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Villa Mussolini in Riccione Goes to Auction as City Plans to Bid

The mayor says changing the name is not a priority.

Overview

  • Fondazione Carim has launched the sale process, with document access opening on October 30, offers due by noon on December 22, and bids to be unsealed on January 30.
  • Riccione’s administration plans to bid to turn the property into public cultural and social space, building on its current use as an exhibition venue under a lending arrangement.
  • Mayor Daniela Angelini says the city will participate without overpaying, citing its responsibilities as a public entity.
  • Fratelli d’Italia lawmaker Beatriz Colombo urges retaining the villa’s historical name and proposes a museum on Riccione and Romagna in the twentieth century inside the site.
  • Fondazione Carim president Paolo Pasini says the divestment is part of rationalizing the foundation’s assets to support other local initiatives.