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Cini Foundation

The Giorgio Cini Foundation, or just the Cini Foundation, is a cultural foundation founded by industrialist and politician Vittorio Cini on 20 April 1951 in memory of Giorgio Cini, his son who died in an airplane accident near in August 1949.
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  • Type: Library
  • Description: Venetian art and research institute
  • Also known as: “Fondazione Cini”, “Fondazione Giorgio Cini”, “Fondazione Giorgio Cini onlus Istituto per la musica di Venezia”, and “Giorgio Cini Foundation”
  • Address: Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, San Marco, Venezia, 30124

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of San Giorgio Maggiore and Doge’s Palace.

Church
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San Giorgio Maggiore is a 16th-century Benedictine church on the in , northern , designed by Andrea Palladio, and built between 1566 and 1610. is situated 130 metres west of Cini Foundation.

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The Doge's Palace is a palace built in Venetian Gothic style, and one of the main landmarks of the city of in northern Italy. The palace included government offices, a jail, and the residence of the Doge of Venice, the elected authority of the former Republic of Venice. is situated 680 metres northwest of Cini Foundation.

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The is a bridge in , Italy. The enclosed bridge is made of white limestone, has windows with stone bars, passes over the Rio di Palazzo, and connects the New Prison to the interrogation rooms in the Doge's Palace. is situated 640 metres northwest of Cini Foundation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castello and San Marco.

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is one of six sestieri that make up .

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is the central district of . It is home to many of Venice's major points of interest, and consequently can be extremely crowded with tourists, especially during the day when cruise ships unload their passengers.

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is one of six sestieri that make up . Covering 86 acres along the Grand Canal, it is one of the oldest parts of the city, having been settled before the 9th century.

Cini Foundation

Latitude
45.42903° or 45° 25′ 45″ north
Longitude
12.34495° or 12° 20′ 42″ east
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
8FQJC8HV+JX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7600620945
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­library
Geo­Names ID
7910662
Wiki­data ID
Q1435690
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Cini Foundation” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مؤسسة سيني”
  • Breton: “Fondazione Cini”
  • Catalan: “Fundació Giorgio Cini”
  • Dutch: “Fondazione Cini”
  • Dutch: “Fondazione Giorgio Cini”
  • French: “Fondation Cini”
  • French: “Fondation Giorgio Cini”
  • French: “Fondation Giorgio-Cini”
  • French: “Fondazione Giorgio Cini”
  • German: “Fondazione Cini”
  • German: “Fondazione Giorgio Cini”
  • Italian: “Fondazione Cini”
  • Italian: “Fondazione G. Cini”
  • Italian: “Fondazione Giorgio Cini onlus Istituto per la musica di Venezia”
  • Italian: “Fondazione Giorgio Cini”
  • Japanese: “ジョルジオ・チーニ財団”
  • Japanese: “ジョルジョ・チーニ財団”
  • Persian: “مرکز هنری بنیاد چینی”
  • Portuguese: “Fundação Cini”
  • Russian: “Фонд Чини”
  • Slovenian: “Fondazione Cini”
  • Slovenian: “Fondazione Giorgio Cini”
  • Spanish: “Fondazione Giorgio Cini”
  • Spanish: “Fundación Cini”
  • Spanish: “Fundacion Giorgio Cini”
  • Spanish: “Fundación Giorgio Cini”
  • Swedish: “Fondazione Giorgio Cini”
  • Ukrainian: “Fondazione Giorgio Cini”
  • Ukrainian: “Фонд Чіні”

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