Giovanni Favaretto Fisca

Giovanni Favaretto Fisca (* 1902 , † 1986 ) was a resistance fighter, President of the Province of Venice (now the Metropolitan City of Venice ) and Mayor of Venice from May 15, 1960 to March 18, 1970. He replaced Armando Gavagnin , who also belonged to the Democrazia Cristiana . He was also president of the Venice Biennale .

Life

Favaretto Fisca initially emerged as an engineer and architect. In addition to Giovanni Lirussi, he was responsible for building a small church at the Arsenal, which the Franciscan Sisters there had commissioned. The Cristo Re alla Celestia Church, completed between 1950 and 1952, is the only sacred structure that has been built in Venice since the Second World War. The original construction dates from 1459, but the church was desecrated under Napoleon. It was not until 1878 that the Franciscan Sisters (Christ the King) moved in, an institution founded by Princess Benedetta Savoia Carignano and the Venetian noblewoman Angela Canal . The Hotel Papadopoli near the Giardini Papadopoli , which was completed in 1951, also goes back to Favaretto Fisca's plans.

In Venice in 1958 the Democrazia Cristiana tried , in contrast to the party leadership, to move closer to the left-wing parties. The Christian Democrats tried to bring about a coalition with socialists, liberals (Partito Liberale Italiano) and social democrats, then a government of “pragmatism” and “administration”. Neither one nor the other camp was able to form a government, so a provisional government was set up, which should have ended on July 26, 1959 at the latest. But it was not until November 5, 1960 that there were elections, as a result of which the Christian Democrats appointed 23 councilors (consiglieri), the Communists 14, the Socialists 13, and the Social Democrats 4. While in Venice there were no changes in the bloc formation or the balance of power , the country now leaned towards a center-left government. In the decisive election, Giovanni Favaretto Fisca received 30 votes, Armando Gavagnin , his predecessor, 27 , and 3 were invalid. Favaretto Fisca remained mayor of the city for 10 years.

On July 15, 1961, Favaretto Fisca had the bikini banned at the Lido.

On October 4, 1962, the mayor opened a four-day conference entitled Il problema di Venezia (The Problem of Venice). In fact, a large number of lines of conflict in the city were addressed, and the differences between modernizers and preservers or conservatives were discussed, but the meeting, which practically only revolved around the historic center, ultimately had no consequences. On November 4, 1966, Venice was hit by a flood so severe that international associations and foundations came together to save the city from destruction.

In the elections of November 22, 1964, the PSI received 13.8%, the DC 32.7 and the PCI 24.4% of the vote. Favaretto Fisca was able to continue his center-left coalition. In 1968 he became President of the Biennale.

From April 19 to July 20, 1967, until the police evacuated the main building of the architecture faculty, students occupied the main building to protest against registration fees. A meeting of the student movement took place from June 8th to 9th, and a national student assembly from September 2nd to 6th in Ca 'Foscari, the main building of the university. On June 21, 1967, workers in the Porto Marghera petrochemical plant began a strike .

In the 1970 elections, Giorgio Longo , also from the Christian Democrats, became mayor, while Mario Rigo was Consigliere Comunale and at the same time Vice Mayor ( Vicesindaco ) of the same coalition of DC, PSI and PSDI. In the elections, the DC received 31.6%, PCI 27.6% and PSI 11.7%.

Remarks

1. ↑ Jeff Cotton: The Churches of Venice .
2. ^ Pietro Porcinai .
3. ↑ L'ottocento e il novecento 3 - La citta e il territorio nell'ultimo novecento: DALLA RICOSTRUZIONE AL 'PROBLEMA' DI VENEZIA