Fondo Ambiente Italiano

The Fondo Ambiente Italiano (FAI) is the National Trust of Italy.

The organisation was established in 1975 by Fondo Ambiente Italiano, based on the model of the National Trust of England, Wales, & Northern Ireland. It is a private non-profit organisation and has 60,000 members as of early 2005. Its purpose is to protect elements of Italy's physical heritage which might otherwise be lost.

Properties

As of early 2007 the organisation had twenty-two properties including castles, gardens, monastic buildings and other cultural assets. These are spread throughout Italy, but the majority are in the north of the country.

This list is complete and up to date as of May 2007.

• Province of Agrigento
  • Giardino della Kolymbetra (Valle dei Templi, Agrigento)
• Province of Bergamo
  • Mulino di Baresi (Roncobello)
• Province of Como
  • Villa del Balbianello (Lenno, Lake Como)
• Province of Cuneo
  • Castello della Manta (Manta)
• Province of Genoa
  • Casa Carbone (Lavagna)
  • Historic barber's shop (Genoa)
  • San Fruttuoso abbey (Camogli)
  • Torre di Punta Pagana (Rapallo)
• Province of Lucca
  • Teatrino di Vetriano (also known as the Teatro Catalani) (Vetriano di Pescaglia)
• Province of Mantua
  • A kiosk in the Liberty style (Mantua)
• Province of Messina
  • Cala Junco (an area of Panarea, one of the Aeolian Islands)
• Province of Milan
  • Casa Necchi Campiglio Milan
  • Collezione Alighiero de' Micheli (Milan)
• Province of Naples
  • Bay of Ieranto (Massa Lubrense)
• Province of Padua
  • Villa dei Vescovi, Luvigliano, a frazione of Torreglia, in the Euganean Hills)
• Province of Rome
  • Park of the Villa Gregoriana (Tivoli)
• Province of Sassari
  • The Talmone Battery (Italian: Batterie Talmone) a system of military defenses (Palau)
• Province of Sondrio
  • Castel Grumello (Montagna in Valtellina)
• Trentino
  • Castello di Avio (Sabbionara di Avio)
  • The wildlife sanctuary of Maso Fratton-Valaia (Spormaggiore)
• Province of Turin
  • Castello di Masino (Caravino)
• Province of Varese
  • Torba Monastery (Gornate-Olona)
  • Torre di Velate (Varese)
  • Villa Della Porta Bozzolo (Casalzuigno)
  • Villa Panza (Varese)

External links

• Official website (in English)