Giuseppe Bigagli unexpectedly died on the 15th of May 1983. Although he was eighty-two years of age, he had still kept himself busy with his mechanical factory "Officine e Fonderie Bigagli" (he was a clever entrepreneur), and his participation towards local institutions. In 1952, together with Mario Bellandi, they became the founders of the "Associazione Turistica Pratese"; he was President of the "Azienda Autonoma di Turismo" until 1968; First President of the International Institute of Economical History "Francesco Datini"; President of the "Industrial Union"; Councillor of the "Cassa di Risparmio" (Bank); President of the Rotary Club; Councillor of the Town Hall…just to mention some of the positions he held with prestige and seriousness. He was also the animator and editor of the review "Prato-Storia e Arte", since its first edition in April 1960. The publication of this review followed one of many books that looked at the history of Prato, its artistic heritage, city guides and catalogues of exhibitions and museums. He was compiling these publications, in order to make the Pratese historical and artistic traditions known to a large number of people. Bigagli had many important people from the Italian cultural world working as collaborators for the review. He wrote in the article "Perseverando", in issue 17 of the review: "We are sure that for anybody that, in the future, will study Prato and the Pratese, our review will be a very precious source".