MISSION
Created in 1921, under the impetus of Edouard Mortier, Duke of Treviso, in order to rescue our national heritage, threatened with abandonment and destruction, it is one of the first organizations in France to be concerned with heritage conservation.
Commonly called “the Safeguarding”, it has devoted itself to the transmission of religious heritage, mainly churches and rural chapels, throughout France.
The Foundation for the Safeguarding of French Art brings to the owners of buildings in danger, public or private, the help of recognized expertise and financial assistance. They also promote heritage among all publics by promoting scientific research and publication of specialized works.
They have embarked on a campaign in favour of the “Largest museum in France: the movable treasures of our municipalities”. It mobilizes students, employees within their company, art lovers, and high school students.
ACTIVITIES
SAVE BUILDINGS IN DANGER
Each year, the foundation allocates on average 1 million euros for the restoration of nearly a hundred buildings, responding to the request of their owners, almost always municipalities, or associations mandated by them.
SAVE ENDANGERED WORKS OF ART
The Safeguarding action in favour of movable heritage is the object of its campaign “The Greatest Museum in France, the treasures of our towns”, for the benefit of paintings, sculptures, tapestries, fabrics, and other works of art.
PROMOTE AND LOVE THE WONDERS OF OUR REGIONS
All the action of the Safeguarding of French Art in favour of heritage rests primarily on the voluntary aid from which it benefits, throughout all of France. It is that of its local correspondents, watchmen who alert to threats and try to face them. It is also that of all those who are in favour of the action of the preservation and of all those who make donations to it: friends and patrons. They are represented on its board of directors.
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