Today the European Union is inaugurating its two Capitals of Culture for the year 2019, Plovdiv in Bulgaria and Matera in Italy. “Matera 2019 Open Future”, this is the slogan of the city, that has been granted this year’s title in the fall of 2014. This data clashes with the title the city will hold this year and raised further polemics around the matter. After that, the city has been evacuated and his inhabitants transferred to the territories around, leaving Matera looking like a desert for decades. This is a crucial opportunity for Matera and, at the same time, a train that will not be coming back.

Source: Forbes January 19, 2019 15:00 UTC