Italian Undersecretary of State to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Maria Tripodi is on a two-day mission to Peru. Accompanied by Ambassador Massimiliano Mazzanti, she spoke this morning at the Opening Ceremony of the southern school year of the ‘Antonio Raimondi’ and ‘Dante Alighieri’ Italian schools held in Lima.
“I cannot hide my emotion in seeing so many young people gathered together, which testifies to the quality of our two schools, combined with the educational values that the teachers have succeeded in transmitting to the students,” said the Undersecretary. “My mission to Peru takes place in a year marked by important anniversaries. Among these is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Antonio Raimondi himself. He was an explorer, researcher, and scientist, the first person to conceive a new educational model, creating that fusion between Italian and Peruvian culture that today finds its highest expression here. School means study, knowledge, learning.
It is a theatre of civil growth where the country’s ruling class is formed. It is also freedom, because dear girls and boys, culture sets you free. Dream big!” she continued. Later, together with the Peruvian Minister of Culture, the Undersecretary visited the pre-Columbian archaeological site of Huaca Pucllana and met with the Mayor of Miraflores Carlos Canales and numerous representatives of Sistema Italia: Comites, CGIE and the Chamber of Commerce.
