The operative truth
Terms
| Administering body | Ministry of Culture with municipalities |
|---|---|
| Instrument type | Grants |
| Tier | National Instruments |
| Ceiling | €20,000,000 per pilot village; smaller enterprise sub-grants |
| Coverage | 50–100% |
| Cost of money | n/a |
| Term | Delivery to the recovery plan timetable |
| Earliest reachable | Month 6 |
| Application to cash | Follows the municipal project timetable |
Who qualifies
Municipalities primarily, with enterprises participating through sub-grants for cultural, tourism and craft activity in the selected villages.
What it funds
Heritage restoration, cultural infrastructure, and the businesses that will occupy and animate it.
What disqualifies an applicant
What it stacks with
These instruments combine with this one. Grants generally cannot double-fund the same cost, but different components of the same project may each carry their own support, and tax credits stack more freely with grants than grants do with each other.
Cultural Heritage Tax Credit
The beneficiary is a public cultural body or a recognised heritage project; the credit accrues to the donors…
Marginal Municipalities Fund
Persons and enterprises opening or transferring an activity into a designated marginal municipality, and in many cases those…
Rural Heritage Conservation
Owners and managers of rural heritage — mills, chapels, terraces, rural buildings and cultural landscape features.
Ventures this funds
5 venture types in the atlas list this instrument in their capital stack.
Albergo Diffuso — Scattered Hotel
A hotel assembled from restored houses across a village, with a single reception and shared services.
18–36 months
Monastery and Heritage Guesthouse
Guest accommodation within a restored monastery, convent, tower or historic estate building.
16–34 months
Thermal and Mineral Spring Spa
Treatment and bathing facilities built on a recognised thermal or mineral water source.
20–40 months
Artist and Writer Residency
Funded or fee-paying residencies offering studio space and accommodation to working artists.
8–18 months
Caving and Speleological Tourism
Guided cave visits from show-cave operation to technical caving for experienced groups.
5–14 months
Note on sources. This page is generated from the VentureItalica research registry. Figures and legal references reflect the corpus as verified at the last review and are indicative rather than advice. Instruments change; always confirm the current call text with the administering body before acting.
