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THE DEMANIO AGENCY'TAGS' ITS STATE ASSETS

The historic Apostolic Palace inRavenna, the Duke’s residencein Pesara, the former Littoriobuildings in Salerno and thenearly contemporary headquar-ters of the Governmental Com-mission in Trento are just a fewof the 18 state owned proper-ties all over Italy (only prefec-tures were included in this firstphase of the project) that havebeen ‘tagged’ by the DemanioAgency. The unveiling of theplaques, with the collaborationof the Ministry for the Interior,was planned to coincide withthe national holiday that cele-brates the Republic of Italy.The initiative, part of the ‘Knowto recognize’ project, was cre-ated in order to able to easilyidentify state heritage proper-ties and to encourage a closerand more tangible relationshipbetween the country’s citizensand the state’s cultural heritageassets, part and parcel of Italy’shistory and identity.The main event took place inBari where Elisabetta Spitz, di-rector of the Demanio Agency,and Prefect Carlo Schilardi un-veiled the plaque on the Gover-nor’s Palace, the headquartersof the Prefecture of Bari. Othercities involved were ReggioCalabria, Salerno, Bologna,Parma, Forli', Ravenna, Trieste,Gorizia, Frosinone, Savona,Pesaro, Verbania, Nuoro,Messina, Livorno, Trento, andBolzano.

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VENICE, EX PILSENSTRUCTURE TENDER,NEAR SAN MARCO

With the approval of a specialagreement (that as soon as it isfinalised will be transformedinto tender by the Real EstateAsset Department), the

Cityof Venice

has started the ad-ministrational process for thetermination of the transfer of the ex Pilsen complex, locatedin the Orseolo area, right be-hind San Marco Square. ‘Severalyears ago – the Real Estate As-set Councillor,Mara Rumiz, explained – theCouncil purchased the struc-ture in order to refurbish anddestine it as service and depositlocation to support the CivicMuseums.But the refurbishment nevertook place, in consideration of the realisation of the Civic Mu-seum Foundation, we decidedto destine it to the ‘Ca' Cornerof the Queen’, a more prestig-ious and adequate headquar-ters’. The 5 storey structurehas an overall surface area of 3.615 square metres.For the ex Pilsen structure thestarting auction price has beenestablished at 40 million Euro.The offers – contained inclosed envelops – will have tobe handed in within the termsestablished by the tender and,once the envelopes have beenopened, the auction will beginwith bid increases of a mini-mum of one million Euro each,according to the amendmentproposed by the Committee.

NO MORE PROPERTYTAX ON PRIMARYRESIDENCES

The fiscal decree that will abol-ish the ICI property tax on pri-mary residences has been pub-lished in the Official Gazette(available on line and at newsstands starting today). Themeasures include confirmationof the block on increasing localtaxes.The decree now passes to theparliament (the process shouldstart with the Chamber of Deputies Finance Commission)where it’s expected that vari-ous corrections will be made toavoid misinterpretation of theregulations. But there are alsosome subjects, starting with thefreezing of local taxes and somefunding cuts for southern Italyto guarantee the coverage of lost revenue that will very likelybe subject to conflicts betweenthe coalition and the opposi-tion. The decree contains thefollowing “urgent dispositionsto protect family purchasingpower”.

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NEXT JUNE EX PIAVEBARRACKS TENDER

A public tender will be ap-proved within the month of June for the redevelopment of the ex Piave barracks. This wasannounced by the Mayor of theTown of Orvieto, Stefano Mo-cio. ‘The Urban Department of the Town Council has beenworking on this very importantplanning tool for a while andhas received indications fromthe public participation of lastApril 22nd during which theimportance of the PUC for thehistorical centre of Orvieto washighlighted, entering in fullamong the other important ac-tivities that are taking place atpresent in the town: the rede-velopment process of the realestate compound of the exPiave barracks, the public ten-der of which will be approvedwithin next June. ‘An occasion – the Mayor continued – thatwill serve as a development en-gine for the city thanks towhich also new jobs and newgrowth opportunities will becreated’.