Many master craftsmen have been awarded by the association 'Mani di Napoli' for the first edition of the award 'Le mani di Napoli - Saxifraga idee e fatti' at the Federico II conference center on Via Partenope. 'Our award,' say in unison President Giancarlo Maresca and Vice President Damiano Annunziato, 'aims to value the personalities who have contributed with their art and professionalism to the development of Naples.'
After the special award for Sylvain Bellenger, until December director of the Museum and Real Bosco di Capodimonte, all the winners took turns on stage, from the glover Gaetano Pellone to the trouser maker Antonio Ambrosi.
Then the awaited debate on the theme of culture and development of Naples with the mayor of Naples Gaetano Manfredi, the undersecretary at the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy Massimo Bitonci and the rector of the Federico II University of Naples Matteo Lorito.