La formazione di un Civil Servant nell'Italia degli inizi del Novecento. Ferdinando Forlati e la nuova figura del Soprintendente

The training of public officials is a topic of great interest speaking of the evolution of management systems in study indicates developed countries. Ferdinando Forlati's case the path through which, in the early twentieth century, this figure of the civil servant was built between universities courses, competitions, job training and promotions to leadership positions based on affiliation among these different lines meritocratic criterion represented only one of the possibilities, certainly much less used than that of seniority. In a context of rapid expansion for what concerns bodies for preservation, the career of the young Veronese engineer goes on between the teaching of the hierarchical superiors, among them the figure of Massimiliano Ongaro. In a short time, Forlati became the main reference for the Venetian preservation office, so as to be designed as these different lines acting on the death of Ongaro. From Venice then Forlati will move to Trieste, to take on the first office assignment. Generally speaking, Forlati's personal story is a paradigmatic example of the mechanisms through which our nation has been able train leading figures for the Direzione Generale Antichità e Belle Arti. They are persons of considerable cultural and / or technical background who for more than fifty years contributed to managing the outstanding heritage of the country.