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Exhibition: The Founding Mothers and Fathers of the European Union - 2022

The Europe Direct of the City of Venice, information point of the European Union active in the Veneto region, proposes the diactic exhibition "The Founding Mothers and Fathers of the European Union", based on official documentation of the European Commission.

The exibition can be also virtually visited thanks to:

video-tutorial by the Istituto Einaudi Scarpa of Montebelluna;
virtual visit with aygmented reality by the Stefanini Highschool of Venice (in order to access the "augmented" contents, personal devices must be provided with the Zappar app which can be downloaded from App Store or Google Play);
in depth-videos produced by Europe Direct pf the City of Venice;
Catalogue of the exhibition "EU Pioneers - The trailblazers who helped build today's Europe"

The exhibition is dedicated to the 8 women and the 13 men who inspired the creation of the European Union in which we live today:

Founding Mothers

Nicole Fontaine,

Ursula Hirschmann,

Nilde Iotti,

Marga Klompé,

Anna Lindh,

Melina Mercouri,

Simone Veil,

Louise Weiss.

Founding Fathers

Konrad Adenauer,

Joseph Bech,

Johan Willem Beyen,

Winston Churchill.

Alcide De Gasperi,

Walter Hallstein,

Helmut Kohl,

Sicco Mansholt,

François Mitterand,

Jean Monnet,

Robert Schuman,

Paul-Henri Spaak,

Altiero Spinelli.

The main theme of the exhibition is to underline that these women and men were convinced that the peoples of Europe, while remaining proud of their identity and national history, were determined to overcome the ancient divisions and to build together their common destiny.

These are the visionary leaders who inspired the creation of the European Union in which we live today: without their commitment and their motivation we could not live in the context of peace and stability that we take for granted today. Resistance fighters or lawyers and parliamentarians, the pioneers of the EU were a heterogeneous group of people driven by the same ideals: peace, unity and prosperity in Europe.
In addition to the pioneers presented below, many others have inspired the European project and have worked tirelessly to achieve it.

The exhibition is divided into 21 panels and it combines drawings and photographs with a series of bilingual texts, written in Italian and English, in order to reach the national and international audience.
The exhibition has been produced and inaugurated on the occasion of the Europe Day on 9 May 2014 in Venice.

Since then, it has been moving :

- in 2021 in the highschools of the Veneto region and in the institutional headquarters of Europe Direct Venice Veneto partners (2021 edition)

- in 2020 in the highschools of the Veneto region and in the institutional headquarters of Europe Direct Venice Veneto partners (2020 edition)

- in 2019 in the highschools of the Veneto region and in the institutional headquarters of Europe Direct Venice Veneto partners (2019 edition)

- in 2018 in the highschools of the Veneto region and in the institutional headquarters of Europe Direct Venice Veneto partners (2018 edition)

- in 2017 in the highschools of the Veneto region and in the institutional headquarters of Europe Direct Venice Veneto partners (2017 edition)

- in 2016 in the institutionals sites of Europe Direct's partner in the Veneto region and Verona's province (2016 edition)

- in 2015 in the highschools of the Veneto region (2015 edition)

2022 Calendar:

FELTRE, Liceo Statale Giorgio Dal Piaz, Einaudi Scarpa, Via Cristoforo Colombo 18 (BL) - 08.03-28.03.2022 more info
ROVIGO, Chamber of Commerce Venice-Rovigo, Piazza G. Garibaldi, 6 45100 Rovigo (RO) - 06.04-27.04.2022 more info
VENEZIA, Provvederia di Mestre, Via Torre Belfredo 1 (VE) - 05.05-31.05.2022 more info
GRANZE, Biblioteca Comunale di Granze, in via della Libertà 428, Granze (PD) more info
MONTAGNANA (PD), November 2022

Some photos of the exhibition:

For information:

Europe Direct del Comune di Venezia
Via Spalti 28, Mestre-Venezia
numero verde gratuito 800 496200
e-mail: infoeuropa@comune.venezia.it
www.facebook.com/EuropeDirectVenezia
www.twitter.com/EuropeDirectVe
www.instagram.com/europe_direct_venezia/

Revisione dei contenuti: 04/04/2022

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Ultimo aggiornamento: 28/06/2022 ore 11:44