Palermo is the Italian Capital of Culture 2018

After a long selection, Palermo has been named the Italian Capital of Culture 2018. Succeeding Mantova (2016) and Pistoia (2017).

It’s Palermo the Italian Capital of Culture 2018. After a series of selections, the Sicilian capital managed to win. Here are the last 10 finalists:

1. Alghero, province of Sassari, Sardinia
2. Aquileia, province of Udine, Friuli Venezia Giulia
3. Comacchio, province of Ferrara, Emilia Romagna
4. Ercolano, province of Naples, Campania
5. Montebelluna, province of Treviso, Veneto
6. Palermo, Sicily
7. Recanati, province of Macerata, Marche
8. Settimo Torinese, province of Turin, Piedmont
9. Trento, Trentino Alto Adige
10. Union of Elimo Ericini Communes (Buseto Palizzolo, Custonaci, Erice, Paceco, San Vito Lo Capo and Valderice), province of Trapani, Sicily

For the truth, the candidate locations were as many as 21, representing almost all Italian regions. This is the complete list before the initial culling:

1. Alghero, province of Sassari, Sardinia
2. Aliano, province of Matera, Basilicata
3. Altamura, province of Bari, Apulia
4. Aquileia, province of Udine, Friuli Venezia Giulia
5. Joint candidacy Viterbo – Orvieto (Tr) – Chiusi (Si), Lazio/Umbria/Tuscany
6. Caserta, Campania
7. Comacchio, province of Ferrara, Emilia Romagna
8. Cosenza, Calabria
9. Ercolano, province of Naples, Campania
10. Iglesias, Sardinia
11. Montebelluna, province of Treviso, Veneto
12. La Spezia, Liguria
13. Ostuni, province of Brindisi, Apulia
14. Palermo, Sicily
15. Piazza Armerina, province of Enna, Sicily
16. Recanati, province of Macerata, Marche
17. Settimo Torinese, province of Turin, Piedmont
18. Spoleto, province of Perugia, Umbria
19. Trento, Trentino Alto Adige
20. Union of Elimo Ericini Communes (Buseto Palizzolo, Custonaci, Erice, Paceco, San Vito Lo Capo and Valderice), province of Trapani, Sicily
21. Vittorio Veneto, province of Treviso, Veneto

The Italian Capital of Culture 2019 has already been announced. It is Matera, which, in the same year, will also be the European Capital of Culture.

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