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.
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