Casa Alcide de Gasperi museum (''Museo Casa De Gasperi''), opened in 2006, is located in
Pieve Tesino
Pieve Tesino (''La Piève'' in local dialect) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about east of Trento.
Pieve Tesino borders the following municipalities: Tesero, Panch ...
where
the Italian statesman was born in 1881.
De Gasperi's effort was fundamental to the construction of the
European Union
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, he played a decisive role in the reconstruction of Europe after
World War II
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, culminating in his election as the
president
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of the
European Coal and Steel Community
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in 1954.
In addition to raising awareness on the de Gasperi figure, the purpose of the museum is to endorse the democratic values of the European Union, motivated also by its transboundary history and location between the Italian and German cultures.
The museum received the
European Heritage Label.
References
External links
* {{official website
Museums in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Historic house museums in Italy
Alcide De Gasperi