Rome to have a Holocaust Museum

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 18 - Rome is set to have its long-awaited Holocaust Museum after Premier Giorgia Meloni's government this week allocated 10 million euros to make the project a reality, 20 years after the initial plan was presented.
    "There is a museum of the Shoah in all of Europe's major capitals and it seemed obligatory to me for there to be one in our country too," said Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano.
    The museum is likely to be hosted on the grounds at Villa Torlonia, a site of symbolic importance as it is home to 3rd- and 4th-century Jewish catacombs and it is the former residence of Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.
    "The Rome city administration will do its bit so that the work is done as fast as possible," said Mayor Roberto Gualtieri.
    Luca Zevi, the architect behind the project, said work should start by the end of the spring. (ANSA).