Mattarella at Pompeii: Investing in Culture, Grande Brera Update, and Italy's 'Monuments of the Heart'

President Sergio Mattarella visited the Pompeii excavations to inaugurate the exhibition 'Mitoraj a Pompei', stating that investing in culture grows the country, especially in regions like Campania and the Mezzogiorno. He emphasized Italy's duty to safeguard its artistic heritage for history and the future. Meanwhile, 'La Grande Brera' project in Milan is nearing completion after ten years of waiting and forty years of discussion. The initiative will revitalize the Brera complex—including the Pinacoteca, Accademia di Belle Arti, Biblioteca Braidense, Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere, Osservatorio Astronomico, and Orto Botanico—by relocating part of the Accademia to the former barracks in via Mascheroni. Key figures Nando dalla Chiesa and Aldo Bassetti are credited for the solution. Additionally, Il Messaggero highlights 'monuments of the heart' across Italy: the Moorish-style Castello di Sammezzano in Reggello, Civita di Bagnoregio (the 'dying city'), the Timoleontean Walls of Gela, and the Domus de Janas prehistoric site of Sa Pala Larga in Bonorva.