From Genoa to Verbania, Livorno to Modica: 44 cities are nominated for the Italian Capital of Culture 2021

The Ministry of Culture has just released the shortlist of cities that have applied to become the Italian Capital of Culture 2021. There are 44, from 17 regions: the only three regions that have not expressed candidacies are Val d’Aosta, Trentino Alto Adige and Umbria. All the others have at least one nomination. Here are which ones.

Abruzzo: L’Aquila;

Basilicata: Venosa;

Calabria: Tropea;

Campania: Capaccio Paestum, Castellammare di Stabia, Giffoni Valle Piana, Padula, Procida, Teggiano;

Emilia Romagna: Ferrara, Unione dei Comuni della Bassa Reggiana, Unione dei Comuni della Romagna Forlivese;

Friuli Venezia Giulia: Pordenone;

Lazio: Arpino, Cerveteri;

Liguria: Genoa;

Lombardy: Vigevano;

Marche: Ancona, Ascoli Piceno, Fano;

Molise: Isernia;

Piedmont: Verbania;

Apulia: Bari, Barletta, Molfetta, San Severo, Taranto, Trani, Unione Comuni Grecia Salentina;

Tuscany: Arezzo, Livorno, Pisa, Volterra;

Sardinia: Carbonia, San Sperate;

Sicily: Catania, Modica, Palma di Montechiaro, Scicli, Trapani;

Veneto: Belluno, Feltre, Pieve di Soligo, Verona.

The largest is Genoa, the smallest is Arpino (in the province of Frosinone), a town famous for being the birthplace of Cicero and Cavalier d’Arpino, the great 16th-century painter from whose workshop passed Caravaggio also passed through, and known for its beautiful acropolis known as “Civitavecchia,” for its historic center that holds vestiges from every era, and for the Certamen Ciceronianum Arpinas, the Latin translation championship that annually attracts the world’s best students in Latin.

By March 2, the candidate cities must submit their dossiers, which will be reviewed by a jury of seven experts.On April 30, the ten finalists will be selected, and the name of the winning city will be determined after hearings to be held by June 10, the day during which MiBACT will announce the name of the Italian Capital of Culture 2021. The winner will receive one million euros for the implementation of the program. That of 2021 will be the sixth Italian Capital of Culture: in 2015 it was Cagliari, Lecce, Perugia, Ravenna and Siena, in 2016 Mantua, in 2017 Pistoia, in 2018 Palermo, in 2019 the title was not awarded as Matera was European Capital of Culture, and in 2020 the capital is Parma. And speaking of Parma, the inauguration of the capital year will officially take place between January 11 and 13 with a rich series of events.

Pictured: panorama of Genoa. Ph. Credit

From Genoa to Verbania, Livorno to Modica: 44 cities are nominated for the Italian Capital of Culture 2021

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