Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism (Italy)

Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism
Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo (MiBACT)
Agency overview
Formed 1974
Jurisdiction Council of Ministers of Italy
Headquarters Collegio Romano Palace, Rome, Italy
Annual budget EUR 1.6 billion (Budget 2013)
Minister responsible
Website www.beniculturali.gov.it


The Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism (Italian: Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo - MiBACT) is the culture ministry of the Italian Republic. MiBAC's headquarters are located in the historic Collegio Romano Palace (via del Collegio Romano 27, in central Rome) and the current minister is Dario Franceschini.

It was set up in 1974 as the Ministry for Cultural Assets and Environments (Italian: Ministero per i Beni Culturali ed Ambientali) by the Moro IV Cabinet through the decree read on 14 December 1974, n. 657, converted (with changes) from the law of 29 January 1975, n. 5. The new ministry (defined as "per i beni culturali" - that is for cultural assets, showing the wish to create a mainly technical organ) largely has the remit and functions previously under the Ministry of Public Education (specifically its Antiquity and Fine Arts, and Academies and Libraries, sections). To this remit and functions it some of those of the Ministry of the Interior (State archives) and of the President of the Council of Ministers (state computer archives, publishing and diffusion of culture).

Legislative decree number 368 of 20 October 1998 set up the Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, with all the old ministry's remits as well as some new ones:

In 2006, the sport portfolio was reassigned to the new Dipartimento per le Politiche Giovanili e le Attività Sportive.

The ministry is principally concerned with culture, the protection and preservation of artistic sites and property, landscape, and tourism (Decree 181/2006). At the end of 2006, the ministry's departments were abolished and their responsibilities returned to the ministry itself.

In 2009 the Ministry’s organisational structure underwent significant changes (Decree 91/2009): the coordination of ministerial functions is still entrusted to a Secretary General, the General Directorates have been reduced from nine to eight, with new denominations and a partial reshaping of their responsibilities. The eight General Directorates continue to be technically supported by high level scientific bodies (Central Institutes).

The peripheral ministerial structure of Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities is provided for, in 17 out of 20 regions, by Regional Directorates for Cultural Heritage and Landscape and by the local Soprintendenze.

Organisation

Collegio Romano palace - headquarters of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities
San Michele a Ripa Monumental Complex - headquarters of the Direzione generale per il paesaggio, le belle arti, l’architettura e l’arte contemporanee (PaBAAC), the Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la Documentazione (ICCD) and offices


Central administration

The Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities is made up of a variety of internal divisions, including:


8 Direzioni Generali (General Directorates):


Istituti Centrali (Central Institutes) :


Associated organs


The Carabinieri Headquarters for the Protection of Cultural Heritage



For more on the organization of the Ministry, see Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities


Officials names of the Ministry

List of Ministers

Name Start End Government
Giovanni Spadolini (PRI) 14 December 1974 12 February 1976 Governo Moro IV
Mario Pedini (DC) 12 February 1976 11 March 1978 Governo Moro V
Andreotti III Cabinet
Dario Antoniozzi (DC) 11 March 1978 4 August 1979 Andreotti IV Cabinet
Andreotti V Cabinet
Egidio Ariosto (PRI) 4 August 1979 4 April 1980 Cossiga I Cabinet
Oddo Biasini (PRI) 4 April 1980 28 July 1981 Cossiga II Cabinet
Forlani Cabinet
Vincenzo Scotti (DC) 28 July 1981 1 December 1982 Spadolini I Cabinet
Spadolini II Cabinet
Nicola Vernola (DC) 1 December 1982 4 August 1983 Fanfani V Cabinet
Antonio Gullotti (DC) 4 August 1983 28 July 1987 Craxi I Cabinet
Craxi II Cabinet
Fanfani VI Cabinet
Carlo Vizzini (PSDI) 28 July 1987 13 April 1988 Goria Cabinet
Vincenza Bono Parrino (PSDI) 13 April 1988 22 July 1989 De Mita Cabinet
Ferdinando Facchiano (PSDI) 22 July 1989 12 April 1991 Andreotti VI Cabinet
Giulio Andreotti (DC) 12 April 1991 28 June 1992 Andreotti VII Cabinet
Alberto Ronchey (PRI) 28 June 1992 10 May 1994 Amato I Cabinet
Ciampi Cabinet
Domenico Fisichella (AN) 10 May 1994 17 January 1995 Berlusconi I Cabinet
Antonio Paolucci (Independent) 17 January 1995 17 May 1996 Dini Cabinet
Walter Veltroni (PDS) 17 May 1996 21 October 1998 Prodi I Cabinet
Giovanna Melandri (DS) 21 October 1998 11 June 2001 D'Alema I Cabinet
D'Alema II Cabinet
Amato II Cabinet
Giuliano Urbani (FI) 11 June 2001 23 April 2005 Berlusconi II Cabinet
Rocco Buttiglione (UDC) 23 April 2005 17 May 2006 Berlusconi III Cabinet
Francesco Rutelli (PD) 17 May 2006 8 May 2008 Prodi II Cabinet
Sandro Bondi (PdL) 8 May 2008 23 March 2011 Berlusconi IV Cabinet
Giancarlo Galan (PdL) 23 March 2011 16 November 2011 Berlusconi IV Cabinet
Lorenzo Ornaghi (Independent) 16 November 2011 28 April 2013 Monti Cabinet
Massimo Bray (PD) 28 April 2013 22 February 2014 Letta Cabinet
Dario Franceschini (PD) 22 February 2014 incumbent Renzi Cabinet

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