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Taormina, the Ancient Theater reopens after four months of closure for Covid

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The reopening scheduled for Monday 8 March in the presence of the Regional Councilor for Cultural Heritage Alberto Samonà

TAORMINA – The Ancient Theater of Taormina reopens on Monday and will be open again after four months of closure imposed by anti-covid measures at national level. For the occasion, the director of the Naxos Taormina Archaeological Park, Gabriella Tigano, will be attended by the regional councilor for cultural heritage, Alberto Samonà, and the mayor of Taormina, Mario Bolognari. To allow the opening on Monday is the conclusion of the extraordinary works of E-Distribuzione, the company of the Enel Group that manages the medium and low voltage electricity grid, for the new electrical substation, activated last March 2 and which will operate in service of the monumental site and the surrounding urban area.

To allow for the reconstruction of the flooring in the entrance of via Teatro Greco, visitors will be able to access the monumental area from via Bagnoli Croce, along the sides of the hill along the so-called “Goethe Path”, a panoramic itinerary surrounded by greenery which, already at the time of the eighteenth-century Grand Tour, led foreign travelers to the spectacular discovery of the great theater. Currently the entrance to via Bagnoli Croce is open only in high season to relieve the pressure of the flow of visitors in the main entrance of via Teatro Greco as well as to offer another experience of visiting the site. paving works, some by the Naxos Taormina Archaeological Park, others by E-Distribuzione, to restore the conditions prior to the intervention, access to the site will return to the usual one. Unless adverse weather conditions can slow down the time schedule , the works will be definitively completed by the end of March. As per government regulation, it remains in Sicily until March 27, 2021 as in all of Italy, the stop to visits to monumental sites on Saturdays and Sundays.

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