It will be Rocco Papaleo, with his multifaceted artistic sensitivity as an actor, director, screenwriter, musician, who will bring all the spirit and richness of Maratea's proposal to this Roman stage. The Lucanian town is among the ten finalists in the race for the title of Italian Capital of Culture 2026, awaiting the ministry's response by March 29. Capital of Culture, or a place that welcomes all the culture that Italy expresses, from North to South, from the most popular of the territories, to that of international breath. A project around which the entire great community of Lucanians in Italy and around the world gathers.
At the Ara Pacis, a symbol of a civilization that was able to spread throughout the world, there will be talk of an idea of Capital of Culture that can count, in addition to 500,000 resident Lucanians, on a million Lucanians in the world, proud ambassadors of beauty and values.
The Roman stage will be dedicated to roots, alliances and communities, as engines of cultural growth, also through that powerful system of communication and sharing that is tourism, without neglecting the transformative power that the media can have in the story of the Italian Capitals of Culture.
Lucanian and Roman institutions such as Alessandro Onorato, Councillor for Tourism, Major Events and Sports of the Municipality of Rome, Vito Bardi, President of the Basilicata Region, Cosimo Latronico, Councillor for Environment and Energy of the Region, Carmine Cicala, President of the Regional Council of the Basilicata Region and President of the Regional Commission of Lucanians in the World, Daniele Stoppelli, Mayor of the Municipality of Maratea, Valentina Trotta, Councillor for Tourism of the Municipality of Maratea and Antonio Rubino, Mayor of the Municipality of Moliterno will participate in the meeting on Monday 19 February.
The focus on Maratea 2026: capital of alliances will be entrusted to Antonio Nicoletti, Director APT of the Region of Basilicata, Paolo Monea, Project "Tourism of Roots" at the General Directorate Italians Abroad of the MAECI - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Patrizia Nitti, Nitti Foundation, Simonetta Giordani, Secretary General of the CIVITA Association, Nicola Cavallo, Prorector University of Basilicata Studies, Guido Barlozzetti, RAI journalist, Sandro Polci, researcher and writer, Piero Pagnotta, University professor at the Sapienza University, Luciano Bonfiglio, President Italian Canoe Kayak Federation.
They will talk about Maratea 2026: capital of communities: Adriana Medina, Representative Emigrants Lucani in Colombia, Tommaso Ruggieri, Vice President Federation associations lucani in Italy, Eleonora Locuratolo, President Association Lucani in Rome, Antonella Caramia, President of the Mediterranean Cinema Association, Oreste Buonomo, Ordinary of Surgery Unibas and Francesco Marotta, President Energy Earth Awards Association.
The closing will be entrusted to Rocco Papaleo, a total and profound artist who has contributed with his films to make Basilicata known and who will be its narrator.
Moderators: Giulia D'Argenio, Nitti Foundation and coordinator of the Maratea 2026 steering committee Emanuela Vita, coordinator of the Maratea: destination 2026 events. The Maratea: destination 2026 tour wanted by the Municipality of Maratea and the APT Basilicata, started on Saturday 27 January in Maratea. After touching Milan on Monday 5 February, it arrives in Rome on 19 February to end in Potenza, Thursday 29 February.
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