Also this year in August the doors of the main museums and places of culture open to visitors. An undertaking, that of this summer 2016, which according to the established habits of the Belpaese, can be considered “double”, since the holiday occurs on a Monday, the usual closing day for most of the national cultural sites.
Involved all the main places of state culture, from the Colosseum in Pompeii to the Uffizi but also, just to name a few, the remains of the ancient Italic city in the archaeological area of Alba Fucens in Massa d’Albe in Abruzzo, the works of Carlo Levi at the National Museum of Medieval and Modern Art of Basilicata in Matera, the Riace Bronzes at the National Archaeological Museum of Reggio Calabria, the many domus reopened at the Pompeii excavations, the apocalyptic frescoes of the Pomposa Abbey in Codigoro along the ancient Romea road which led pilgrims from central and eastern Europe, the Habsburg residence of the Miramare Castle in Trieste, the largest archaeological area in Europe between the Roman Forum and the Palatine, the masterpieces of Van Dyck, Guercino and Tintoretto exhibited in the sumptuous rooms of the Royal Palace Museum in Genoa.
And then the Renaissance residence of the Gonzagas in Palazzo Ducale in Mantua, that of Federico di Montefeltro in Urbino where today the National Museum of the Marche is located, the ruins of the capital of the Samnites in Pietrabbondante in Molise, the Royal Museums of Turin, the renewed setting of the National Archaeological Museum of Taranto, the vestiges of the Phoenician colony of Tharros near Cabras, the extraordinary collection of the Uffizi in Florence, the Lombard site recognized by Unesco of the Tempietto sul Clitunno in the province of Perugia up to the treasures of the Accademia Gallery from Venice.
It will be “a day of cultural celebration with state museums open all day – underlines Minister Dario Franceschini -, another important opportunity for citizens, families and tourists to get to know and visit that extraordinary widespread museum that is Italy. ‘another important demonstration of the strength of our country’s tourism offer “
The complete list of museums open, timetables and ticket prices are available on the website of the Mibact.
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