The Italy Pavilion will represent a modern version of The Ideal City, an image that is a symbol of the Italian Renaissance.
Bearing in mind the Expo Osaka theme – Designing Future Societies for Our Lives – the commission sought to reward the project that reflected Italy’s identity in the most effective way, with a contemporary approach of great impact, expressing values at the foundation of the nation’s culture.
The result is an Italian vision of social space based on integration, inclusivity, and on a culture of “doing” based on real relations and interactions, which is well represented by the deeply rooted concepts of the cherished tradition of “piazza”, “theatre” and “garden”.
The project’s characteristics of flexibility and adaptability will also make it possible to have an exceptional partnership because – for the first time at a universal exposition – the Italian Pavilion will include the Holy See: a large, easily recognisable space that will make it possible to be the venue for cultural events and important art shows in collaboration with the Dicastery for Evangelisation, which is in charge of the organisation.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said the Expo provides the perfect opportunity to showcase the best of Italy.
“... the Italian Pavilion will be an effective instrument of the diplomacy of growth, a strategy that I launched at the start of my term together with the whole government team that also aims to promote tourism and our regions, support the internationalisation of our sectors of production and attract investments, and valorise our technologies and Italian know-how,” he said.
“The collaboration with the Vatican is an achievement that I am particularly proud of.
Tajani said the unique pavilion will ensure that visitors have a high-quality experience, with particularly significant content, inspired by culture and shared values.
“We want to reinforce and structure our strategic partnership with Japan, which was launched in January by our [countries’] prime ministers, in particular in the industrial and scientific sectors where it can grow even more,” Tajani continued.
“Italy wants to make its presence even more visible in Asia and the Indo-Pacific regions, which are of growing geopolitical and economic importance, focusing on an approach based on inclusivity and cooperation.”
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