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06-27.04.2022 Exhibition "The Founding Mothers and Fathers of the European Union"- Rovigo

From 6th to the 27th of April 2022 was held the exhibition “The founding Mothers and Fathers of the European Union” at the Chamber of Commerce of Venezia Rovigo, Salone del Grano, Piazza Garibaldi 6, Rovigo. The exhibition "The Founding Mothers and Father of the European Union" in collaboration with the Municipality of Venice and Europe DIrect it is collocated in the Chamber of Commerce will be inagurated Wednesday 6th of April at 11.30 am in the presence of the authorities and with musical arrangements from the Musical Academy Venezze of Rovigo.

The exhibition will be open until the 27th of April.

For the citizens it will be possible to visit with free entrance from Monday to Friday from 09.00 to 12.30 in the morning, and in the afternoon with booking on the dedicated page of the Chamber of Commerce Venezia Rovigo.

The service Europe Direct Venezia Veneto, informative point of the European Union is active in the Veneto regio, and it has offered the academic exhibition "The Founding Mothers and Father of the European Union", on official document of the European Commission.

The exhibition was the result of a collaboration between:

- Europe Direct Venezia Veneto

- Chamber of Commerce Venezia Rovigo

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.

Without their efforts and motivations we could not live in a context of peace and stability which we are taking for granted. Fighters of resistance or lawyers or commissioners, the pioneers of the EU were a heterogenous group of people moved by the same ideals: peace and prosperity in Europe.

Other than the following pioneers, many others have inspired the european project and they have worked hard to make it happen.

Oltre ai pionieri presentati di seguito, molti altri hanno ispirato il progetto europeo e hanno lavorato instancabilmente per realizzarlo.

- Founding Mothers:

Marga Klompé,

Nilde Iotti,

Anna Lindh,

Melina Mercouri,

Nicole Fontaine,

Ursula Hirschmann,

Louise Weiss,

Simone Veil.

- Founding Fathers:

Konrad Adenauer,

Joseph Bech,

Johan Willem Beyen,

Winston Churchill,

Alcide De Gasperi,

Walter Hallstein,

Sicco Mansholt,

Jean Monnet,

Robert Schuman,

Paul-Henri Spaak,

Altiero Spinelli,

Helmut Kohl,

François Mitterand.

The leitmotif of the exhibition is the conviction of these men and women that the peoples of Europe, while remaining proud of their national identity and history, were determined to overcome ancient divisions and build their common destiny together. The exhibition consists of 21 panels and combines drawings and photographs with a series of bilingual texts, written in Italian and English, in order to reach a national and international audience.

Visit the official page of the European Commission

Some articles from local newpapers which have shown the inauguration of the exhibition in the Italian language: