Fondazione De Benedetti Cherasco 1547 Onlus

Fondazione De Benedetti - Cherasco 1547

The De Benedetti - Cherasco 1547 Foundation is a non-profit organization, founded on June 14, 2002, its aim is to:

• Commemorate engineer Gian Giacomo Debenedetti who dearly loved the city of Cherasco and worked to promote it's image and it's initiatives in Italy and abroad.

• Express gratitude to the city of Cherasco, that since 1547 has welcomed numerous Jewish families within its walls, including the De Benedetti family;

• Maintain cultural ties with France, in remembrance of the armistice signed at Cherasco between revolutionary France and the Kingdom of Sardinia on 28 April 1796, an event that resulted in the introduction of the values of the French Revolution and in the emancipation of the Jews of Cherasco to the city;

• Develop ties with the country of Israel, initiated by the  through the twinning of Cherasco with the city of Qiryat Gat