Rome's bureaucratic battle threatens rare plant nursery
Gaetano Palisano, a 70-year-old botanist, has cultivated a rare plant nursery on one hectare along the Almone River near Rome's Appia Antica for 40 years. Despite offering to donate his collection of unique cacti and rare plants to create a botanical library, the Rome city administration has been attempting to evict him for two years. Palisano laments the bureaucracy's shortsightedness, contrasting it with the city's vast abandoned properties. He has no heirs and wishes to gift his life's scientific research to the public, but the municipality has not accepted his proposal.
Key facts
- Gaetano Palisano has run a rare plant nursery on the Appia Antica for 40 years.
- The nursery is located along the Almone River, third river of Rome.
- Palisano is over 70 years old and has no children.
- He offered to donate the collection to create a botanical library.
- Rome's city administration has been trying to evict him for two years.
- The article criticizes Rome's bureaucracy for ignoring the opportunity.
- The site is near Rome's historic center but in open countryside.
- Palisano's phone number is 3493120338.
Entities
Artists
- Gaetano Palisano
Institutions
- Comune di Roma
- Artribune
Locations
- Rome
- Italy
- Via Appia Antica
- Almone River