by In Trieste
Italian culture ministry has announced the 10 finalists for the 2024 edition of the Italian Capital of Culture.
The shortlisted towns and cities vying for the title must present their bids via video link to a jury appointed by the culture ministry on 3-4 March.
The following are the 10 finalists competing for the title of Italy’s Capital of Culture 2024:
- Ascoli Piceno, a town in the central Marche region
- Chioggia, a coastal town near Venice
- Grosseto, a city near the coast of Tuscany
- Mesagne, a town on the coast of the south-eastern Puglia region
- Pesaro, a city in Le Marche on the Adriatic Sea
- Sestri Levante / Tigullio, near Genoa in the north-west Liguria region
- Siracusa, a city on the east coast of Sicily
- Paestum / Alto Cilento in the Salerno province of the southern Campania region
- Viareggio, a coastal city near Lucca in northern Tuscany
- Vicenza, a city in the north-east Veneto region
This year’s Capital of Culture title is held by Procida, the tiny island in the Gulf of Naples, while the 2023 honour goes to Brescia and Bergamo.
The Slovenian city of Nova Gorica and our region’s Gorizia will become the 2025 European Capitals of Culture.
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