Ruling lets Italy hunt abroad for new Colosseum chief
ROME — The international search for a new director for Rome’s Colosseum will go forward after a legal challenge by the city that had halted it was dismissed by a national administrative tribunal, Italy’s culture minister pledged Tuesday.
Culture Minister Dario Franceschini hailed the ruling Monday by the national Council of State, which overturned the decision of a regional body that had blocked his plan to consider hiring non-Italians to lead some of art-rich Italy’s museums, monuments and archaeological sites.
“We lost some time, luckily just a little,” in the search for the Colosseum’s next director, Franceschini said.
So far 82 applicants are seeking the post, 16 of them non-Italians, he said. The goal is to have the successful candidate start on Jan. 1, 2018, Franceschini said.