Fontana del Balilla in Cosenza, the restoration project presented

“The conservation and restoration project of the Balilla Fountain, entrusted to the extraordinary professionalism of the Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences of our university, establishes an institutional relationship between the Municipality and the University of Calabria which is becoming more and more solidified. This active and concrete collaboration has already produced excellent fruits for Cosenza and its vast urban area and, above all, it has realized the dream, pursued by many of my predecessors, of opening a degree course in our historic center for which I will never stop being grateful. the sensitivity of the Magnificent Rector Nicola Leone”.

This is what the mayor of Cosenza participating in the presentation of the conservation project errestoration of the Balilla fountain in Piazza Crispi, held at the Brettii and Enotri Museum.

During his speech, the Mayor Franz Caruso He expressed particular thanks to the city planning councilor, Pina Incarnatetogether with the President of the urban planning commission, Francesco Turco and to the director of the Brettii and Enotri Museum, Marilena Cerzosowho also took part in the initiative together with Donatella Barcafull professor of Petrography and coordinator of the degree course in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage at the University of Calabria, in Mauro La Russafull professor of Petrography applied to cultural heritage, also from Unical and the President of the Soroptimist Club of Cosenza, Francesca Stumpo.

“We have entrusted it to the expert hands of the DIBEST students, coordinated by their teachers – continued Franz Caruso – one of the most important and beautiful works of our artistic/cultural heritage, which goes beyond what it represented or represents and which deserves to be preserved and preserved, convinced as I am that art does not and cannot have political colors ”.

“In expressing my profound gratitude to these young and brilliant students and their teachers for the extremely valuable work they carry out and carry forward with passion and professionalism, as well as to the Soroptimist Club of our city which puts so much energy into promoting art and culture, I express my belief that our entire artistic, historical and cultural heritage must be protected and safeguarded, representing the key to development not only for Cosenza but for a vast area, which goes well beyond the narrow confines of the urban one”.

“This because Cosenza Vecchia, among the most beautiful historic centers in Italy, is a precious treasure chest of historical, artistic and cultural assets which, together with the MAB, is a natural attractor of visitors which can also become a driver of development for the many Municipalities that surround it, from east to west, from north to south, and which are themselves holders, in own historical centers, of small precious jewels. In this context, creating a supply chain, a network of cultural and tourist offers means welcoming and winning the challenge for overall and shared development”.

Mayor Franz Caruso he also identified in the meritorious work of the young students of Unical an educational message aimed at respecting public affairs “That – he has declared – it means having consideration for one’s history and roots. A people who do not remember and do not respect their past, protecting its memory, is a people who has no future”.