{"id":104,"date":"2023-04-03T20:55:02","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T01:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iicchicago.esteri.it\/chi-siamo\/la-sede\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T16:56:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T22:56:33","slug":"la-sede","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iicchicago.esteri.it\/en\/chi-siamo\/la-sede\/","title":{"rendered":"The Headquarters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Founded in 1985 by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Originally established as a remote branch of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in New York, the Institute became autonomous in 2000, responsible for a vast territory of 16 states in the Midwest, including Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Wyoming.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>List of Directors of the Institute of Chicago:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Silvio Marchetti, 1985-1988<br \/>\nAnnamaria Lelli, 1988 &#8211; 1993<br \/>\nBruno Bellotto, 1993-1998<br \/>\nLidia Ramogida, 1998-2001<br \/>\nFrancesca Valente, 2001-2005<br \/>\nTina Cervone, 2005-2010<br \/>\nSilvio Marchetti, 2010-2014<br \/>\nAndrea Raos, 2014-2015<br \/>\nAlberta Lai, 2015-2019<br \/>\nLuca Di Vito, 2020-2024<br \/>\nChiara Avanzato, 2025-present<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Founded in 1985 by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2025. Originally established as a remote branch of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in New York, the Institute became autonomous in 2000, responsible for a vast territory of 16 states in [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":103,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-104","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iicchicago.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iicchicago.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iicchicago.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iicchicago.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iicchicago.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/iicchicago.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10094,"href":"https:\/\/iicchicago.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104\/revisions\/10094"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iicchicago.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iicchicago.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}