"A shared Capital of Culture
between two states is the first time it has happened and will
enter the history of all successive capitals from year to year.
The choice is already a perennial symbol for the institutions of
our continent." Fvg Governor Massimiliano Fedriga said this at
the presentation of the GO! 2025 Nova Gorica Gorizia European
Capital of Culture program at the headquarters of the Foreign
Press Association in Rome. For Fedriga, events like this
"serve to make people from different languages and cultures
dialogue, get to know each other, think together, and are
designed for people." For this event in particular, the region
has earmarked a large investment for infrastructure and
transportation development, citing Gorizia Castle, Transalpina
Square, the train station, and the Bombi Gallery, which will be
"converted into a contemporary artwork signed by a world
protagonist of modern digital art." Dwelling in particular on
the inaugural day, Feb. 8, Fedriga said that "the presence of
the highest leaders of the two states, President Sergio
Mattarella for Italy and President Natasa Pirc Musar of
Slovenia, along with dozens of representatives from European
states and the European Commission, shows how the Cross-Border
Capital of Culture is a decisive event for the institutions."
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA
