Marco Magnifico, of General Director Davide Usai and of Deputy General Director for Cultural Affairs Daniela Bruno.
The Palace, with the conference room enriched by the mural painting of Marcello Dudovich Where the Conference took place, it was inaugurated in 1931 and was designed by a young architect. Architect Roberto Marino but it was solidly inspired and stubbornly wanted by Italo Balbo, Minister of Aeronautics and among the founders of the Royal Air Force.
The building, home to the Air Staff, It is entirely built of reinforced concrete (an absolute novelty at the time) and beautifully preserves its more than 90 years of existence, mainly because it is the result of an innovative and cutting-edge project for its time. And for this “modernity,” the Air Force General Staff has contributed and is still contributing, in collaboration with the Special Superintendence for Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape of Rome, At the rediscovery and restoration of evocative and dreamlike murals by Marcello Dudovich, some of which have remained hidden from the public until now.
To fully enjoy the interesting structure of the building, at the end of the conference, the volunteers of the FAI Delegation from Rome They accompanied the participants in discovering the beauty of Palazzo Aeronautica, including the “Cloud room“Returning to a new splendor thanks to the active support of the Armed Forces.
