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Renaissance Rinascimento
President	Vittorio Sgarbi
Founded	17 January 2017 (2017-01-17)
Headquarters	Corso Diaz 192, Forlì
Ideology	Protection of cultural heritage Cultural conservatism
Political position	Centre-right
National affiliation	Electoral list: Us Moderates Coalition: Centre-right coalition
Colours	Azure
Chamber of Deputies	0 / 400
Senate	0 / 200
European Parliament	0 / 73
Regional Councils	1 / 896
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Renaissance (Italian: Rinascimento) is a political party in Italy. Its leader is Vittorio Sgarbi, an Italian art critic, art historian, politician, cultural commentator and television personality. Sgarbi was formerly a member of the Italian Liberal Party, which was elected in Parliament in 1992, and after its dissolution in 1994 joined in Forza Italia, continuing to be MP until 2006.

The party's aim is to increase the investments in culture, which is considered the main resource for Italy.

History

The party was founded by Vittorio Sgarbi on 17 January 2017, but just a year later, on 19 January 2018, he also joined Forza Italia, thus remaining leader of the party. However, the party (in a joint list with Moderates in Revolution) ran its candidates in the 2018 Italian general election in the constituency of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, gaining a few hundred votes (less than 0.1% for both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate).

On 23 March 2022 the party merged with the anti-lockdown association of entrepreneurs led by Umberto Carriera and changed its name to I Open Renaissance (Io Apro Rinascimento).

In the 2022 election, Sgarbi ran in the single-member district of Bologna, losing against the centre-left candidate, Pier Ferdinando Casini. However, the centre-right coalition won the election and Sgarbi was appointed undersecretary to the Ministry of Culture.

Election results

Italian Parliament

Election	Leader	Chamber of Deputies					Senate of the Republic
		Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position
2018	Vittorio Sgarbi	with FI	–	1 / 630	New	5th	with FI	–	0 / 315	New	5th
2022		with NM	–	0 / 400	1	12th	with NM	–	0 / 200	0	13th

European Parliament

References

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2. Donelli, Maurizio (December 1, 2017). "Sgarbi: siamo al Medioevo. Per questo fondo un partito che promuova la bellezza". Corriere della Sera.
3. "Silvio Berlusconi, Vittorio Sgarbi: "Mi candido con Forza Italia, ho un seggio sicuro al Senato"". Libero. 19 January 2018.
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5. "Ministero dell'Interno - Portale Eligendo". Archived from the original on 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
6. "Vittorio Sgarbi colpisce ancora: Rinascimento ci sarà alle elezioni di maggio". affaritaliani.it.
7. "L'ultima giravolta di Sgarbi: un partito con i ristoratori di "Io apro"". la Repubblica.

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• Political parties established in 2017