Europe’s exposure to the limits of the nation state makes it a unique laboratory to explore our planetary future. The Berggruen Institute Europe attracts philosophers and political thinkers, artists and architects, scientists and technologists, to develop and promote long-term answers to the main challenges of the 21st century by developing ideas that emerge from Europe and address the world.

Designed as a private home and studio by the artist Mario De Maria, the neo-Gothic Tre Oci has a long history of hosting artists and intellectuals and serving as a venue for cultural meetings and debates. Berggruen Institute Europe evolves Casa dei Tre Oci into a house of ideas and a gathering place for global dialogue housing an international program of summits, workshops, symposia, and exhibitions.

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