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Caring for thousands of years' worth of art and architecture
is a perennial problem in Italy, and many sites have been left
in a fragile state by public spending cuts and mismanagement.
The walls protecting Siena are among the monuments set to be
restored, at a cost of 2.2 million euros over the next three
years, the culture ministry said.
The investment plan was unveiled shortly after Prime Minister
Matteo Renzi's government passed a 2016 budget which increases
spending on culture, including a handout to 18 year-olds to
spend on activities like cinema trips.
Under the plan, 13 million euros will go toward restoring the
golden palace Emperor Nero had built in Rome as a monument to
himself but which the later emperor Trajan buried.
More than 6 million euros will go to various projects aimed at
helping to prop up the northern canal city of Venice.
Cultural sites will also be kitted out with security alarms and
video surveillance, the ministry said, adding that this spending
would come to 50 million euros.
(Reporting by Isla Binnie; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
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