{"id":341,"date":"2026-03-26T16:41:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T16:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raizitaliana.it\/?page_id=341"},"modified":"2026-07-06T18:11:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T18:11:41","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/raizitaliana.it\/en\/chi-siamo\/","title":{"rendered":"Who we are"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Let's help descendants of Italians living abroad rediscover their roots and support public and private bodies in developing projects dedicated to \"roots tourism\".<\/span>.<\/p>

Our experience stems from research and life paths abroad within Italian communities in the Americas and Europe, and has transformed over time into a concrete contribution to the birth and development of roots tourism in Italy, including through consultancy and collaboration with the national programme promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.<\/span>.<\/p>

We work to transform the memory of emigration into new opportunities for encounters, return, and the enhancement of local identities.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Re-rooting in Italy,
\ncontinuing to travel alongside Italian communities around the world.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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The history of the association<\/strong><\/p>

Ra\u00edz Italiana was founded in 2017 following the win of the \u201cPIN \u2013 Pugliesi Innovativi\u201d Public Notice, promoted by the Department for Youth Policies of the Puglia Region. Over time, the project has evolved to become a structured association, based in Puglia and operating throughout the national territory.<\/p>

The association was founded by Marina Gabrieli and Attilio Ardito, both from Puglia, along with Mariana Bobadilla, an Italo-Argentinian of Marche origins, who now resides in Puglia.<\/p>

The project is based on direct and shared experience: the founders have lived and worked closely with Italian communities abroad, particularly in Argentina. This journey allowed them to gain a deep understanding of the needs, expectations, and the strong sense of identity that unites Italian descendants with their ancestral lands.<\/p>

Ra\u00edz Italiana was born precisely from this awareness, with the aim of creating authentic connections between Italy and its communities around the world, valuing roots as a cultural, social, and tourism lever.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Chi siamo Aiutiamo i discendenti italiani residenti all\u2019estero a riscoprire le proprie origini e supportiamo enti pubblici e privati nello sviluppo di progetti dedicati ai viaggi delle radici. La nostra esperienza nasce da percorsi di ricerca e di vita all\u2019estero all\u2019interno delle comunit\u00e0 italiane nelle Americhe e in Europa e si \u00e8 trasformata, nel tempo, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-341","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raizitaliana.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raizitaliana.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raizitaliana.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raizitaliana.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raizitaliana.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/raizitaliana.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1521,"href":"https:\/\/raizitaliana.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/341\/revisions\/1521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raizitaliana.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}