Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano
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The Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano (FAI) is the National Trust of Italy
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The organisation was established in 1975 on the model of the British
National Trust
. It is a private non-profit organisation and has 60,000 members as of early 2005. Its purpose is to protect elements of Italy's physical heritage which might otherwise be lost.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
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The organisation was established in 1975 on the model of the British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
National Trust
National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty
The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland...
. It is a private non-profit organisation and has 60,000 members as of early 2005. Its purpose is to protect elements of Italy's physical heritage which might otherwise be lost.
Properties
As of early 2007 the organisation had twenty-two properties including castles, gardens, monastic buildings and other cultural assets. These are spread throughout Italy, but the majority are in the north of the country.- Province of AgrigentoProvince of AgrigentoAgrigento is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. It has an area of 3,042 km², and a total population of 454,370...
- Giardino della Kolymbetra (Valle dei TempliValle dei TempliThe Valle dei Templi is an archaeological site in Agrigento , Sicily, southern Italy. It is one of the most outstanding examples of Greater Greece art and architecture, and is one of the main attractions of Sicily as well as a national monument of Italy...
, AgrigentoAgrigentoAgrigento , is a city on the southern coast of Sicily, Italy, and capital of the province of Agrigento. It is renowned as the site of the ancient Greek city of Akragas , one of the leading cities of Magna Graecia during the golden...
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- Giardino della Kolymbetra (Valle dei Templi
- Province of BergamoProvince of BergamoThe Province of Bergamo is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It has a population of 1,098,740 , an area of 2,722.86 square km, and contains 244 comuni...
- Mulino di Baresi (RoncobelloRoncobelloRoncobello is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 70 km northeast of Milan and about 30 km north of Bergamo...
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- Mulino di Baresi (Roncobello
- Province of ComoProvince of ComoThe Province of Como is a province in the north of the Lombardy region of Italy and borders the Swiss cantons of Ticino and Grigioni to the North, the Italian provinces of Sondrio and Lecco to the East, the Province of Milan to the south and the Province of Varese to the West...
- Villa del BalbianelloVilla del BalbianelloThe Villa del Balbianello is a villa in the comune of Lenno , Italy, overlooking Lake Como.It is located on the tip of a small wooded peninsula on the western shore of the south-west branch of Lake Como, not far from the Isola Comacina and is famous for its elaborate terraced gardens.The villa was...
(LennoLennoLenno is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about northeast of Como...
, Lake ComoLake ComoLake Como is a lake of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy. It has an area of 146 km², making it the third largest lake in Italy, after Lake Garda and Lake Maggiore...
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- Villa del Balbianello
- Province of CuneoProvince of Cuneoayr is a province in the southwest of the Piedmont region of Italy. To the west it borders on the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur ....
- Castello della MantaCastello della Mantathumb|300px|Castello della Manta.frame|Detail of the fresco showing 4 of the female counterparts to the Nine WorthiesCastello della Manta is a castle near Saluzzo, in Piedmont ....
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- Castello della Manta
- Province of GenoaProvince of GenoaThe Province of Genoa is a province in the Liguria region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Genoa.It has an area of 1,838 km², and a total population of about 900,000...
- Casa Carbone (LavagnaLavagnaLavagna is a fishing port city of c. 13,000 inhabitants in the curving stretch of the Italian Riviera di Levante called the gulf of Tigullio, in the province of Genoa in Liguria. The borgo of Lavagna was an important Ligurian cultural center in the Middle Ages...
) - Historic barber’s shop (GenoaGenoaGenoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
) - San Fruttuoso Abbey (CamogliCamogliCamogli is a small Italian fishing village and tourist resort located on the west side of the peninsula of Portofino, on the Golfo Paradiso at the Riviera di Levante, in the province of Genoa on the Italian Riviera. its population was of 5582 inhabitants. The name means "house of wives"...
) - Torre di Punta Pagana (RapalloRapalloRapallo is a municipality in the province of Genoa, in Liguria, northern Italy. As of 2007 it counts approximately 34,000 inhabitants, it is part of the Tigullio Gulf and is located in between Portofino and Chiavari....
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- Casa Carbone (Lavagna
- Province of LuccaProvince of LuccaThe Province of Lucca is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Lucca.It has an area of 1,773 km², and a total population of 372,244...
- Teatrino di Vetriano (also known as the Teatro Catalani) (Vetriano di PescagliaPescagliaPescaglia is a comune in the Province of Lucca in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 70 km northwest of Florence and about 15 km northwest of Lucca....
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- Teatrino di Vetriano (also known as the Teatro Catalani) (Vetriano di Pescaglia
- Province of MantuaProvince of MantuaThe Province of Mantua is a province in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. Its capital is the city of Mantua.-Communes:It includes 70 comuni , ranging in area from Viadana, with 102.19 km², to Mariana Mantovana, with 8.81 km²....
- A kiosk in the Liberty style (MantuaMantuaMantua is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy and capital of the province of the same name. Mantua's historic power and influence under the Gonzaga family, made it one of the main artistic, cultural and notably musical hubs of Northern Italy and the country as a whole...
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- A kiosk in the Liberty style (Mantua
- Province of MessinaProvince of MessinaMessina is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. Its capital is the city of Messina.-Geography and demography :...
- Cala Junco (an area of PanareaPanareaPanarea is the second smallest of the eight Aeolian Islands, a volcanic island chain north of Sicily. It is a frazione of the comune of Lipari. There are currently about 280 residents living on the island year-round; however the population increases dramatically in summer with the influx of...
, one of the Aeolian IslandsAeolian IslandsThe Aeolian Islands or Lipari Islands are a volcanic archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Sicily, named after the demigod of the winds Aeolus. The locals residing on the islands are known as Eolians . The Aeolian Islands are a popular tourist destination in the summer, and attract up to...
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- Cala Junco (an area of Panarea
- Province of MilanProvince of MilanThe Province of Milan : /) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Milan. The provincial territory is highly urbanized, resulting in the third highest population density among the Italian provinces with more than 2,000 inhabitants/km2, just behind the provinces of...
- Casa Necchi Campiglio MilanMilanMilan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
- Collezione Alighiero de' Micheli (Milan)
- Casa Necchi Campiglio Milan
- Province of NaplesProvince of NaplesThe Province of Naples is a province in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital city is Naples, within the province there are 92 Comuni of the Province of Naples.-Demographics:...
- Bay of Ieranto (Massa LubrenseMassa LubrenseMassa Lubrense is a comune in the Province of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 25 km southeast of Naples...
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- Bay of Ieranto (Massa Lubrense
- Province of PaduaProvince of PaduaThe Province of Padua is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Padua.-History and territory:...
- Villa dei Vescovi (Luvigliano, a frazioneFrazioneA frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...
of TorregliaTorregliaTorreglia is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 45 km west of Venice and about 14 km southwest of Padua. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5,978 and an area of 18.8 km²....
, in the Euganean HillsEuganean HillsThe Euganean Hills are a group of hills of volcanic origin that rise to heights of 300 to 600 meters from the Padovan-Venetian plain a few kilometers south of Padua. The Colli Euganei form the first regional park established in the Veneto, enclosing fifteen towns and eighty-one hills...
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- Villa dei Vescovi (Luvigliano, a frazione
- Province of RomeProvince of RomeThe Province of Rome , is a province in the Lazio region of Italy. The province can be viewed as the extended metropolitan area of the city of Rome, although in its more peripheral portions, especially to the north, it comprises towns surrounded by rural landscape.-Geography:The Province of Rome...
- Park of the Villa GregorianaVilla GregorianaVilla Gregoriana is a park located in Tivoli, Italy.The park, located at the feet of the city's ancient acropolis was commissioned by Pope Gregory XVI in 1835 to rebuild the bed of the Aniene River, which had been damaged by the flood of 1826. Since ancient times, the river formed a wide curve...
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- Park of the Villa Gregoriana
- Province of SassariProvince of SassariThe Province of Sassari is a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy. Its capital is the city of Sassari.-Geography:It has an area of 4,282 km², and a total population of 322,326 . There are 66 municipalities in the province, the largest of which are Sassari The...
- The Talmone Battery (Italian: Batterie Talmone) a system of military defenses (PalauPalau (OT)Palau is a comune in the Province of Olbia-Tempio in the Italian region Sardinia, about 220 km north of Cagliari and about 30 km northwest of Olbia. It was a frazione of the comune of Tempio Pausania until 1959.It is in Punta Sardegna, and was founded in 1875 by local...
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- The Talmone Battery (Italian: Batterie Talmone) a system of military defenses (Palau
- Province of SondrioProvince of SondrioThe Province of Sondrio is in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the town of Sondrio.It has an area of 3,212 km², and a total population of 176,856...
- Castel Grumello (Montagna in ValtellinaMontagna in ValtellinaMontagna in Valtellina is a comune in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 100 km northeast of Milan and about 3 km northeast of Sondrio...
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- Castel Grumello (Montagna in Valtellina
- Trentino
- Castello di Avio (Sabbionara di Avio)
- The wildlife sanctuary of Maso Fratton-Valaia (SpormaggioreSpormaggioreSpormaggiore is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 15 km northwest of Trento...
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- Province of TurinProvince of TurinThe Province of Turin is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Turin.It has an area of 6,830 km², and a total population of 2,277,686 . There are 315 comuni in the province – the most of any province in Italy...
- Castello di Masino (CaravinoCaravinoCaravino is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km northeast of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,031 and an area of 11.5 km²....
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- Castello di Masino (Caravino
- Province of VareseProvince of VareseThe Province of Varese is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Varese but its largest city is Busto Arsizio....
- Torba Monastery (Gornate-OlonaGornate-OlonaGornate Olona is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northwest of Milan and about 10 km southeast of Varese...
) - Torre di Velate (VareseVareseVarese is a town and comune in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, 55 km north of Milan.It is the capital of the Province of Varese. The hinterland or urban part of the city is called Varesotto.- Geography :...
) - Villa Della Porta BozzoloVilla Della Porta BozzoloVilla Della Porta Bozzolo is a villa located at Casalzuigno in the Italian province of Varese. It was donated by the heirs of the Italian senator and pathologist Camillo Bozzolo to the Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano—the National Trust of Italy—who now manage it.-History:It was built in the 16th...
(CasalzuignoCasalzuignoCasalzuigno is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 km northwest of Milan and about 14 km northwest of Varese....
) - Villa Panza (Varese)
- Torba Monastery (Gornate-Olona