Govt 'at work on South infrastructure'

(ANSA) - Rome, April 13 - Premier Matteo Renzi said on a live Facebook and Twitter feed Wednesday that the government is at work to build infrastructure, roads and rail links for better access to the southern city of Matera, which has been declared the 2019 European Capital of Culture. The Basilicata tourist mecca is famed for its UNESCO-listed 'Sassi' City of Stone that has formed the backdrop to several films including Pier Paolo Pasolini's The Gospel According to St Matthew and Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. The premier said a bridge over the Messina Strait connecting the island of Sicily to the Calabria region on the mainland "will be built, but after priority public works" such as the Salerno-Reggio Calabria highway.