Sicily, Quasimodo House to be purchased for one million euros by the region

Salvatore Quasimodo’s birthplace in Modica will be purchased by the Region of Sicily at the sum of one million euros. This was decided by the Musumeci government, at the proposal of the councillor of Cultural Heritage and Sicilian Identity Alberto Samonà. The regional council’s resolution mandated the departments of Cultural Heritage and Technical to initiate the planned procedures.

The building is under cultural constraint and therefore, in case of purchase and sale, the Region can exercise the right of first refusal. The goal is to preserve and enhance the cultural value of the house as best as possible, since it is a heritage site of national interest.

Upon learning the news of the possible sale of the famous man of letters’ house, Samonà had declared that “such an important and history-laden place” should not be lost and that the Department’s offices were already working on this. Through the department’s director general, the department had already asked the Ragusa Superintendency to carry out an initial technical inspection. “Acquiring the Modican Nobel Prize winner’s house to the regional heritage is a moral duty before being a necessity,” President Musumeci commented. "We will include the property in the circuit of the island’s house-museums, which we established a few months ago, to become poles of attraction for cultural tourism.“ ”The regional government,“ added Councillor Samonà, ”with this resolution allocates an important sum that will serve not only to prevent the loss of this symbolic place, but also and above all, to ensure its future use according to appropriate museum standards. The Musumeci government has been working for a long time precisely in the direction of a broad valorization of the existing House-museums in Sicily, as, moreover, demonstrated by the resolution approved by the junta last December with which the “network” was established that intends to enhance those places in Sicily linked to the history of illustrious personalities."

Sicily, Quasimodo House to be purchased for one million euros by the region

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