Brilliant futures on the horizon
The Foundation
Embarking
on the Journey
Founded in 2021 by the Perotti family, Fondazione Sanlorenzo supports Italy’s small islands and the communities who live there, by financing projects that contribute to their socio-cultural, economic and environmental development. At the same time, the Fondazione supports the studies of deserving young people whose visions and projects can contribute to their development.
Vision
New routes
and new scenarios
Vision
New routes
and new scenarios
Fondazione Sanlorenzo is committed to promoting the growth of Italy’s small islands, to offer them a more sustainable economic, environmental and social future.
Mission
The winds that
lead us on our way
Mission
The winds that
lead us on our way
Fondazione Sanlorenzo supports the small islands by promoting projects and initiatives aimed at improving the lives of the islander communities, leveraging all the resources – social, economic, local and cultural – in place there, to keep their identity intact and authentic.
Activities
Projects & Competitions
Fondazione Sanlorenzo’s main priorities are to pay attention to the environmental emergency and the new
generations’ focus on a green-oriented future. Since 2021, the Foundation’s competitions and scholarships
have been supporting ideas, projects, research and work to promote and enhance Italy’s small islands.
Bando Isole Minori Italiane – II° Edizione
Bando Isole Minori
Activities
Recipients
Vincenzo de Milato
The aim of Vincenzo's project is to collect and analyse data on the presence of different cetacean species in the waters off the Tremiti Islands and the Island of Giglio. Cetaceans are key species within an ecosystem, whose presence determines the balance between other species and the entire ecosystem, and can therefore be used as bio-indicators, i.e. indicators of the health of the ecosystem itself.
The project is realised in partnership with Fondazione Cecilia Gilardi
Francesca Lamonica
Using an anthropological methodology, Francesca intends to explore the relationships between school, culture and education in Lampedusa. The research aims to actively involve the local community, families and teachers in identifying the criticalities and opportunities that affect growth on Lampedusa and the educational contexts in which people grow and which we can define as educating communities.
The project is realised in partnership with Fondazione Cecilia Gilardi
Simone Zambelli
Simone's project is to catalogue, study and promote Ischia's "palmenti rupestri", ancient structures for transforming grapes into wine, by creating ad hoc tourist itineraries. The aim, apart from the archaeological one of getting to know these structures better on a typological and topographical level, is to promote the island's viticultural history by bringing these production structures dug out of the rock to the attention of the general public, also with a view to a hopefully better protection, now that they are an integral part of Ischia's agricultural landscape.
The project is realised in partnership with Fondazione Cecilia Gilardi
Mirko Guasconi
Mirko will be collecting morphological data on two species of lacertid, Podarcis muralis and Podarcis siculus, on the islands of the Tuscan archipelago, in order to understand their adaptive capacity - in particular that of the common lizard, an invasive species not only nationally but internationally - and to assess the potential impact of its presence on congeneric species. The ultimate aim of Mirko's project is to create a support network for other conservation projects aimed at protecting other species threatened by the field lizard.
The project is realised in partnership with Fondazione Cecilia Gilardi
Melissa Di Cianno
Melissa is a great enthusiast and scholar of archaeology and her project aims to study the finds made in the waters around the island of Ischia. The intention is to contribute to the research carried out in previous years for a detailed reconstruction of the underwater landscape of the island in order to understand its historical, environmental and economic role. Through this analysis, Melissa will try to reconstruct the circulation of the materials studied, establishing or rejecting a possible contact between the islands of the Gulf of Naples and the Aeolian Islands. The final aim of her project is to give back to the community a part of the historical and material tradition and to promote awareness through dissemination.
The project is realised in partnership with Fondazione Cecilia Gilardi
Alessandro Lagrotteria
The small islands of the Mediterranean are true biodiversity hotspots, and among them fireflies are of particular interest, as their systematics is very confused and many island species may represent point endemics. Alessandro will attempt to resolve the taxonomy of insular fireflies, with particular reference to the Tuscan and Circumsolar Islands, using DNA barcoding techniques. A complete understanding of their genetics is crucial for the development of targeted conservation strategies, which are essential for the preservation of these ecologically important insects.
The project is realised in partnership with Fondazione Cecilia Gilardi
Jan Giordano
Jan's project consists of sampling the vocalisations of certain bird species on the Pontine Islands, with a particular focus on the island of Ventotene. The aim of the project is to verify possible differences in the vocalisations of sedentary species compared to the other islands and the mainland, and to highlight peculiarities in the vocalisations of migratory species that use the Mediterranean islands as a resting place during their spring and autumn migrations. With his research, Jan wants to increase interest in bioacoustics at the ornithological level, which is sorely lacking in Italy but very present abroad.
The project is realised in partnership with Fondazione Cecilia Gilardi
Silvia Ruggeri
Silvia will carry out anthropological research on the built and lived space of Lampedusa. She will work with the inhabitants of the island on a variety of themes: rootedness to the territory and the perception of community, the presence of migrants, the presence and absence of the state, and finally the needs, necessities and imaginaries of the future. The result will be an account of the island through the voices of its inhabitants. The aim of the research is to give voice, in a broad, structured and complex way, to those who inhabit the territories affected by incoming migration processes, in order to be able to imagine trajectories of coexistence that are open to all.
The project is realised in partnership with Fondazione Cecilia Gilardi