Italy's culture and tourism
ministry is set to spend 1.56 billion euros in 2015, Culture
Minister Dario Franceschini said on Tuesday.
In a letter to Italian daily La Repubblica, Franceschini
said that spending on protection of Italian heritage had risen
10% in 2015, to 86.7 million from 78.9 million in 2014.
He added that the last budget law had allocated 100 million
euros per year for the next five years towards heritage
protection and upkeep, doubling the resources available.
Another 18 million euros set aside for renovations of
Rome's Colosseum are part of a new fund for "Big Projects" worth
80 million euros between 2015 and 2016, Franceschini said.
"If Letta's government stopped the decline in funds for
culture, with Renzi's government we have resumed growth," he
said, adding that the government was working on further
increases to culture funds in the upcoming budget law.
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