Capital of Culture 2024: here are the ten finalists

The Ministry of Culture announces the 10 finalists for the 2024 edition of the Italian Capital of Culture. The selected cities will be audited, via video conference, on March 3 and 4, 2022 by the Jury chaired by Silvia Calandrelli who will then have to indicate to Minister Dario Franceschini the most suitable candidacy. Over the years, the title of Capital of Culture has been assigned to the cities of Cagliari, Lecce, Perugia, Ravenna and Siena in 2015; Mantua in 2016; Pistoia in 2017, Palermo in 2018, Parma in 2020 and 2021, Procida is the capital of 2022, Bergamo and Brescia will be the capitals in 2023. Here are the finalist cities competing for the title of Capital of Culture for 2024: 1. Ascoli Piceno; 2. Chioggia (VE); 3. Grosseto; 4. Mesagne (BR); 5. Pesaro; 6. Sestri Levante with Tigullio (GE); 7. Syracuse; 8. Union of Municipalities Paestum-Alto Cilento (SA); 9. Viareggio (LU); 10. Vicenza.