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The fifteenth-century complex, originally a monastery where cloistered nuns called "murate" lived, became the city prison in 1883 until 1985 when it was abandoned upon the opening of the new prison of Sollicciano, on the outskirts of Florence. At the end of the 1990s, the famous architect Renzo Piano provided the guidelines to transform "Le Murate" into a cultural and recreational space to host NGOs, start-ups, public housing, shops, restaurants, bars, and conference rooms for the community.
Education, equality, rights, inclusion: these are the themes that are part of Senator Kennedy's moral legacy and that Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Italia has been carrying forward since 2005, to realize his dream of a more just and peaceful world. They promote educational resources on human rights, social justice, solidarity, and sustainability, and encourage dialogue through training and participatory activities with children, young people, educators, the school community, the third sector, and institutions.
Growing together, promoting the integral human development of every citizen of the world, so that everyone gains the awareness that to live in the world sustainably, it is necessary to take care of every single aspect of life, from environmental protection to the promotion of human rights.
