{"id":12098,"date":"2025-10-13T12:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T10:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fondazionecariplo.it\/?page_id=12098"},"modified":"2026-04-03T10:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T08:37:09","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fondazionecariplo.it\/en\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"background-color:#fff;padding:0px 2.5rem 20px 2.5rem\" class=\"wp-block-custom-hero-image-left hero-container-block my-0\"><style>\n                        .hero-container-block .hero-columns-wrapper {\n                            max-width: 1400px;\n                            margin: 0 auto;\n                            gap: 20px !important;\n                            align-items: center;\n                        }\n                        .hero-container-block .hero-text-column h2 {\n                            font-size: 48px;\n                            font-weight: 400;\n                   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    flex-direction: column-reverse !important;\n                            }\n                            .hero-container-block .hero-text-column h2 {\n                                font-size: 28px !important;\n                            }\n                        }\n                        <\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns hero-columns-wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column hero-image-column hero__border__right is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full hero-image-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"519\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fondazionecariplo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FOTO_STORIA_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fondazionecariplo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FOTO_STORIA_01.jpg 519w, https:\/\/www.fondazionecariplo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FOTO_STORIA_01-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column hero-text-column hero-pad-left is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading title__60300\">1816<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Beginnings<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Central Charity Commission<\/strong> was established in 1816 to combat poverty following the Napoleonic wars.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"background-color:#fff;padding:0px 2.5rem 20px 2.5rem\" class=\"wp-block-custom-hero-image-right hero-container-block my-0\"><style>\n                        .hero-container-block .hero-columns-wrapper {\n                            max-width: 1400px;\n                            margin: 0 auto;\n                            gap: 20px !important;\n                            align-items: center;\n                        }\n                        .hero-container-block .hero-text-column h2 {\n                            font-size: 48px;\n                            font-weight: 400;\n                            line-height: 1.2;\n                            margin-top: 0;\n                        }\n                        .hero-container-block .hero-text-column p {\n                            font-size: 16px;\n                            line-height: 1.6;\n                        }\n                        .hero-container-block .hero-image-column img {\n                            border-radius: 24px;\n                        }\n                        @media (max-width: 1024px) {\n                            .hero-container-block .hero-columns-wrapper {\n                                gap: 40px !important;\n                            }\n                            .hero-container-block .hero-text-column h2 {\n                                font-size: 36px !important;\n                            }\n                        }\n                        @media (max-width: 781px) {\n                            .hero-container-block .hero-columns-wrapper {\n                                flex-direction: column-reverse !important;\n                            }\n                            .hero-container-block .hero-text-column h2 {\n                                font-size: 28px !important;\n                            }\n                        }\n                        <\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns hero-columns-wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column hero-text-column hero__border__right is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading title__60300\">1823<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"corsivo\"><em>Initial action<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Commission created the <strong>Cassa di Risparmio delle Provincie Lombarde<\/strong>, which collected savings to finance the economy and charities in the region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:3px\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column hero-image-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full hero-image-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"519\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fondazionecariplo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FOTO_STORIA_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fondazionecariplo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FOTO_STORIA_02.jpg 519w, https:\/\/www.fondazionecariplo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FOTO_STORIA_02-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Archivio Storico Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"background-color:#fff;padding:0px 2.5rem 30px 2.5rem\" class=\"wp-block-custom-hero-image-left hero-container-block my-0\"><style>\n                        .hero-container-block .hero-columns-wrapper {\n                            max-width: 1400px;\n                            margin: 0 auto;\n                            gap: 25px !important;\n                            align-items: center;\n                        }\n                        .hero-container-block .hero-text-column h2 {\n                            font-size: 48px;\n                            font-weight: 400;\n                            line-height: 1.2;\n                            margin-top: 0;\n                        }\n                        .hero-container-block .hero-text-column p {\n                            font-size: 16px;\n                            line-height: 1.6;\n                        }\n       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 <\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns hero-columns-wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column hero-image-column hero__border__right is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full hero-image-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"519\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fondazionecariplo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FOTO_STORIA_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fondazionecariplo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FOTO_STORIA_03.jpg 519w, https:\/\/www.fondazionecariplo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FOTO_STORIA_03-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Archivio Storico <em>Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.<\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column hero-text-column hero-pad-left is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading title__60300\">1900 &#8211; 1950<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Dealing with the crisis of <span class=\"corsivo\">WWI<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the early 20<sup>th<\/sup> century, the Cassa di Risparmio delle Provincie Lombarde was a benchmark for <strong>activities to grapple with the major crisis of World War I<\/strong> and maintained this role <strong>again in the wake of World War II<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"background-color:#fff;padding:0px 2.5rem 20px 2.5rem\" class=\"wp-block-custom-hero-image-right hero-container-block my-0\"><style>\n                        .hero-container-block .hero-columns-wrapper {\n                            max-width: 1400px;\n                            margin: 0 auto;\n                            gap: 60px !important;\n                            align-items: center;\n     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                  }\n                        }\n                        @media (max-width: 781px) {\n                            .hero-container-block .hero-columns-wrapper {\n                                flex-direction: column-reverse !important;\n                            }\n                            .hero-container-block .hero-text-column h2 {\n                                font-size: 28px !important;\n                            }\n                        }\n                        <\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns hero-columns-wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column hero-text-column hero-pad-right is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading title__60300\">1950 &#8211; 1991<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Expanding <span class=\"corsivo\">financial commitment<\/span> and <span class=\"corsivo\">geographical coverage<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The years of the Italian economic boom saw <strong>an increase in the commitment to medium-term credit<\/strong>, especially to small businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the 1960s, the <strong>institution has been a commercial bank<\/strong>; in the following two decades, there was a <strong>major expansion of the geographical coverage<\/strong> of Cariplo, both <strong>domestically and internationally<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column hero-image-column hero__border__right is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full hero-image-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"519\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fondazionecariplo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FOTO_STORIA_04.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fondazionecariplo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FOTO_STORIA_04.jpg 519w, https:\/\/www.fondazionecariplo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FOTO_STORIA_04-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Archivio Storico <em>Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.<\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"background-color:#fff;padding:0px 2.5rem 20px 2.5rem\" class=\"wp-block-custom-hero-image-left hero-container-block my-0\"><style>\n                        .hero-container-block .hero-columns-wrapper {\n                            max-width: 1400px;\n                            margin: 0 auto;\n                            gap: 60px !important;\n                            align-items: center;\n                        }\n                        .hero-container-block .hero-text-column h2 {\n                            font-size: 48px;\n                            font-weight: 400;\n                            line-height: 1.2;\n                            margin-top: 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        }\n                            .hero-container-block .hero-text-column h2 {\n                                font-size: 28px !important;\n                            }\n                        }\n                        <\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns hero-columns-wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column hero-image-column hero__border__right is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full hero-image-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"519\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fondazionecariplo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FOTO_STORIA_05.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fondazionecariplo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FOTO_STORIA_05.jpg 519w, https:\/\/www.fondazionecariplo.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FOTO_STORIA_05-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Archivio Storico <em>Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.<\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column hero-text-column hero-pad-left is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading title__60300\">1991<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"corsivo\">Separation <\/span>of <span class=\"corsivo\">Bank and Foundation<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fondazionecariplo.it\/static\/upload\/3_f\/3_fondnp22.pdf\">Amato-Carli<\/a><\/strong><br><strong>\u201d<\/strong> law imposed a <strong>separation of banking and philanthropic activities<\/strong>.\u00a0Cariplo SpA became a bank, whereas Fondazione Cariplo continued the philanthropic charitable activity carried out until then by the Cassa di Risparmio savings banks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div 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