Rome superintendent to the Press: reflect on Franceschini reform

“The Franceschini reform? I was one of its supporters at the beginning, but a reflection on some aspects should be initiated.” This was stated by architect Francesco Prosperetti, director of Rome’s Soprintendenza Speciale Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio, to the newspaper La Stampa in the aftermath of the discovery of the Tomb of the Athlete. Prosperetti’s thought stems from the fact that at the moment it would not be possible, due to the reform, to reconstruct the tomb in a museum (a necessary action because the site of the tomb cannot be enhanced where it is: it is only possible to take the objects and store them elsewhere).

In fact, the Franceschini reform, the superintendent explains, “has separated the archaeological museums from the Superintendencies and now, in the case of the Tomb of the Athlete, makes this solution impossible. Territorial archaeological museums have a continuous input of materials from excavations but the severing of the relationship with the Superintendencies makes it impossible to musealize them. This is something that should be thought about at this point.”

Rome superintendent to the Press: reflect on Franceschini reform

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