More than 230,000 people visited Italy’s state-run museums and archaeological parks on Sunday, September 7th, which was designated as a free admission day. The initiative, known as #domenicalmuseo, is promoted by the Ministry of Culture and offers free entry to its affiliated cultural sites on the first Sunday of every month.
According to the first provisional data released, the most visited sites were the Archaeological Park of Pompeii with 17,670 visitors, the Royal Palace of Caserta with 14,987, and the Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheatre) with 14,113. Other major attractions included the Pantheon (12,020), the Uffizi Gallery (10,262), and the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill (9,979).
Significant attendance was also recorded at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence (7,126), Turin’s Royal Museums (6,305), Palazzo Pitti (6,093), and Castel Sant’Angelo (5,293). The preliminary data also includes 15,478 visitors to the VIVE – Vittoriano and Palazzo Venezia complex and 10,418 entries to the Boboli Gardens, which are part of the Uffizi Galleries.