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Law no. 1089 of 1 June 1939. The Origin and Consequences of Italian Legislation on the Protection of the National Cultural Heritage in the Twentieth Century

Coccolo, Francesca Law no. 1089 of 1 June 1939. The Origin and Consequences of Italian Legislation on the Protection of the National Cultural Heritage in the Twentieth Century. In: Cultural Heritage. Scenarios 2015-2017. Sapere l’Europa, sapere d’Europa (4). Edizioni Ca' Foscari, pp. 195-210. ISBN 978-88-6969-179-9 (2017)

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Abstract

The author seeks to set out a criticism of the alleged innovations brought about by the 1939 Italian law on the “Protection of objects of artistic or historical value”. The law came in those years during which Fascist authorities struggled to keep on national soil a great deal of cultural property, which belonged to those who were trying to flee Italy following the harshening of persecutory regulations. Yet, scores of valuable public and private works of art had been reaching Nazi top brass following the Italian government’s own initiative. This eventually hindered the legitimacy of part of the cultural restitutions granted to Italy by the Allied military authorities after 1945.

Item Type: Book Section
Identification Number: 10.14277/6969-052-5/SE-4-14
Uncontrolled Keywords: Cultural property. Restitution. Fascism.
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
K Law > K Law (General)
N Fine Arts > NX Arts in general
Research Area: Economics and Institutional Change
Depositing User: Caterina Tangheroni
Date Deposited: 23 Mar 2018 12:09
Last Modified: 23 Mar 2018 12:09
URI: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/id/eprint/4060

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