Paris, at Casa Italia the tapestry with the 20 innovators from Belpaese

It is called Panorama Italia, a 30-square-metre tapestry that covers the walls of the celebration room of Casa Italia, the space that welcomes the Azzurri athletes, commissioned by the Italian National Olympic Committee and created, under the direction of Professor Carlo Bagnoli of Ca Foscari University in Venice, by the master weavers of Giovanni Bonotto's Fabbrica Lenta. Casa Italia, housed in the elegant 19th-century villa Le Pré Catelan in the heart of the Bois de Boulogne park in Paris, represents the place where Made in Italy is celebrated in all its expressions, highlighting not only sporting triumphs, but also what has made Italy famous throughout the world.

For each region, some of the enlightened personalities of our history are depicted (for Sardinia there is Grazia Deledda), a typical Italian dish, a symbolic architecture (the nuraghe), but also and above all a successful entrepreneurial innovation. Indeed, the value of the tapestry lies in its ability to represent an integrated vision of Italy's cultural heritage and innovation. This participatory dimension of the tapestry reflects our commitment to enhance and integrate past achievements with future visions, in a context of celebration and national pride.

Among the names of the twenty most influential Italian innovators and visionaries selected is Edoardo Garrone (renewable energy), head of Erg and chairman of the Sole 24 Ore Group. There is Giuseppe Ranalli (industrial automation), president of the Automotive Pole and the Its Academy, as well as CEO of Tecnomatic. Also with them is the innovator from Santu Lussurgiu Antonella Arca (digital). Also on the list are Stefano Buono (atomic energy), Catia Bastioli (bioplastics), Luca Ferrari (digital applications), Giulio Bonazzi (synthetic fibres and polymers), Daniele Modesto (agritech), Zeno D'Agostino (port and territory), Andrea Pontremoli (auto racing), Simone Mancini (fintech), Gianluigi Angelantoni (environmental testing systems), Francesco Casoli (household appliances), Riccardo Zacconi (edutech), Paolo Scudieri (transport industry), Giuseppe Ferro (foodstuffs), Vito Pertosa (railway diagnostics), Saverio Calia (upholstered furniture), Francesco Cicione (territorial ecosystem), Andrea Bartoli (art and social).