Open Monuments Weekend in Italy: Private Sites Open for Free

by is entirely in Italian (despite that Union Jack up in the right-hand corner), but luckily there’s a separate site for the Giornata FAI di Primavera with the dates clearly marked on the front page. (The official Giornata FAI di Primavera site is only in Italian, too, but at least there isn’t a Union Jack anywhere on the page to tease us…)

Aside from the dates, the information for the 2011 Open Monuments Weekend isn’t up yet on the Giornata FAI di Primavera website – but you can glance at the 2010 information to see what kinds of sites are included on the list. In 2010 there were nearly 600 sites altogether in locations throughout Italy, from castles and churches to convents and libraries.

>> For more information about Open Monuments Weekend in Italy, check out the official Giornata FAI di Primavera site.

>> And here are some other free things to do in Italy, too.