Italian museums will be free again
on Sundays from October 6 as a government scheme curbed by the
last culture minister is reintroduced, sources said Thursday.
All State museums and cultural and archaeological sites will
again be free to enter on the first Sunday of the month.
Prime sites include Pompeii, the Colosseum, the Reggia di
Caserta and Trieste's Miramare Castle.
The scheme was first launched by then culture minister Dario
Franceschini in 2014.
It saw over 15 million non-paying visitors before being
curtailed by the last culture minister, Alberto Bonisoli.
The scheme is now being reintroduced after Franceschini
reclaimed his old job in the new 5-Star-Democratic Party
government.
The culture ministry said that visitor numbers would be
capped for some sites.
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