With a motivation of dramatic and touching topicality, the Cavour Foundation, chaired by Nerio Nesi, this year awarded the Cavour Prize to the Italian Navy for "having demonstrated to all of Europe the profound sense of duty, the perfect professional preparation and the infinite humanity of the crews of military ships that have saved thousands of men, women and children in the Mediterranean. " The Cavour Prize has always signaled personalities who with their activities have made concrete the values left by the great statesman, the unity of Italy, social commitment, our country's belonging to the European community.
The Navy, represented by divisional admiral Roberto Camerini, will receive the prize, a symbolic reproduction in gold of Cavour's famous glasses, on Sunday 20 September at 16.30pm, in the Cavour castle, in Santena, in the province of Turin. A recognition of the fundamental role played by the Navy, not only on a purely military level, but open to solidarity and acceptance as demonstrated during Operation Mare Nostrum.
On the occasion of the award ceremony of the Cavour Prize, the Palazzo delle Scuderie of the monumental complex of the Santena castle will be inaugurated, the result of a long and demanding restoration work.
