“Archaeological sites always open” –

“I am here first of all to greet the workers who with their commitment and dedication make these openings possible. The time is over when newspapers headlined “the joke of Ferragosto”, when in years past many tourists came to Italy or Italians who traveled in their country found important museums or archaeological sites closed. That era is over. We have managed, with an organized system with our managers, to always guarantee the opening because it is right that it should be this way, because it is right that those who are on holiday and decide to visit the cities of art can enjoy our beauties”.

The Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano, said this on the sidelines of his visit to Rome, to the Colosseum Archaeological Park, open on the day of Ferragosto like other state archaeological sites.