CASERTA – L‘initiative “Sunday at the Museum” proved to be a winner once again for the Royal Palace of Caserta. The Vanvitellian museum remains one of the sites of greatest interest and most sought after by tourists from Caserta and beyond.
The Royal Palace of Caserta is among the most visited museums in Italy: today it has almost reached 15 thousand visitors
The news came just a few minutes ago that today (5 May) the Royal Palace of Caserta almost reached 15 thousand visitors, placing itself on the podium of the museums most visited on the Italian peninsula. These numbers were confirmed by Mic. In fact, to be precise, 14,953 visitors chose to go to the Vanvitellian complex today, taking advantage of the free entrances to the museums arranged by the ministry for the initiative called “Sunday at the Museum”.
The speech of the Minister of Culture Sangiuliano
“This first Sunday of May, after the opening on April 25th, also confirms that visitors increasingly appreciate the opportunity to enjoy the beauty and richness of our artistic and archaeological treasures for free. The success of this initiative demonstrates once again once culture is a fundamental resource for Italy and the numbers from the beginning of May confirm the importance of promoting and enhancing the distinctive places of our identity geography. Museums and all our places of culture remind us where we come from and who we are and they are an extraordinary opportunity for representation and development of the Nation”. This was stated by the Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano, commenting on the first provisional data of the appointment with the Domenicalmuseo in May, the initiative of the Ministry of Culture which allows free entry, every first Sunday of the month, to museums and parks state archaeologists.
The numbers confirmed by the Ministry of Culture: the Vanvitellian complex is in third place preceded only by Pompeii and the Colosseum
Below are the provisional data received: Pompeii archaeological park – Pompeii archaeological area 31,241; Colosseum archaeological park – Colosseum. Flavian Amphitheater 18.254; Royal Palace of Caserta 14,953; Pantheon 13,593; Colosseum archaeological park – Roman Forum and Palatine 12,466; Uffizi Galleries – The Uffizi 10,615; Baths of Caracalla 9,593; Villae – Villa d’Este 8,368; Uffizi Galleries – Pitti Palace 7,921; Castel Sant’Elmo and Museum of the Twentieth Century in Naples 7,892; Royal Palace of Naples 7,698; Accademia Gallery of Florence 7,650; National Museum of Castel Sant’Angelo and Passetto di Borgo 6.091; Royal Museums of Turin 6,089; National Archaeological Museum of Naples 5,812; Archaeological park of Paestum and Velia – Museum and archaeological area of Paestum 5,451; Villae – Hadrian’s Villa 5,116; Herculaneum archaeological park 4,690; National Galleries of Ancient Art – Palazzo Barberini 4,000; Capodimonte Museum 3,584; National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art 3,569; Brera Art Gallery 3,134.
