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Fondazione "Agostina Piccoli"
Foundation "Agostina Piccoli"
President Antonio Sammartino
Via Marconi SN
I-86030 Montemitro
+39 347 3563011
fondazione.piccoli@gmail.com
Fondazione “Agostina Piccoli” was founded in 1999, and was officially recognized in 2002 by Italy as an institution for preservation and protection of the Molise Croat culture and tradition.
The aim of Fondazione “Agostina Piccoli” is to safeguard and protect the Molise Croatian minority. The mainactivities include the promotion and dissemination of the Molise-Croatian minority in Europe, through conferences, publications and exhibitions.
Fondazione “Agostina Piccoli” has established the Fondacione Piccoli Prize, awarded for achievements in culture and the arts related to the language, traditions and the history of the Croatian community of the Molise region in Italy.The foundation also has a documentation and research centre, offers standard Croatian language courses and publishes a cultural magazine in Croat and Italian, Rica Ziva/Parola Viva.