(15 March 2016) “The Iraq Museum of Baghdad. Italian initiatives for the redevelopment of a global heritage” is a book, published by Apice Libri that will be presented on Wednesday, March 16 at 5:30pm in Rome at the Primaticcio Gallery of Palazzo Firenze, in an event organized by the Società Dante Alighieri and the Italian UNESCO Commission. The volume describes the Italian interventions in favor of the Iraq Museum of Baghdad after the sacking of 2003 carried out by CRAST – the Turin Center for archaeological research and excavations for the Middle East and Asia, and Monumenta Orientalia. All activities were made possible thanks to the financial support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Ministry of Heritage, Cultural Activities and Tourism, and the Fondazione Banca nazionale delle comunicazioni. On March 16, after the opening speech by Salvatore Italia of the Dante Alighieri Society, there will be speeches by Stefania Bravo (CNI UNESCO), Ambassador Luca Giansanti (director of the Directorate General for Political Affairs and Security of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Giuseppe Proietti (former general secretary of the Ministry of Heritage, Cultural Activities and Tourism), Iraq’s ambassador to Rome Ahmad Bamarni, Patrick Mura (counselor of the Embassy of Italy in Baghdad), and Ettore Janulardo (Office VI Archeology of the Directorate General for the promotion of Italy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs). The authors of the volume will also be present at the event: Carlo Lippolis (Professor of Archaeology and History of the Ancient Near East at the University of Turin and President of the Turin Center for archaeological research and excavations for the Middle East and Asia) worked with Stefano de Martino (Professor of Hittite Studies at Turin University and scientific director of the Turin Center for archaeological research and excavations for the Middle East and Asia), Gianluca Capri (environmental architect active in the context of international cooperation initiatives related to the restoration and enhancement of cultural heritage) and Roberto Parapetti (architect expert in architectural restoration and museum exhibition, director of the Italo-Iraqi Centre for the Restoration of Monuments and President of Monumenta Orientalia). (Red)
