What is Cini Foundation?

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   The Foundation is located in the former San Giorgio Monastery on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice. It was established by his Count Vittorio Cini in memory of his son who died in an airplane accident near Cannes in 1949. Vittorio Cini had been arrested by the SS during World War II and send to the Dachau concentration camp, and his son Giorgio was able to get him released by bribing officials with diamonds and jewellery.

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