The Marche seaside town of Pesaro has
been named Italian Culture Capital for 2024, Culture Minister
Dario Franceschini announced Wednesday.
Pesaro, known for its Rossini Opera Festival, beat out nine
other finalists: Ascoli Piceno, Chioggia (VE), Grosseto, Mesagne
(BR), Pesaro, Sestri Levante with the Tigullio (GE), Siracusa,
Union of Comuni Paestum-Alto Cilento (SA), Viareggio (LU , and
Vicenza.
Pesaro Mayor Matteo Ricci said he dedicated the victory to the
war-torn Ukrainuian city of Kharkiv, "UNESCO city of music like
us".
The jury's motivation for the choice said "Pesaro offers to the
country and excellent bid based on a cultural project which,
valorizing a territory already extraordinarily rich in historic
sites and envionmental-landscape treasures, proposes concrete
actions with which to also favour integration, innovation, and
social and economic development".
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