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[…] ensures that the natural intellectual, heartfelt and emotional understanding between the two countries and the two peoples is developed in support of the European idea

Villa Vigoni is an important meeting place that helps us to remember the roots and historical and cultural relationships that bond Italy and Germany. We are lucky to be able to exchange ideas, compare mindsets and further our dialogue in this blissful and peaceful environment. It represents an invaluable opportunity for relations between our countries, which must be looked after

Villa Vigoni is a natural meeting point between Germany and Italy, a crossroads where pro-European cultures, on which Europe will be able to count on more in the future, can come together and integrate. I hope Villa Vigoni will keep up the good work over the coming months and years

Culture and scientific research represent the perfect way to strengthen the dialogue between Italy and Germany, stimulating a European perspective

VigoniForEurope represents an important moment of reflection on the essential role of culture in international relations, an element promoting a shared pan-European identity and a privileged instrument of intercultural dialogue for a citizienship based on the values of democracy, human rights and the rule of law

This is the specific strength of Villa Vigoni: the ability to combine reflection on the past with questions about the political, scientific and cultural strategies of the future and to bring people together outside national and disciplinary borders, so that these issues can be discussed collectively