Management of archaeological areas and parks: two study days in Veneto

On April 5 and 6, 2019, the Soprintendenza Belle Arti e Paesaggio for the Metropolitan Area of Venice and the provinces of Belluno, Padua and Treviso is organizing, at the town hall of Concordia Sagittaria (Venice), a two-day study event entitled The management of archaeological areas and parks: comparing experiences. One of the peculiarities of Italy’s cultural heritage is in fact the spread throughout the territory of equipped, visitable archaeological areas, located in the heart of cities or in suburban contexts, isolated or ideally connected to represent an ancient settlement fabric, extending from a few square meters to many hectares. Some of these areas represent the heritage preserved on view within the framework of a recognized reserve and still present underground, and are protected and enhanced through the institution of the archaeological park. Still others, which make up the majority, are small cultural institutes in their own right, and the entity in charge of them must source the continuing tension between the obligation to make them usable and the structural impossibility of managing them directly. The intent of the two days of study, organized in Concordia Sagittaria on the occasion of the inauguration of the new archaeological area in Via Faustiniana, is to compare experiences from all over Italy in order to question existing management models in the relationship between public, territorial, local community, private, association, and voluntary bodies, and to identify virtuous solutions to ensure the widest enjoyment of archaeological areas and parks.

“As Soprintedenza before and as Polo now,” says Marianna Bressan, MiBAC archaeological officer in force at the Polo Museale del Veneto and now in charge of the direction of the Museum and Archaeological Area of Altino, “we feel the need to compare experiences of management of archaeological areas ’minor’, i.e., not autonomous, partly under the competence of the Superintendencies, often close to territorial archaeological museums under the competence of Museum Poles or Municipalities, not (yet) established, with the museum of reference, in archaeological parks if not autonomous. These areas, which the ministerial territorial office of protection cannot manage due to lack of staff and (since 2015) also of enhancement skills, are entrusted to cultural associations more or less specialized, more or less identified by public selection, more or less an expression of local communities. Despite the lack of management guidelines, there are many virtuous cases and others that could learn from them. Unfortunately, there are cases where areas remain closed. This is why we are comparing ourselves in Concordia, with experts and direct witnesses of experiences from all over Italy.”

Below is the program of the two-day event.

FRIDAY, APRIL 5
9:45 A.M.
Greetings from the authorities
ABAP superintendence for the metropolitan area of Venice and the provinces of Belluno, Padua and Treviso
Daniele Ferrara (Polo Museale del Veneto)
Claudio Odorico (Mayor of Concordia Sagittaria)
Moderator Marianna Bressan

10:30 AM
Archaeological areas and parks versus archaeological reserves: between protection and management
Elena Calandra (Director of the Central Institute for Archaeology / Acting Director of Service II - Excavations and protection of the archaeological heritage, Directorate General for Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape)

11.00 A.M. - BREAK

11:30 A.M.
Archaeological parks from scientific project to management plan: genesis of the Ministerial Decree April 18, 2012
Francesca Ghedini (professor emeritus of classical archaeology - University of Padua)

12:00 P.M.
Archaeological areas and parks in Basilicata: open issues and recent regional legislation
Maria Chiara Monaco (University of Basilicata)

12:30 PM
The archaeological areas of the Veneto region
Marianna Bressan (Polo museale del Veneto), Alessandro Asta, Chiara D’Incà, Matteo Frassine, Elena Pettenò, Carla Pirazzini, Benedetta Prosdocimi, Cinzia Rossignoli, Maria Cristina Vallicelli (Soprintendenza ABAP per l’metropolitan area of Venice and the provinces of Belluno, Padua and Treviso), Brunella Bruno, Claudia Cenci, Gianni De Zuccato, Giovanna Falezza, Paola Salzani (ABAP Superintendence for the provinces of Verona, Rovigo and Vicenza)

1.15 PM - LUNCH

2:45 P.M. - RESUMPTION OF WORK
Moderator: Francesca Ghedini

3:00 PM
The main cases of Friuli Venezia Giulia
Simonetta Bonomi (ABAP superintendent for Friuli Venezia-Giulia)

3:15 PM.
Towards the archaeological park. Recent experiences in the enhancement of the archaeological areas of Aquileia
Cristiano Tiussi (Director of the Aquileia Foundation)

3:30 PM.
Civitas Camunnorum: when the territory meets archaeology
Serena Rosa Solano (ABAP Superintendence for the provinces of Bergamo and Brescia)

3:45 PM
Past and future of BRIXIA. Archaeological park of Roman Brescia
Francesca Morandini (Curator of archaeological collections and areas - Fondazione Brescia Musei)

4:00 P.M. - BREAK

4:15 PM
Integrated systems museums-archaeological areas in Liguria
Vincenzo Tiné, Nadia Campana, Marta Conventi, Simon Luca Trigona (ABAP Superintendence for the metropolitan city of Genoa and the provinces of Imperia, La Spezia and Savona)

4:30 PM
A multidisciplinary approach: the experience of the Museum of Antiquities within the Royal Museums of Turin
Elisa Panero (archaeological curator of the Royal Museums of Turin)

4:45 P.M. - DISCUSSION

5:30 PM
Presentation of the exhibition on the archaeological area of Via Faustiniana and archaeological walk by Michelangelo Dal Pos (director of the Personal Services Office of the Municipality of Concordia Sagittaria)

SATURDAY, APRIL 6

10 A.M. - START OF THE WORKS
Moderator: Elena Calandra

10:15 A.M.
Parks and archaeological areas between tradition and organizational reforms: confirmations, innovations, perspectives
Ugo Soragni (University of Padua)

10:45 AM.
Suasa and Monte Rinaldo, institutional collaboration and management strategies of state archaeological areas in the Marche region
Filippo Demma (ABAP Superintendence for the Metropolitan Area of Naples), Enrico Giorgi (University of Bologna)

11.00 A.M. - BREAK

11.30 A.M.
Archaeological areas in Irpinia: protection, conservation, enhancement. Potentialities between risks and opportunities
Silvia Pacifico (ABAP Superintendence for the provinces of Salerno and Avellino)

11:45 AM.
The Messapian city of Muro Tenente. An exemplary management model, a good practice of inter-municipal collaboration
Maria Piccarreta (ABAP superintendent for the provinces of Brindisi, Lecce and Taranto)

12 NOON - FINAL CONSIDERATIONS AND DICUSSION

12.30 PM - POSTER SESSION

1.15 PM - LUNCH

2.15 PM - RESUMPTION OF WORK

Moderator: Maria Cristina Vallicelli

2:30 PM
The new archaeological area of via Faustiniana in the heart of Concordia Sagittaria
- Elena Pettenò (Soprintendenza ABAP for the metropolitan area of Venice and the provinces of Belluno, Padua and Treviso), A research starting in 1998...
- Veronica Groppo (Malvestio Diego & C. snc, Concordia Sagittaria VE), The archaeological investigations 2011-2016
- Silvia Cipriano (Roman Centuriation Museum, Borgoricco Padova), Giovanna M. Sandrini (Malvestio Diego & C. snc, Concordia Sagittaria VE), Daily life from the excavation finds
- Mauro Rottoli (Laboratory of archaeobiology, Musei Civici di Como), Natural environment and nutrition through botanical finds from the cloaca
- Paolo Reggiani (Paleostudy, Piove di Sacco PD), Fauna and meal remains from the cloaca fill
- Riccardo Piccolo (Municipality of Concordia Sagittaria), The restoration and enhancement

4:15 P.M. - TRANSFER TO THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREA

4:30 PM
Inauguration of the archaeological area of Via Faustiniana.

Management of archaeological areas and parks: two study days in Veneto

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