The Jury for the selection of the Italian Capital of Culture 2028, established by Ministerial Decree No. 472 of December 2, 2025, identified the ten finalist projects:
Anagni (Frosinone) - Hernica Saxa. Where history binds, culture unites
Ancona - Ancona. This now
Catania - Catania continues
Colle di Val d’Elsa (Siena) - Colle28. For everyone, everywhere
Forlì - The paths of beauty
Gravina in Puglia (Bari) - Roots to the future
Massa - The Moon, the Stone. Where the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Apuan Alps meet history
Mirabella Eclano (Avellino) - The Appian Way of Peoples
Sarzana (La Spezia) - The fearless. Sarzana crossroads of the future
Tarquinia (Viterbo) - Culture is flight.
The finalists will be convened on Thursday, February 26 and Friday, February 27, 2026 for public hearings, which will be held in the Spadolini Room of the Ministry of Culture headquarters. Each applicant will have the opportunity to explain their project in detail and answer questions from the jurors. For each dossier, the hearings will last a maximum of 60 minutes, 30 of which will be for the presentation of the project and 30 for a question session by the Jury. Publicity for them, provided for in the announcement, will be ensured through live streaming on the Ministry of Culture’s YouTube channel.
The proclamation of the Italian Capital of Culture will be held by March 27, 2026. The winning city will be awarded a financial contribution of one million euros by the Ministry of Culture to implement the initiatives and objectives outlined in the application dossier.
|
| Italian Capital of Culture 2028: ten finalists chosen. Here are which ones |
Warning: the translation into English of the original Italian article was created using automatic tools. We undertake to review all articles, but we do not guarantee the total absence of inaccuracies in the translation due to the program. You can find the original by clicking on the ITA button. If you find any mistake,please contact us.
IT
FR
DE
ES
CN