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FAI: L'Aquila, where are the institutions?
The rubble of the houses is the rubble of lives! This is the starting point of the reflections of FAI President Ilaria Borletti Buitoni, who calls out for strong, concrete action by the institutions to restore life and pride to the city of L'Aquila, devastated by last year's tragic earthquake. "The spontaneous protests of the people of L'Aquila," Ilaria Borletti Buitoni explains, "inspire an important and necessary reflection on how to deal with reconstruction after disastrous events such as the earthquakes, floods, and landslides that have followed one another in our country. Giving people who have lost their homes the chance to have a roof over their head for the time being is definitely the number one priority, but it must be immediately followed by the necessity, which cannot be delayed, to begin the reconstruction of the city and to restore its identity."
The FAI president emphasizes in particular that "those who have suffered a serious trauma, such as the people of L'Aquila, have a pressing need to know that a road is being followed that may be long, but that will bring them back to their homes, their city, their landmarks - in other words, the touchstones of their lives and of their memories. The institutions have to maintain this commitment. The FAI, which protects our country's art heritage, a heritage that is also our identity, is on the front lines in supporting the recovery of the historic center of L'Aquila with the project of the restoration of the Fountain of the 99 Spouts, a symbol of the town and a part of its identity for the people, and thus it asks the institutions to give people clear information on how and when they can expect the work will be done for the reconstruction of the capital of Abruzzo. No newly built house, no matter how perfect, can fill the emptiness and compensate for the pain suffered by those who continue to see the ruins of what once was and experienced it, without a glimpse of hope for rebirth."
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