{"id":60575,"date":"2018-11-05T11:57:17","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T10:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/comunicati\/2018\/11\/usa-restituiscono-reperti-archeologici-a-italia-2\/"},"modified":"2018-11-05T11:57:17","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T10:57:17","slug":"usa-restituiscono-reperti-archeologici-a-italia-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/retediplomatica\/2018\/11\/usa-restituiscono-reperti-archeologici-a-italia-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u200bThe USA return archaeological artefacts to Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The restitution to Italy of three artefacts of Greek epoch \u2013 a vase for oils and unguents, a wine jug and a food bowl \u2013 recovered by American authorities in the United States, the world\u2019s major market for smuggled Italian works of art, offered the opportunity to renew the Memorandum of Understanding to combat the illegal trafficking of artefacts between the two Countries. The event, which was held at the Italian Embassy in Washington, was attended by the Minister for Cultural Heritage and Activities, Alberto Bonisoli. In his address, the Minister recalled how the MoU is an important mechanism to strengthen collaboration between our law enforcers and an effective instrument of cultural cooperation. He said: \u201cThe Agreement has offered a multitude of opportunities to carry out academic research and for a broader enjoyment of Italy\u2019s cultural heritage.\u201d Ambassador Armando Varricchio underscored \u201cthe extraordinary cooperation that Italy has established with the United States, with which we share ideas and values and the firm conviction that protecting our heritage is essential to building a better future.\u201d Fabrizio Parrulli, General of the Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage expressed \u201cpride and satisfaction for his Unit, which works with passion and determination to enhance the culture of restitution in Italy and abroad.\u201d Lastly, the event included the presentation of the catalogue titled: \u201cSaving art by Protecting Heritage\u201d, a volume containing the pictures of over 200 works illicitly imported into the United States and returned to Italy. The pages of the catalogue tell of all the work done in a cooperative effort of more than 15 years to preserve Italy\u2019s antiquities and artistic heritage and to promote exhibitions and academic courses on the theme of the protection of cultural property. The event was attended by numerous American participants, including both art experts and FBI agents.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The restitution to Italy of three artefacts of Greek epoch \u2013 a vase for oils and unguents, a wine jug and a food bowl \u2013 recovered by American authorities in the United States, the world\u2019s major market for smuggled Italian works of art, offered the opportunity to renew the Memorandum of Understanding to combat the [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[397,32],"class_list":["post-60575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-retediplomatica","tag-america-settentrionale","tag-diplomazia-culturale"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}