
9.5 million euro investment for the redevelopment of the building that inspired De Amicis's Libro Cuore
The Boncompagni primary school in Turin, a historic source of inspiration for the Libro Cuore, has been reopened after renovation works financed by the Pnrr for 9.5 million euros, aimed at improving safety and energy efficiency.
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The Boncompagni school is considered the source of inspiration for the Libro Cuore by Edmondo de Amicis. The intervention was financed through Pnrr funds.
After a series of interventions worth 9.5 million from the Pnrr, a historic school in Turin, the Boncompagni primary school, known for being the probable source of inspiration for Edmondo de Amicis for the Libro Cuore, is today renovated in its spaces and made safer, more functional and more efficient. Ribbon cutting this afternoon.
"As an administration - said the mayor, Stefano Lo Russo, at this afternoon's ribbon cutting - we have decided to invest an important part of the Pnrr's European resources in school buildings, aware of how our schools play a very important role in the lives of girls and boys and their families".
"School - he added - is the first place where we create a community network at a local level and making safe, well-kept and pleasant spaces available is an investment for today's students and for all those who will come".
The councilor for educational policies Carlotta Salerno then underlined that "it was an important intervention, awaited and strongly desired, because we knew how dear this school was to its community and how much it deserved to return to being a place suited to the needs of those who attend it".

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