Here are which 28 cities are candidates for the Italian Capital of Culture 2022

There are 28 cities nominated for the title of Italian Capital of Culture 2022: they were announced this morning by Minister of Cultural Heritage Dario Franceschini. They are: Ancona, Arezzo, Arpino (Frosinone province), Bari, Carbonia (South Sardinia), Castellammare di Stabia (Naples), Cerveteri (Rome), Fano (Pesaro-Urbino), Isernia, L’Aquila, Modica (Ragusa), Molfetta (Bari), Padula (Salerno), Palma di Montechiaro (Agrigento), Pieve di Soligo (Treviso), Pisa, Procida (Naples), San Severo (Foggia), Scicli (Ragusa), Taranto, Trani, Trapani, Tropea (Vibo Valentia), Venosa (Potenza), Verbania, Verona, Vigevano (Pavia), and Volterra. These are all cities that were already in contention for the 2021 title, which was then granted to Parma under the Relaunch Dl as an extension of the title it had already obtained for 2020.

By October 12, the evaluation committee will define the short list of the 10 finalist cities; the evaluation process will be concluded by November 12, 2020. On that date, the successor city to Parma, dentetrice of the title for 2020 and 2021, will be known, and will precede Bergamo and Brescia, which have already been named capitals of culture for 2023. Since its inception, the title has been awarded: in 2015, to the Cities of Cagliari, Lecce, Perugia, Ravenna and Siena; in 2016, to Mantua; in 2017, to Pistoia; and in 2018, to Palermo. In 2019, Matera being the European Capital of Culture, the title was not awarded.

“In all its editions,” said Minister Franceschini, “the Capital of Culture has triggered virtuous mechanisms among the economic and social realities of the territories. It is not a beauty contest, the city that manages to develop the most engaging, most open, innovative and transversal cultural project is awarded.”

In the photo: view of Trani.

Here are which 28 cities are candidates for the Italian Capital of Culture 2022

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