From Michelangelo to Ugo Tognazzi, the day of the houses of famous people is back. How to book

From the home where Michelangelo Buonarroti was born to the house in Velletri of Ugo Tognazzi. The new edition of the "National Days of the Homes of Illustrious Personalities", scheduled for Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 April, will be a weekend in which house museums throughout Italy will open their doors to allow the public to discover the homes of the "greats" who were born or lived in our country. A total of 129 structures divided among 17 regions. All the houses of illustrious Italian personalities were able to join, not only those belonging to the association. Last year there were 20,000 visitors throughout Italy. The initiative has the patronage of the Ministry of Culture as well as Icom Italia.

Registration by the public is possible until 5 April at www.casedellamemoria.it, where you can find a list of participating houses with booking information.

There are numerous 'offers' in Tuscany. From the house of Michelangelo Buonarroti to the villa of Giovanni Spadolini, via the residences of Giacomo Puccini and Leonardo da Vinci, no less than 33 house museums in the region are taking part in the event. In addition to the house where Michelangelo Buonarroti was born (in Caprese Michelangelo, in the province of Arezzo), the Casa Giovanni Boccaccio in Certaldo Alto (Florence) or that of Amedeo Modigliani in Livorno will also be open to visitors. In Florence it will be possible to visit 'La casa dei libri', the country villa of Giovanni Spadolini designed in the 1960s by the architect brother of the historian, journalist and statesman.

Once again this year, the Ugo Tognazzi house museum (whose centenary of birth was celebrated last year) in Velletri (fifty kilometres from Rome), where the actor lived with his family from the early 1960s until his death in 1990, will be open to the public. Now the estate is coordinated by his son Gianmarco Tognazzi.