{"id":104166,"date":"2021-12-20T14:28:58","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T13:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/2021\/12\/how-monegasque-resident-robert-thielen-wants-to-improve-liguria\/"},"modified":"2022-01-22T17:34:41","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T16:34:41","slug":"how-monegasque-resident-robert-thielen-wants-to-improve-liguria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/en\/2021\/12\/how-monegasque-resident-robert-thielen-wants-to-improve-liguria\/","title":{"rendered":"How Monaco resident Robert Thielen wants to improve Liguria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Businessman Robert Thielen has decided to invest in the region of Ventimiglia and Liguria, to turn it into an area with \u201chigh potential for tourism\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

240 million: this is the cost of the development project for the region around Ventimiglia that Robert Thielen has launched. The benefactor is a Dutch businessman and resident of Monaco, who fell in love with Liguria.<\/p>\n\n

Robert Thielen, owner of a boat in Monaco, discovered the new port built by the Principality at Ventimiglia<\/a> in 2018. Won over by the town’s natural setting and heritage, he made plans to invest a large sum of money so that it could become a luxury tourist destination.<\/p>\n\n

Marina Development Corporation and the BDF investment fund will be responsible for this large-scale project, estimated at 240 million euros. It was presented to the owners of the land involved and to the Italian elected representatives and was approved by a majority vote. Ventimiglia’s image is therefore set to change in the months and years to come.<\/p>\n\n

Robert Thielen is also interested in another area in Italy: the mouth of the River Arno, in Tuscany. His aim is to modernise the entire Marina di Pisa to make it a decidedly upmarket location. <\/p>\n\n

SEE ALSO:<\/strong> Monaco-Ventimiglia in ten minutes with this 1.2 million euro catamaran<\/a><\/p>\n\n

A children’s play area <\/h2>\n\n

One of Robert Thielen’s first actions was to create a children’s play area in La Colla (Ventimiglia Alta). A long-standing request by the neighbourhood’s residents, it will provide a play area for all young Italians. The playground was designed by Marina Development Corporation, with a medieval era theme.<\/p>\n\n

Gaetano Scullino, the mayor of Ventimiglia, expressed his delight, and gratitude to Robert Thielen. \u201cToday he has given us a small but important playground for the children in the historic town centre,\u201d he told Sanremo News.\u00a0“Our thanks go out to him for his interest in Ventimiglia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n