Palermo has been picked as
Italian culture capital for 2018, Culture Minister Dario
Franceschini announced after the selection by a jury led by
Bocconi University Professor Stefano Baia Curioni. The other
finalists were Alghero, Aquileia, Comacchio, Ercolano
(Herculaneum), Montebelluna, Recanati, Settimo Torinese, Trento
and a group of northern Sicilian towns. "We've all won," said a
jubilant Palermo mayor, Leoluca Orlando. "The most significant
cultural asset we uphold is the culture of welcome. We support
the right of all human beings to be and remain different, but to
be and remain the same".
photo: Palazzo delle Aquile
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