The Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy (Italy): Strategies and Challenges for the Protection and Development of a UNESCO Heritage Site
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The Sacri Monti (Sacred Mountains) of Piedmont and Lombardy are architectural complexes in which religion, culture, art, and nature are intimately linked, they offer to the visitors the opportunity to “relive” scenes from the life of Christ, the Virgin Mary, the Saints, or the Mysteries of the Rosary. Thanks to their exceptional and universal value, the nine Sacri Monti located in North-West of Italy, built between the late fifteenth and early eighteenth centuries, were inscribed in 2003 on the UNESCO World Heritage List. They are also part of the network of protected areas of the Piedmont and Lombardy Regions, which are responsible for their historical and artistic preservation as well as for the maintenance and safeguarding of the surrounding environment. The Sacri Monti represent a significant monumental, cultural, and landscape heritage. Their multifaceted management, entailing the involvement of regional authorities, dioceses, municipalities, consultative committees, and so on often proves to be complex and challenging. After a brief discussion on the value of UNESCO sites and the importance of tourism at the Sacri Monti, the authors will focus on their management, highlighting the measures necessary to ensure proper and effective administration, since territorial and administrative peculiarities have generated certain critical issues in the development and enhancement of the Sacri Monti.
Keywords: Conservation, Management, Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy, UNESCO.
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