Florence Committee Promotes

CORPORATE CHARTER

The University professor George the Pira, eminent Mayor of Florence, in the 1960 augured itself that Florence became the most important cultural center that was to the level of the greatest economic, political and social problems that interest the edificazione of one new civilization to world-wide dimensions.

George the Pira believed in Florence.

He believed in a "general, decisive cultural investment" in order to throw again "this culture fiorentina of highest level, with physics, metaphysics, theological, artistic, civil and woven with the more precious threads of the most perfect classic and Mediterranean culture".

Cosi Its Holiness Giovanni Paul II the 2 june 1986, addressed to the Bishops of the Tuscany receipts in audience in Vatican: "in effects - the Pope continued - the history not only of Italy, but of the entire world, is marked from the peculiar literary, artistic, scientific contribution and spiritual acts from your earth, yours is a cultural patrimony rivisitare constantly in order to conserve integral the fundamental values, in continuity with the ancient civil traditions of the region; draft of richest reservoirs of genius in several the fields of the human expression, that it is necessary to cultivate and to increase, not limiting themselves to make of object of retrospettiva contemplation, but seeing alive a source to you of inspiration and engagement for living indeed to live again and to emulate in the present the long history of your cities - Pope John Paul said II - beyond pushing to you and appreciating and to cultivate the perennial values of the spirit incarnates to you in letters, and in the limbs, it stimulates you to a constant ethical and moral renewal that reaches to the sources of which the cultural and social woven one of your populations is permeated ".

And always Giovanni Paul II therefore addressed to the young people fiorentini in Saint public square Croce during its visit, to Florence, in October 1986:

"Torn to these your ancestors the secret of the closing of the beautiful one, the bond, the true one, the world needs of men and women whom they know to collect the inheritance of how many have preceded to us".

Pushed from these values, teaching and journalist fiorentino Frank organizing and promotore Mariani, from years of various cultural, social, religious initiatives to Ugnano, often in collaboration with the Common one of Florence - Council of Quarter n 4, held account also of the recent decisions taken from the Communal Council on the zone of Ugnano and Mantignano, in January 1993 has made Promotore of the restoration of the Monument the Fallen of Ugnano, of Common property of of Florence, constituting cosi the "Committee for Monument to the Fallen of Ugnano" calling to make some leaves, with own representatives, the social truths of the rione: Parish and Town hall, beyond to the Councillorship to the Fine Arts of the Common one, Commando Military region Tosco Emiliana, the responsibles of the two restauratrici companies and the responsible architect of the restoration.

To the Committee of Honor they joined the President of the Senate, Sen. Giovanni Spadolini, the President of the Chamber of deputies, On. George Napolitano, and beyond 100 Authorities between Civilians, military and religious, it is to national level that regional.

The Committee, guided from the President, Frank Journalist Mariani, elect to the first reunion from the members of the same Committee, with a representation of 5 citizens May 1993 was received in special audience, in Vatican, from Its Holiness Giovanni Paul II, and, to Madama Palace, from the President of the Senate Giovanni Spadolini, while, because of the crisis of Government, jumped the visits to the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister of the Ministers.

Cosi addressed Pope John Paul II to the President of the Mariani Committee: "the memory of the Fallen of all can the wars, confirmed from the prayer, being well supreme auspice of peace for the entire humanity".

After the restoration and the ceremony of rinaugurazione, happened 15 May 1993, to the presence of the Gonfaloni of Region, Province, Common of Florence, Associations of Arma and Combattentistiche, the Mayor of Florence George Morales, of the Bishop of Volterra Mons. Bertelli, of an armed stake of glorious 78° "the Lupi of Tuscany" of the Military region Tosco Emiliana and the Band of the Brigade "Friuli", the Committee, renewed in its Directive Council in 1994, on I invite of the Tuscany Region has joined to the celebrations of the 50° Anniversary of the Liberation and the Resistance turning out, to said of the same Region Tuscany, the more active Committee with initiatives not only celebrative to Ugnano, in front of the Monument to the Fallen, but also with lessons in the elementary schools and medium advanced inferiors and to Florence and province with specialistic and characterized teaching staff.

From December 1994, and until December 1996, the Committee has made itself promotore of the celebrations for the xxx° Anniversary of the Alluvium that November 1966 hit 4 Florence, and of xxv° Anniversary of the gift of Pope Paul YOU Florence, one house for old, announced the night of been born them of the ' 66, during its historical visit to flooded Florence, and inaugurated then the 12 July 1970 from the Substitute of the Secretariat of State Vatican, Archbishop Giovanni Benelli, future Cardinal and Archbishop of Florence from 1977 to 1982.

The President of the Italian Republic Oscar Luigi Scalfaro with its decree has granted the High Patronage of the President of the Republic to the Fallen initiatives of the Committee of Ugnano for year 1995 and 1996.

Granted also the Sponsorship of the Prime Minister's Office, and of the Common one, Provveditorato, Regional Scholastic Supervising, Province, Civil Protection, Atmosphere, Cultural Assets, Foreign country, Ministries of the Interior Public education Tuscany Region of Florence for the Tuscany to the Studies of Florence of Florence.

In consideration of carried out how much until December 1996 the members of the Committee, in their anniversary reunion, have decided, on invite of some councilmen, to approve of a new Charter (firm remaining the ispiratori principles of the Committee and continuing the safeguard and the guard of the Fallen of Ugnano) to renew the social charges, and to change the name of the same one from "Committee for Monument to the Fallen of Ugnano" in "Florence Committee It promotes - for the development and the increment of cultural initiatives and information".

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Exceptions could be granted to Journalistic Writings behind explicit written demand to the President for Florence Promote, Frank Journalist Mariani mariani@associazioni.comune.firenze.it  338/8458117 -  Fax 055/4286939 to which it is up to grant null osta the definitive one.

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