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- Save Venice Inc. is a U.S. non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of art and architecture and the preservation of cultural heritage sites in Venice, Italy. Headquartered in New York City, it has an office in Venice, a chapter in Boston, and supporters across the United States and Europe. From the outset, the organization's mission has been to provide financial support for conservation treatments of Venice's physical heritage, particularly monuments and important examples of painting, sculpture, and other visual arts. As the organization grew, a secondary emphasis arose in educating the public about Venetian art and history and in training future conservation professionals. As an organization that primarily funds art restoration and promotes the cultural patrimony of Venice, Save Venice does not take a public position on potential engineering solutions to acqua alta, such as the MOSE project, or the challenges of overtourism and declining local population. Recent preventive conservation work supported by Save Venice's Immediate Response Fund, created in the aftermath of the November 2019 floods, has however helped many public buildings, including churches, museums, synagogues, and scuole, better prepare for future floods and other disasters. Save Venice organizes special events, including annual masquerade balls, educational trips and lectures, and biennial galas in Venice to raise funds and awareness for the preservation of Venetian art and architecture. Since its founding in October 1971, Save Venice has sponsored more than 550 restorations of art and architecture in Venice, comprising over 1,000 individual artworks. (en)
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