Vittorio Cini

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Vittorio Cini (since 1940 Conte di Monselice; born February 20, 1885 in Ferrara , † September 18, 1977 in Venice ) was a major Italian entrepreneur.

Life

Vittorio Cini's house in Venice in a photo by Paolo Monti , 1969

Cini studied economics in Italy and Switzerland. He took part in the First World War as an officer . As a result, he built an economic empire. Cini emerged particularly as a shipowner and worked with Giuseppe Volpi and Giancarlo Stucky to expand Porto Marghera , the port of Venice . Cini founded SIDAR, Credito di Venezia and the Adriatic Electricity Company. Cini was one of the leading figures of the Gruppo veneziano .

Cini was a leading economic figure in Benito Mussolini's fascist Italy , was appointed senator in 1934 and in 1940 by King Victor Emanuel III. ennobled as a count. From 1936 onwards, Cini led the preparations for the 1942 World's Fair , which was to take place in Rome ( Esposizione Universale di Roma ).

In the course of 1943, Cini, who was then Minister of Transport, came into conflict with Mussolini in view of the war situation and resigned in June 1943. After September 8, 1943, he was taken prisoner by Germany and was held in Dachau concentration camp . Cini was freed through bribery (his son Giorgio Cini had sold his mother's jewelry to actress Lyda Borelli ).

After the son's death in an aircraft accident in 1949, Cini devoted himself primarily to patronage. He founded the Fondazione Giorgio Cini .

In 1967 he was accepted as an external member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts .

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personal data
SURNAME Cini, Vittorio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian entrepreneur and politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Ferrara
DATE OF DEATH 18th September 1977
Place of death Venice