Cartiera di Vas: un nuovo opificio per gli eventi e la cultura

The Vas Paper Mill is an imposing building, one of the most important sites of industrial archaeology in the province of Belluno and a place of national importance in the papermaking history of Italy. Built in 1600 by the Venetian Republic, its name grew during the republican era and throughout the 18th century thanks to the Remondini family, printers from Bassano who spread their prints all over the world with an impressive network of vendors. The prestige of the site lasted for over three centuries. Locally, it became a source of employment until the 1950s.

Since 2016, the  La Charta Social Promotion Association has started its non-profit activity by winning the public tender launched by the Quero Vas municipality for the management and enhancement of the public spaces of the former factory. The peculiar territorial location makes the paper mill a crossroads between four UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the Dolomites, the Monte Grappa Massif, the Prosecco Hills of Valdobbiadene and Venice.

In recent years, the Association has succeeded in bringing to life and growing the project for the valorisation of the site, which is currently configured as a cultural centre, an aggregator and catalyst of social activities, a pole of anthropic interpretation and active environmental conservation. It hosts wide-ranging initiatives that touch on different disciplinary fields from art to business history, from education to entertainment.