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The

Foundation

(Centro Culturale Valdese)

is a private non-profit institution founded in 1989 by the Tavola Valdese (the management board of the Waldensian Church) and the Waldensian Studies Society. The centre was established as a foundation in 1991 and the Regional Council of Piedmont acknowledged its legal status in 1992. The foundation mission and aims:
mission
  • to preserve and enhance the value of the Waldensian library, the library stock and funds, the Waldensian historical museum and other museums of the Waldensian valleys; also to preserve and manage the records of several other archives, library funds, exhibitions and museums that both private and public establishments and people have entrusted to the centre.
  • to cooperate with Italian and foreign institutions for the development and diffusion of theological, cultural and historical study and reflection in Protestant churches and in particular in the Waldensian Church, through conferences, debates, lectures, exhibitions, publications and other appropriate means.
  • In a European perspective of appreciation and preservation of minorities, the Centre contributes to the safeguard of the religious and cultural peculiarities of the Waldensian community
  • Promote public access to and the utilization of historical records.
The Foundation is situated in Torre Pellice, in the heart of the Waldensian Valleys, a borderland area in the evolving European context; it is intended to be a meeting place for dialogue and exchange in a spirit of cultural pluralism.
The Foundation carries out its duties with strong links to the surrounding area, the general Italian society and to Protestant churches in Italy and abroad.
opening times
  • office
  • from Tuesday to Friday
    9:00 a.m. - 12:30 a.m.
    2:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
  • library
  • Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
    8:45 a.m. - 12:45 a.m.
    2 p.m. - 6 p.m.
    Saturday
    8:45 a.m. - 12.45 a.m.
    Annual closure:
    24th December - 6th January
    2nd-3rd week of September
  • info and promotion office
  • Monday to Friday
    9:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.
  • museum
  • Thursday, Saturday, Sunday
    3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
    July and August:
    every day 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
    Annual closure:
    December and January
  • photographic archives
  • Tuesday, Wednesday
    9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
    2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
    Friday
    9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

FONDAZIONE


CENTRO CULTURALE VALDESE


Via Beckwith, 3
10066 Torre Pellice (TO)
Tel. 0121 932179
segreteria@fondazionevaldese.org
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