2018: record visitors for Colosseum and increase for Rivoli Castle

At the beginning of the new year, cultural sites take stock of the past year.

The Colosseum recorded more than 7.6 million visitors in 2018 with an increase, compared to 2017, of 7.4%. The daily average was about 21,000 visitors and the peaks of attendance were recorded in March and June. Another record year then for the Colosseum Archaeological Park. In the last few hours, the restyling of the green areas around the Colosseum has also been announced: evergreens will be accompanied by groups of ancient roses, and there are also plans for ground lighting and a studied arrangement of some of the exhibits in the archaeological area. The interventions will have a total cost of about 700 thousand euros with the aim of “enhancing the enormous potential of the site by improving the mode of use, currently limited to the monumental presence of the Colosseum.”

Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, director of the Castello di Rivoli - Museum of Contemporary Art, is also satisfied: “I am happy even if it is not so much the numbers that define the success of a museum, but its activity, its being a center of research, an entity of cultural production, an active player in the territory, a promoter of exhibitions outside. We are working on this, plus on April 29 we will open to the public the Cerutti Collection, with 600 masterpieces that make it one of the most important private collections in the world as noted by the New York Times. In 2018, the Castle recorded 125,134 visitors and 445,000 users.” The Turin museum recorded a 7.5 percent increase in visitors compared to 2017 and an 18.4 percent increase compared to 2016.

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2018: record visitors for Colosseum and increase for Rivoli Castle

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