Palazzo Coppini has seven rooms for encounters, meetings, training and seminars on its ground and first floors. Each room is dedicated to the name of an Expert of the Fondazione Romualdo Del Bianco®-Life Beyond Tourism® who has earned particular distinction in the development of the Fondazione’s international nework through fostering important interpersonal relations. The rooms house collections of items and books donated to the Fondazione over the years as tokens of cultural diversity (see the biographical notes on the Experts to whom the rooms are dedicated and on the collections).
The rooms vary both in size and in their potential arrangements – theatre, boardroom or classroom – and they have an overall seating capacity of 150 people. They are fitted with a full range of state-of-the-art equipment – LCD screens, Wi-Fi systems, electronic device-friendly environments – for organisers and users, together with a temporary secretarial office for events and other convenient facilities.
Palazzo Coppini also has a number of pleasant reception and refreshment areas for breaks, such as the Small Drawing Room, the Foyer with its pietra serena stone columns, the Veranda on the first floor and the elegant Courtyard with its Renaissance fountain. All of these atmospheric venues can be used to host refreshments, coffee breaks, cocktails and light lunches.
Its strategic position only a stone’s throw from Santa Maria Novella railway station, the possibility of fast connections with the leading cities of Italy and Europe and its proximity to other structures in the Centro Congressi al Duomo – particularly the Auditorium al Duomo and its Andrzej Tomaszewski Amphitheatre – make Palazzo Coppini the ideal venue for conference sub-sessions, committee meetings, collateral events, workshopsmaster classes and confidential meetings in the context of broader scientific and cultural events.

FIRST FLOOR ROOMS

“Komech” Room

DIMENSIONI – CAPIENZA ALLESTIMENTO
Altezza / m 4,87
Dimensione / m  6,69 / 6,50
m2 43,48
Tavolo Imperiale  18
Banchi scuola 22
Platea 36
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Aleksej Komech

In memory of Aleksej Komech (Plavsk, Russia; 1936-2007), an architectural historian and art critic born in, he held major posts in the sphere of the conservation of Russia’s cultural heritage, including the presidency of the Cultural Assets Department and the direction of the Ministry’s State Institute for Artistic Studies. The Russian Federation’s prize for socially significant work in this field is named after him. The Fondazione had in Aleksej Komech an authoritative and sympathetic guide to the problems of conservation to counter the gradual loss of Russia’s cultural heritage. The Foundation owes it to him if it has been able to establish proficuous relations with Russia’s leading institutions.

“Beglaryan” Room

DIMENSIONI – CAPIENZA ALLESTIMENTO
Altezza / m 4,58
Dimensione / m  6,69 / 4,51
m2 30,16
Tavolo Imperiale  14
Banchi scuola 16
Platea 20
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Arest Beglaryan

In memory of Arest Beglaryan (Yerevan, Armenia; 1938-2011) one of the leading scientists in the field of geodetic engineering, holding important scientific research and university teaching posts, such as that of Chancellor of Yerevan’s State University for Architecture and Construction Science, and winning numerous prestigious awards for his scientific activities. He made a crucial contribution to the development of the Fondazione Romualdo Del Bianco® – Life Beyond Tourism®‘s relations with the Caucasus, encouraging by his example the kind of dialogue that transcends political, religious and cultural boundaries.

“Rovenko” Room

DIMENSIONI – CAPIENZA ALLESTIMENTO
Altezza / m 4,50
Dimensione / m 5,96 / 2,67
m2 15,40
Tavolo Imperiale  10
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Oleksandr Rovenko

In memory of Oleksandr Rovenko (Penza, Russia; 1942-2005) a musicologist and composer, he was appointed Chancellor of Odessa’s Music Academy and devoted his energies with enthusiasm to the musical education of young people, teaching both in Russia and in other countries including Germany and China. His music is frequently played at a host of international festivals. With his warmth in the field of human relations and his intelligent confidence, he constantly encouraged the Fondazione’s development and devoted his artistic talent to composing its anthem, succeding in expressing its ideals in music.

“Shkaev” Room

DIMENSIONI – CAPIENZA ALLESTIMENTO
Altezza / m 4,18
Dimensione / m 5,02 / 3,80
m2 19,00
Tavolo Imperiale  8/10
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Platea /
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Aleksej Shkaev

In memory of Aleksej Shkaev (Balkhash, Kazakhstan; 1939-2010) an architect, he laid the groundwork for the schools of architecture in Kyrgyzstan, being appointed the National School of Architecture and Planning’s first director and working hard to foster the training and international recognition of Kyrgyzstan’s young architects. In both scientific and creative terms and on the human level he introduced the Fondazione to relations with the countries of Eurasia, creating numerous opportunities for familiarising with their intangible heritage, and allowing the Fondazione to establish proficuous dialogue with them in a framework of respect for the world’s cultural heritage.

GROUND FLOOR ROOMS

“Fanta” Room

DIMENSIONI – CAPIENZA ALLESTIMENTO
Altezza / m 5,00
Dimensione / m 5,84 / 4,07
m2 23,80
Tavolo Imperiale  14
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Bohumil Fanta

In memory of Bohumil Fanta (Nové Město nad Metují, Czech Republic; 1942-2011), he was extremely active in the field of design applied to the restoration of monumental heritage, both with his work as a planner and by holding such posts as Director of Planning Section of Prague’s Office for the Restoration of Monuments and as President of the Faculty of Architecture at the Polytechnic in the Czech capital. He was the first person to initiate the practice of annual encounters among young people from central and Eastern Europe for study and debate with the Fondazione in Florence, focusing those encounters on the systematic study of crucial issues and practices of the Florentine Renaissance.

“Zádor” Room

DIMENSIONI – CAPIENZA ALLESTIMENTO
Altezza / m 5,00
Dimensione / m 6,42 / 4,37
m2 28,00
Tavolo Imperiale  14
Banchi scuola 16
Platea 20
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Mihály Zádor

In memory of Mihály Zádor (Kaposvar, Hungary; 1929-2003), he played a leading role in the field of architectural heritage. In addition to directing Budapest University’s Department for the Conservation of Monuments and Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture, he chaired the ICOMOS Committee for the Conservation of Stone and subsequently also its Education Committee. He set up and chaired the Fondazione’s Hungarian committee of experts, introducing the Fondazione to the complexity of the issues involved in world heritage and fostering its initial contacts and familiarisation with the most important international organisations in this field.

“Tsuji” Room

DIMENSIONI – CAPIENZA ALLESTIMENTO
Altezza / m  4,90
Dimensione / m 4,85 / 3,59
m2 17,55
Tavolo Imperiale  8/10
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Arimitsu Tsuji

In memory of Arimitsu Tsuji (Kyoto, Japan; 1941-1996), he laboured intensively in his capacity as president of the Kyōkane Co. to hand down and to communicate the culture and history of Japan as embodied in the temples and shrines that are part of the world’s heritage, producing ritual furnishings and costumes for weddings and for the successful growth of children. At the very start of the Fondazione’s activities, acting also in his capacity as president for international relations with the Kyōto Rakuhoku Rotary Club, he fostered cultural exchange and dialogue among young people, thus helping this particular apect of the Fondazione’s philosophy to put down roots and introducing the Fondazione to the world of Japanese culture.