G. Giurlani: Now the redevelopment of the square.
09/03/2009
It was inaugurated Saturday 7 March, the "Stecca, the part of the Convent of St. Francis used as study rooms, cafeteria and accommodation for students of high school training imt. The presentation of the new structure took place in front of authorities and ordinary people who do not want to miss the appointment. Were present the President of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio Giancarlo Giurlani, Mauro Favilla the mayor, the president of the province Stefano Baccelli, leaders of the project of restoration and senators Andrea Marcucci and Marcello Pera.
Giurlani opened the speeches by thanking all those present. "I wanted a lot - he said - to be present. It 'an important moment. This is a perfectly restored building. We discovered that in these premises was formerly a center of Franciscan studies, a significant, in other words, a return to origins. This restructuring enhances the whole area east of the city. We hope that in the future is placed Piazza San Francesco and the church is restored. " Favilla The mayor also thanked the previous administration for having created and led the project. "Lucca - he said - find a role in education and training that had been in the past, but a very long time they were not more. Administration as we care about a balanced development throughout the city and therefore we are delighted that this new structure arises in the area east of the center, yet somewhat 'marginal compared to other towns. " The President thanked the Baccelli Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio for supporting the project financially. "With the Stecca - he added - is further enhanced by the vocation to the culture of the city and force it to an institution such as imt looking to the future, promoted and supported by all players in the territory.
To put it as Marco Polo in "Invisible Cities" by Italo Calvino "In a city not enjoy the wonders 7 or 77, but the answer I gave to your question". An application by Lucca wants to respond to this intervention is to make more appropriate to our community the knowledge society. " Intervention was followed by the blessing of the premises made by Archbishop Monsignor Italo Castellani and cutting of the tape. Subsequently these have been able to visit the new premises. All have expressed appreciation for the restoration work beautifully. During his speech the Director of School imt, prof. Fabio Pammolli, expressed his appreciation for the work.
"This is an important step - made it clear - which enshrines imt as residential school." The surveyor Franco Mungai, who together architect Stefano Dini took care of the project, outlined how the work is completed in just 28 months. "The time - then he added Dini - should have been more, but the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio requires these challenges.
We tried to have the greatest respect for the structure. We have attempted a balance between the need for the intervention of restoration of the property and required the creation of a functional space. " Giulio Ciampoltrini, Archaeological Superintendent of Florence, has closely followed all phases of work. "Restoration - stated - is also recovering the history of the building. The excavation began in 2006 and during most of the work has also discovered the previous "lives" of the monument. " Senator Andrea Marcucci, at the opening of his speech, emphasized the fact that yesterday should make us proud to belong to the community of Lucca.
"The new administration of Barack Obama - then said the senator - has launched an extraordinary investment in education and research, a trend that had emerged in France from the work of the commission Attali, facts which should also reflect prevails in Italy, where instead a policy of cuts. In our city, however, over the last ten years, there 'was a new spring cultural have undertaken many initiatives. Lucca has become aware of the role of knowledge capital that can and must play. " "The challenge on the quality of IMT - he says Senator Marcello Pera - has won just look at the requests for admission arriving.
With imt has shown that the funding of the state can support a system of local funding. It seems to me that the city is embracing the value of a structure like this is that at international level, but also of local relapse. "
