(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 8 - "The European Capital of Culture for
2025 will again involve an Italian city, Gorizia, an
indispensable partner in the cross-border candidacy of
Slovenia's Nova Gorica, which won the title. Italy is and should
be proud of this recognition. This step finally brings to light
the vicissitudes of a territory, that of Gorizia, through which
the history of Europe has passed, and a dramatic border has
profoundly marked the communities that inhabit it. But the
citizens of Nova Gorica in Slovenia and Gorizia in Italy have
been able to overcome divisions and have decided to rebuild
their future together, becoming a model and a symbol for Europe
and thus gaining due recognition for their extraordinary
effort." Italy's Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano, said.
"On February 8, 2025, the European Capital of Culture Nova
Gorica-Gorizia will kick off - he added - and my counterpart,
Slovenian Culture Minister Asta Vrecko, is making this same
announcement. February 8 is not a random day. It's the
long-standing Culture Day in Slovenia, linked to the writer
France Prešeren. But it also coincides with the birth of one of
our greatest poets, Giuseppe Ungaretti, who got to know this
territory during World War I as a soldier and wrote some of his
unforgettable verses here," Minister Sangiuliano pointed out.
"But it also coincides with the birth of one of our greatest
poets, Giuseppe Ungaretti, who knew this territory during World
War I as a soldier and wrote some of his unforgettable verses
here," Minister Sangiuliano pointed out. (ANSA).
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Sangiuliano, Gorizia EU culture capital, 'Italy is proud'
Minister, start on February 8, coincides with Ungaretti's birth