Renovation work on Villa Moltisanti for cultural activities, Ragusa, Sicily

Investments in projects of urban regeneration, aimed at reducing situations of marginalization and social degradation (Mission 5 – Component 2, Investment 4)

Italy’s Recovery and Resilience Plan provides for investments in urban regeneration, to reduce marginalization and social degradation as well as to improve the social and environmental context of urban centres.

The measure aims at supporting the reuse and re-functionalization of public areas and existing public building structures for purposes of public interest, and at improving the urban landscape through renovation of public buildings, with particular attention to the development of social, cultural, educational and didactic services, including sporting activities.

The investment is financed by Italy’s Recovery and Resilience plan by EUR 2 billion.

The project envisaging the renovation of Villa Moltisanti in Ragusa is part of this investment. The goal of the project is to reuse and redesign the interior spaces of Villa Moltisanti, of which the exterior wall faces remain with their lavish white stone decorations and which falls within the city of Ragusa, in a location once on the urban fringe.

The Villa, which was the headquarters of the Germans during World War II, is in a very poor state of preservation today; only the basement floor and the perimeter walls of the above-ground floors still exist.

A second goal of the project is to restore and repurpose the open space of the Villa and the adjacent buildings.

In order to achieve the goals, the project is developed in conservative restoration works of the buildings, the construction of a new and independent steel framed structure within the envelope of the Villa's facings, integrating it with the existing one, and the creation of an area intended for musical and theatrical performances and events of various kinds.

The amount of NRRP funds is EUR 6.5 million and the construction site is open.