“A few days after the audition to the Ministry of Culture, of the ‘Mediterranean Heart’ project, with which our city is a candidate to become the capital of culture for 2027, the echo that arrives on the shore at the Strait” – with these words the president of the City Council of Reggio CalabriaVincenzo Marrarelives the moments of the presentation held in Rome on 26 February last.
“Objectively to think – says Marra – on the basis of all the proposed dossiers, that the one to beat is that of Reggio Calabria. The examining jury, fascinated and, for long sections, conquered by the images, by the interventions of the illustrious ambassadors of Reggio Emilia and by the narration of a millennial tradition, forged by culture and history, has ‘betrayed’ a certain emotion in listening to the presentation of our mayor. A delivery to the jurors, that of the mayor, accompanied by a disseminated love and authentic passion, which has reiterated that our city has been entrusted to culture for its economic growth for centuries and the idea that the cultural heritage is the basis of development itself, is the figure of how much our history, is able to project us into the future “. “The positive result of this candidacy – the Prime Minister is convinced – would decree an injection of trust and economic dynamism, which would allow us to support the cultural and tourist activities, within a structural promotion of the ‘Italian capital of culture’ brand capable of attracting tourists and visitors who would choose Reggio as a destination and not transit destination destination. Therefore, for our city, which, once again, has decided to focus on its vocation of beauty, and welcome, on a never faded relationship between the Mediterranean and its landscape heritage, historical and cultural, and above all on the uninterrupted relationship between lives, experiences, arts and memory and memory. A story that repeats itself, not conditioned by the passing time, and that does not renounce that expression of contamination of cultures, an engine of evolution and development.
