Over the years, the title of Capital of Culture has been assigned to the cities of Cagliari, Lecce, Perugia, Ravenna and Siena in 2015; Mantova in 2016; Pistoia in 2017, Palermo in 2018, Parma in 2020 and 2021, Procida is the capital of 2022, Bergamo and Brescia will be the capitals in 2023.

Here are the finalist cities vying for the title of Capital of Culture for 2024:

1. Ascoli Piceno;

2. Chioggia (VE);

3. Grosseto;

4. Mesagne (BR);

5. Pesaro;

6. Sestri Levante with Tigullio (GE);

7. Syracuse;

8. Union of Municipalities Paestum-Alto Cilento (SA);

9. Viareggio (LU);

10. Vicenza.