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Maecenas is an international organisation created in 2011 by a group of wealthy families in order to promote and support the french craftsmanship excellency. The ambitious project of the creation of a "Cité des Métiers d'Art" (near Paris, France) is being developed under the leadership of this organisation. Maecenas seems to be one of the biggest french doted organisation toward culture, equivalent to le Louvre Abu Dhabi.

Origines
Gaius Cilnius Maecenas ( /maɪˈsiːnəs/; 13 April 70 BC – ? October 8 BC) was an ally, friend and political advisor to Octavian (who was to become the first Emperor of Rome as Caesar Augustus) as well as an important patron for the new generation of Augustan poets. During the reign of Augustus, Maecenas served as a quasi-culture minister to the Emperor. His name has become a byword for a wealthy, generous and enlightened patron of the arts.

Cité des Métiers d'Art
Maecenas safeguards and valorises “l’intelligence du geste” by creating the world’s most innovative incubator of both Luxury & Culture. The Cité des Métiers d'Art will offer a truly unique and exquisite visual environment as well as its immediate proximity of Paris to promote craftsmanship houses.