The 2023 edition of Monumenti Aperti sees the participation of sixty Sardinian municipalities and around 750 monuments that can be visited for free, under the guidance of over 16,000 people including students and volunteers.
Open Monuments is a cultural project born in Cagliari in 1997 from the passion and commitment of a group of university students gathered in the Hypogeum Association. Since 1999 it has been organized and coordinated by the Imago Mundi OdV Association.
After the five weekends in Sardinia, from 6 May to 4 June, and after the summer break, Monumenti Aperti moves overseas and lands on the Peninsula, in some municipalities of Emilia Romagna and Puglia.
"Practices of wonder": between past and future
The event has significantly changed the ways of using and enhancing the cultural heritage, successfully involving visitors of all age groups.
The payoff of the 2023 edition, "Practices of wonder", is an invitation to rediscover the pleasure of marveling at the beauties we seem to be used to and to reinvest in memory.
The visual of the campaign represents, through the collage technique, the head of the Venus de Milo enriched with photographic details of a contemporary woman's face. The message to be communicated is the reduction of the distance created between the monument and the viewer, a monument that is a vestige of the past but also and above all a root for the future.
Cagliari 27 and 28 May
In addition to the usual guided tours to discover the treasures of Cagliari, often unknown to many, the Open Monuments event offers a series of original itineraries designed for the world of disabilities, in agreement with sector associations.
Art and culture are and must be for everyone, even for the little ones for whom special guided tours are organised. The program is richer every year and can be consulted on the page dedicated to Cagliari , so as not to miss any of the appointments.
Heart of Sardinia: guide and itineraries of #MonumentiAperti2023
Heart of Sardinia is a free app for iOS and Android, which has been promoting the island's tourist heritage for five years. It is the official app of the 2023 edition of Open Monuments and represents a digital guide for all visitors: inside it is possible to consult the map of the monuments that can be visited and save the itineraries in advance.
The contents of the event are hosted on the official website www.monumentiaperti.com .
The live story is also available on Facebook , Instagram and Twitter .
The official hashtag is: #MonumentiAperti2023.
participating institutions
The 2023 edition of Monumenti Aperti takes place under the High Patronage of the European Parliament and has received the Medal of Representation of the Presidency of the Italian Republic, as has been the case continuously since 2008. It is also organized with the patronage of the Senate of the Republic and of the House of Representatives; with the patronage of the President of the Regional Council of Sardinia; with the contribution of the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Tourism, the Autonomous Region of Sardinia - Department of Cultural Heritage and Tourism Department, of the 60 adhering Municipalities and with the contribution of the Fondazione di Sardegna.