The Valley of the Temples in
Agrigento and the Ancient Theater of Taormina are among Italy's
most-visited sites, above Turin's Egyptian Museum and Venaria
Reale, the Reggia of Caserta, Hadrian's Villa and Villa D'Este
in Tivoli, according to data released on Friday by the regional
cultural department led by Sergio Alessandro.
Siracusa was at the top with the la Villa del Casale of
Piazza Armerina, the parks of Segesta and Selinunte and the
Cloister of Monreale.
The cultural ministry in recent days released a national
ranking without including Sicilian sites, due to the region's
autonomy in the sector.
Seven Sicilian locations were among the top 37 most visited
destinations in Italy.
They included the archeological park of the Valley of the
Temples in Agrigento, which in 2019 attracted more than 940,000
visitors, the Ancient Theater of Taormina, with just under
890,000 visitors, close to the colosseum in Rome, the Uffizi in
Florence and the archeological park of Pompeii.
The archaeological park of Neapolis in Siracusa had nearly
700,000 visitors ahead of the archaeological museum of Naples,
the Borghese Gallery in Rome, the archaeological park of
Paestum, the Pinacoteca in Brera and the royal museum in Turin,
registering significant growth also thanks to recent measures
implemented by the regional government that has reorganized the
system of archaeological parks.
"Sicily's culture and sites like archaeological parks,
museums, galleries, libraries - stressed Governor Nello Musumeci
- are a common heritage that needs to be preserved and
valorized. They certainly are places that need to attract
tourism and create a productive and employment cycle while being
an integral part of the territory, its identity, and generate
our community's civil growth".
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