Posted on 06/03/2019 7:31:48 PM PDT by marshmallow
Bannon planned to teach the art of his brand of politics at the school.
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon’s plans for a far-right nationalist school have been halted by Italian authorities. Bannon hoped to run the school out of an ancient monastery near Rome, but officials say they are revoking rights to the grounds for failure to maintain the site and pay fees.
In a statement released Friday, Gianluca Vacca, an official with Italy’s cultural ministry, said that it was the government’s “duty” to revoke the rights to the Certosa de Trisulti monastery that the Human Dignity Institute, a far-right Catholic think tank Bannon partnered with, had obtained. Vacca cited the fact the group failed to pay proper concessions and said it was determined that the institute did not have any experience in cultural heritage custodianship. The ministry also voiced concerns that repairs had not begun that would make the historic property available for public use.
“Political opinions have nothing to do with us,” Vacca said. “We are interested in respecting the law and protecting the national cultural heritage, of which the Certosa is obviously part.”
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Oh... :( I don’t know what to think...probably not good.
"Joey, have you ever been to...gladiator school?"
End up a mosque
And then they take it away from Bannon and no one steps to the plate to cover the necessary monthly expenses the Italian gov’t says must be paid to keep the facility in proper working condition.
If the gov’t previously had enough money there never would have been any need for it to be rented out.
No one will step to the plate, Italy won’t fork over the money, and the Italian gov’t will boo hoo over it...
As an aside, I don't think the monastery is owned by the government, but by Cistercians. I think the government (a department in charge of overseeing the maintenance of culture landmarks) had power over some aspect of it because it was a such a building.
The question arises, was Bannon performing the required maintenance or not and if not why (i.e., lack of funds)? Or was there some other reason for denying Bannon use of the building (a political reason) and external pressure was brought on the cultural authority to find some trumped up charges.
Given Bannon's "alt-right" agenda for the school, the denial of use might have come from either the Vatican or somewhere within the EU (or combination of the two).
If the denial came from within the Vatican, there might be a reversal because there are (we hear) both anti- and pro-Bannon forces inside the Vatican.
Are the Cistercians broke?
If not, then why was it rented out in the first place?
As an aside...
Their Certosa di Trisulti monastery, as it’s called, is in the middle of nowhere by jam-packed Italian standards. It’s plastered on a high slope – 825 metres above sea level – in central Italy’s Ernici mountains, about two hours by car southeast of Rome. The nearest town, Collepardo, is a 15-minute grind down the mountain. From the monastery itself, all I could see was forest and snow-capped mountaintops.The enormous structure, whose construction was sponsored by the formidable Pope Innocent III, was once home to about 100 monks and workers. Today, its last full-time residents are a chef-gardener, an 83-year-old priest who still says a mass every day and a couple of dozen feral cats.
Whew. At least they have stopped throwing us to the Lions. Lol.
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