The Colosseum has become park of
an archaeological park that also includes the Domus Aurea, and
the ancient Roman sites on the Palatine Hill and in the Forum,
Culture Minister Dario Franceschini announced on Tuesday. The
park will have a new director appointed via an international
selection process, as has already happened for 30 other top
cultural sites, including Florence's Uffizi museum. Franceschini
said he has signed a ministerial decree that reorganizes
management of the area to complete a reform launched in 2014.
"It is incontestable that everywhere in Italy the move to
autonomous museums has led to an improvement on many fronts,"
Franceschini said, "ranging from visitors who have grown to
better services. It is a slow process, which will go at
different speeds around the country, but which is bearing
fruit".
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