In 1972, Italo Bartoletti initiated Operazione Arcevia, a vision of an existential community which simultaneously enriched the local community of Palazzo d’Arcevia in Italy, whilst also providing a site for creatives to come together and collaborate. Today Operazione Arcevia is a project and homonym arts and culture foundation which takes from the original principles to create a artistic and cultural center.

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Promoting art in all of its forms creating a artistic and cultural center supported by principles of collaboration and creativity, all taking in particular consideration the principles of Operazione Arcevia: Existential Community, a project by Italo Bartoletti and Ico Parisi.