NAPOLI (ITALPRESS) – A meeting was held today at the Prefecture of Naples between the Minister of Culture, Alessandro Giuli; the Prefect of Naples, Michele di Bari, the President of the Campania Region; Roberto Fico and the Mayor of Naples, Gaetano Manfredi. At the heart of the comparison, updates and operational decisions for the Sannazaro Theatre in Naples. “The Ministry of Culture will acquire the theatre and make available to the managers a space that could also be inside the Royal Palace, so that the theatrical activities continue. It will be a choral operation with all the people who care about the Sannazaro project that are summarized in the word state. With the Prefect, the Mayor and the President of the Region we will ensure continuity to the great family of Sannazaro, which goes from property, to managers and, above all, to the community that will continue to live”, said the Minister of Culture, Alessandro Giuli.
“It was a constructive and fruitful encounter. We are at work with determination for the rebirth of the Sannazaro theatre. We welcome with great favor the decision of the Ministry of Culture to proceed to the acquisition of the theater, a choice that will allow the Institutions to be able to put in the field all the necessary actions to make to shine again a place that is part of the history of Naples, its culture and its art, a heritage that belongs to all Italy. The Campania Region has begun to allocate in the budget 2026 a million euros, a first step in this path of rebirth, for which the commitment will be maximum”, said the president of the Campania Region, Roberto Fico.
“I am very pleased with the understanding reached on the future of the Sannazaro Theatre. We promised the Samson family that the institutions would work in a short time to ensure public support in order to recover the activities as soon as possible and then rebuild the Sannazaro. This step forward confirms the full institutional collaboration to preserve a fundamental cultural asset for Naples and throughout Italy”, so the mayor of Naples, Gaetano Manfredi.
At the meeting, the Minister declared the willingness to start, as the first concrete step for the rapid realization of the Sannazaro Theatre, the possibility of an acquisition by the Ministry of Culture. It is an important sign of attention to a cultural project awaited by the territory and able to return value and function to a significant place for the community”, said the prefect, Michele di Bari. Also present at the table the head Department of the Protection of the Cultural Heritage of the MiC, Luigi La Rocca; the Regional Councillor for Culture, Ninni Cutaia; the owners and managers of the Neapolitan theatre.
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