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The Foundation organizes exhibitions, events and meetings inside the Palazzo.

Carrara, two meetings with Federico Giannini on the sidelines of the Novecento exhibition in Carrara

29 Aug 2023

In Carrara, Palazzo Cucchiari, two meetings with Federico Giannini, director of Finestre sull’Arte, will be held on August 31 and […]

Cucchiari Palace concerts return: Friday, July 28 and Aug. 4, with free admission

17 Jul 2023

The Cucchiari Palace concerts are back. Here is the program of the two events that will have free admission. July […]

The Twentieth century in Carrara: exhibition-event at Palazzo Cucchiari with more than one hundred and twenty works of sculpture and graphics

12 Jun 2023

Carrara and sculpture. An inseparable pair, almost a synonym, since time immemorial. In Carrara, in fact, the tradition of sculpture […]

Press Release – “Colors and Forms of Labor” from Signorini and Fattori to Pellizza da Volpedo and Balla

08 Jun 2018

Scarica il comunicato stampa | Scarica la biografia | Scarica la locandina in alta risoluzione

The website of the exhibition “Colors and Forms of Labor” from June 16 to October 21, 2018 is online

08 Jun 2018

Colors and forms of work: paintings and sculptures by those artists who after the Unification of Italy arranged a new […]

Second appointment with music at Palazzo Cucchiari. Histoire du soldat by Igor Strawinsky.

25 Jul 2017

Venerdì 21 Luglio secondo appuntamento della rassegna I concerti 2017 di Palazzo Cucchiari sotto la direzione artistica di Mario Ancillotti.

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Giorgio Conti Foundation

The tribute of a man to his city

Giorgio Conti (1928 – 2002) was an entrepreneur who, through his passion, dedication and talent for imagining the future, was able to create a group which is now the world leader in the sector of quarrying and selling of stone blocks.

Giorgio Conti died in 2002 and the following year, wanted by his daughters Franca and Daniela, the Fondazione Giorgio Conti was established. The Foundation was born to continue the ideas of Giorgio Conti, a man who, besides being a passionate and determined businessman, always showed a great sensitivity for social solidarity and the preservation and safeguard of human and artistic values, which will be continued through the initiatives of the Foundation.

Palazzo Cucchiari

The Palazzo, which takes its name from the family which commissioned its construction, is a building constructed for the housing needs of the new borghese class of the late 1800s.

Upon its completion in 1891 by the engineer Leandro Caselli, younger brother to Crescentino Casello and favorite pupil of Alessandro Antonelli, who then finalized the construction of the property of Mole Antonelliana.

Palazzo Cucchiari distinguishes itself for its simple and clear style which combines the linearity which was so en vogue at the time (and which can be found in many other properties made in Carrara by the Caselli such as Palazzo Binelli, Aurelio Saffi School, Dogali police station, Politeama Verdi, the Marcognano cemetery and Piazza D’Armi.)

Today, after a long and careful restoration, Palazzo Cucchiari houses the Giorgi Conti Foundation. Not only does it serve as a space for exhibitions and concerts, it also serves as a testimony to how important the 19th century was for Carrara and all of Italy.

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Discovering a palazzo through its details

The details are often the best parts of a work of art, and are also often what makes them so memorable.

In this section we have decided, therefore, to host these details and particularities that make Palazzo Cucchiari so unique, yet difficult to note during a first visit.

Around the Palazzo

A selection of places of interest...

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Marble Quarries

The marble of Carrara is one of the most precious marbles of the world. It has become immortal thanks to the work of Canova, Bernini and Michelangelo.

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Cybo Malaspina Palace

It was built during the Lombard age and it is now the seat of the Accademia di Belle Arti (Fine Arts Academy).

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Palazzo del Medico interior

The Baroque rooms dating back to the end of the 18th century represent the golden age of the city in the best way.

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Piazza Gramsci

Once known as Piazza d’Armi and garden of the Prince, it is now famous for its Floating Ball by the American artist Kenneth Davis.

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Cathedral

Dedicated to St Andrew, the cathedral was mentioned for the first time in a notary deed of 1035. It was built in marble completely and the inside structure with three naves and upper part of the façade, with the exquisite loggias and the majestic wheel, are worth-noticing.

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Piazza delle Erbe

On 7th July 1944, the uprising of the women of Carrara against the occupying German troops started from this square. A wall painting celebrates the partisan woman Francesca Rolla (1915-2010).

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Piazza Alberica

It is the most representative square of the city and it is named after Alberico I Cybo-Malaspina, who wanted it in the 17th century, close to the walls of the city. The square is surrounded by elegant buildings of illustrious and old noble families of Carrara.

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Palazzo Binelli internal garden

An historical palace designed at the end of the 19th century by the engineer-architect Leandro Caselli.

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The restoration of the Cucchiari Palace

News

Carrara, two meetings with Federico Giannini on the sidelines of the Novecento exhibition in Carrara

Cucchiari Palace concerts return: Friday, July 28 and Aug. 4, with free admission

The Twentieth century in Carrara: exhibition-event at Palazzo Cucchiari with more than one hundred and twenty works of sculpture and graphics

Press Release – “Colors and Forms of Labor” from Signorini and Fattori to Pellizza da Volpedo and Balla

The website of the exhibition “Colors and Forms of Labor” from June 16 to October 21, 2018 is online

Second appointment with music at Palazzo Cucchiari. Histoire du soldat by Igor Strawinsky.

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Giorgio Conti Foundation

Palazzo Cucchiari

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