City
A "factory of good"
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its places
The ethics of profit
“The modern world must acknowledge the primacy of spiritual values if it is to ensure that the immense material forces it is creating, will not overwhelm humanity, but instead be placed at the service of mankind, its progress, and its productive well-being.”
The liberating power of culture
“By establishing libraries, scholarships, and educational courses on a scale no other factory had ever achieved, we sought to affirm our belief in the liberating power of culture. So that workers, still burdened by countless hardships, might overcome, day by day, a disadvantage for which Italian society itself bears responsibility.”
A symphony for urban planners
“To you, urban planners, is entrusted the new city: how it will emerge from its new neighborhoods, together with its streets and parks, its buildings and monuments, its offices and churches, and the beauty that will shine from it will itself be a true nourishment for the human spirit.”
A village with a global outlook
“Raising our banners in New York as in Frankfurt, in Vienna as in San Francisco, in Rio de Janeiro or Mexico City, or even in distant Australia, was neither easy nor quick.”
Via Jervis and the surrounding area are home to the buildings that make up the UNESCO World Heritage property’s core zone. Located in the historic “Portineria del Pino”, the Visitor Centre welcomes tourists and visitors