(ANSA) - Rome, September 13 - Deputy Premier Luigi Di Maio
has committed a gaffe by voicing regret that Taranto, site of
Italy's biggest museum on Magna Graecia, did not have "any
museums in the area" on the splendours of ancient 'Greater
Greece'.
The Puglia city's culture councillors said the
anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) leader "should study
harder" before visiting the Puglia region, as he did on
Wednesday.
They added that Taranto would have been hard to displace as
site of the top Magna Graecia museum given that its ancient
precursor Tarentum was the capital of the historic region.
Di Maio is also labour and industry minister.
Di Maio commits gaffe on Magna Graecia
'Pity there's no museum in area' says of ancient capital