Twenty-seven editions and not feeling it: the event founded in 1997 confirms its centrality in the city’s cultural offerings again this year. As of 6 p.m., two hours after most sites closed and with visits still going on, there were
more than 71,000 signatures
in the registers present.
Thus Massimiliano Messina, president of the Imago Mundi OdV association: “Before the start of this XXVII edition we wanted to talk about a new spring, a ‘re-birth’ of the Open Monuments project. Well, what was a perception, net, has been confirmed, as we hoped, by the reality data. In the capital city, a large number of Cagliari residents, and many tourists, reacquainted themselves with the city, peacefully invaded it, enthusiastically filling its places with culture, art and history. The air of pre-pandemic community celebration was breathed in again, and stepping back in time we are reminded of the suggestions and atmosphere, indelible memories, that enraptured us and Cagliari in the first, extraordinary edition of Monumenti Aperti back in 1997. We look to the future definitely with renewed confidence.”
Also this year theBotanical Garden confirms that it is the
most visited monument with 4416 signatures
; followed by the
Civil Hospital and Underground
with 3651 signatures, Masonic Home with 2459 signatures, Rector’s Palace – Historical Archives with
1613 signatures
and the
Gallera Don Bosco Refuge
with 1560 signatures.
Among this year’s new additions, the most visited was the
Villino Cocco
with
1413 signatures
.
Accomplice to the beautiful sunny days, Cagliari was taken by storm by visitors to the 53 open monuments and 8 itineraries, narrated by more than 4,500 students and teachers from 48 educational institutions. Attendance was also numerous during the 28 concerts and 13 special initiatives.
In the last edition, against 43 open monuments, the event recorded more than 36,000 signatures.
