17/01/2012
Patronage of ICCROM - The International Centre for the study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property

On 17 January 2012 Director-General Dott. Stefano De Caro, ICCROM- The International Centre for the study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property gave its patronage to the Fair.

President Franco Sottani, Elena Amodei and the Secretariat of the Fair cordially thank ICCROM for its patronage.


ICCROM is an intergovernmental organization dedicated to the conservation of cultural heritage. Its members are individual states which have declared their adhesion to it. It exists to serve the international community as represented by its Member States, which currently number 130.

It is the only institution of its kind with a worldwide mandate to promote the conservation of all types of cultural heritage, both movable and immovable.

The decision to found the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property was made at the 9th UNESCO General Conference in New Delhi in 1956, at a time of mounting interest in the protection and preservation of cultural heritage. It was subsequently established in Rome in 1959 at the invitation of the Government of Italy.

ICCROM aims at improving the quality of conservation practice as well as raising awareness about the importance of preserving cultural heritage.

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