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