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The
GARIBALDI’S HUT CONSERVATION SOCIETY, has the following origins:
When the friars of San Vitale were dissolved in 1797 the marsh of
Pontaccio, which they had owned up to that time, became state property
and the with a letter from the government of 5 January 1810 bearing
reference number 36443 the Director of the Italian Crown Property Office
granted Don Giuseppe Roncuzzi (known as Masone) permission to have a
hunting cabin.
A certain Parea, then Inspector of the woods around Ravenna, granted him
enough land in this area to build the said hut, as confirmed by the
letter written by Parea himself on 10 February 1810 ref. 338.
When Roncuzzi died in 1818 the hut became the property of his
brother MARINO, the parish priest of S. Vincenzo. Not being very able at
hunting Marino gave the hut to Francesco CAMERANI, Fabio URBINI and
Francesco GRILLI. Later it also belonged to Domenico GUARINI, Curzio
RASPONI, Paolo DALLA SCALA, Alessandro FABBRI, Ulisse URBINI and Pietro
SANTUCCI, as representative of the Children’s Home and in the name of
the heirs of Giò SANTUCCI.
It was Primo UCCELLINI and Curzio RASPONI who stipulated the purchase
contract for the Society of Ravenna "DEMOCRATIC UNION" with
a proper notary deed of 20 August 1876, signed by all the sellers
and Carlo RAMBALDI for the Democratic Union, as appears in their written
declaration.
When the society was dissolved the hut was left
abandoned and its complete ruin was certain until some members of the
public belonging to the Democratic Union decided to restore it and
conserve it at their own expense, leaving of course the remaining
members free to co-operate and join their group.
Only a few responded to the appeal and those willing
(basing their actions on the moral principle generally accepted that
whoever neglects and fails to fulfil responsibilities ceases to belong
to a Society and loses all rights deriving therefrom) declared only
themselves to be definitively constituted into a society but continuing
to keep admission open.
Today their solidarity is further affirmed by
the present statute. The statute, which was then a REGULATION, was
approved on 21 October 1882.
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