According to “Il Messaggero” Italian newspaper, The Italian Ministry of Culture launched an initiative to make state museums and archaeological parks in Italy free of charge for all women on March 8, in celebration of Women’s Day.
The article pointed out that the Rome Museum is all about female figures who played a starring role in defending the country in 1849 during the siege that the city witnessed after the proclamation of the Republic.
The Capitoline Art Gallery will also present a tour with paintings that reflect three different ways of understanding the female world throughout history, including “Good Luck” by Caravaggio, “The Burial of St. Petronilla” altarpiece by Guercino, and “Portrait of a Woman” by Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo.
In addition, Napoli and Campania will open the parks of Ercolano, Paestum, and Velia with special event shows for women.
The initiative also offers a tour that brings together streets, squares, and monuments dedicated to powerful women who shaped the history of the most important city in northern Italy.
Moreover, the state will inaugurate a march starting from the Trajan Forum to commemorate the lives of some influential women who left their mark in the same place from birth to the Middle Ages.
And finally, public buildings such as the headquarters of the Ministry of Economy and Finance will be painted a sunset-purple shade, at which time demonstrations will take place in cities such as Rome, Turin, Palermo, Milan, and Bologna.
