Villa Lubin
The Villa Lubin , also known as Villa Italia and Palazzina Internazionale dell'Agricoltura in the past , is a palace in the Villa Borghese park in the Italian capital, Rome . The Villa Lubin is named after the agricultural reformer David Lubin , who initiated the establishment of the International Agricultural Institute . This institute was located in this building. Today it is the seat of the Consiglio nazionale dell'economia e del lavoro (CNEL), an Italian constitutional body that advises the government, parliament and regions on the economy and labor.
history
After King Victor Emmanuel III. Italy had accepted and supported Lubin's proposal to found an international agricultural institute in 1904 and this was brought into being in 1905 at a congress in Rome, it was decided to build a building for this international organization. It was planned by the architect Pompeo Passerini with the support of the architect Raffaele De Vico. The neo-baroque building was built from 1906 to 1908, with protests about the need to remove centuries-old pine trees. The Agricultural Institute stayed there until its dissolution in 1948, materials from the former institute for a few years longer. The institute was replaced in the post-war period by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , which is also based in Rome, but in a more modern and larger building. In 1958 the Italian Republic housed the “National Council for Economy and Labor” (CNEL), an advisory body provided for by the Republican Constitution of 1948, in Villa Lubin. For this purpose the Villa Lubin was restored and rebuilt. It was also temporarily the seat of a government committee for the development of southern Italy.
In 1934 the architect Paolo Rossi was commissioned to build the Villino Ruffo on a neighboring square . A library and meeting rooms were later set up there. From 1952 to 1960 there was an Orient Institute and an Italian-Arabic center in this outbuilding.
Planning
A constitutional reform rejected in a referendum in 2016 provided for the dissolution of the CNEL. In the event of a positive outcome, the plan was to accommodate the Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura (CSM), the self-governing body of judges and public prosecutors of the ordinary courts, in the Villa Lubin. At times it was also intended to be used as a government guest house or as the seat of the Prime Minister.
Web links
- Villa Lubin on cnel.it (Italian)
- David Lubin and the history of Villa Lubin on cnel.it (Italian)
- ilgiornale.it on the planned use after the referendum (Italian)
Coordinates: 41 ° 54 ′ 49 ″ N , 12 ° 28 ′ 42 ″ E