The Appian Way is officially a UNESCO World Heritage Site

The Via Appia is a UNESCO World Heritage Site: this was decided by the World Heritage Committee meeting in New Delhi at its 46th session. This is the first candidacy promoted directly by the Ministry of Culture, which coordinated all stages of the process and prepared all the necessary documentation for the application for inscription on the World Heritage List. Now the “Via Appia. Regina Viarum” is officially inscribed on the World Heritage List, thus becoming the 60th Italian site to be recognized by UNESCO. The result is the result of a team effort that saw the involvement of many institutions, including Regions (Lazio, Campania, Basilicata and Puglia), Metropolitan Cities and Provinces, Municipalities, Parks, Universities, numerous representatives of territorial communities, as well as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Pontifical Commission of Sacred Archaeology of the Holy See.

“I express all my satisfaction and pride for the great result achieved,” said Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano. “The Via Appia. Regina Viarum as of today is a World Heritage Site. UNESCO has grasped the outstanding universal value of an extraordinary engineering work that over the centuries has been essential for commercial, social and cultural exchanges with the Mediterranean and the East. Congratulations to all the institutions and communities that collaborated with the Ministry of Culture to reach this prestigious milestone. It is a recognition of the value of our history and identity, from which an enhancement can arise that can bring economic benefits to the territories involved.”

“The Via Appia UNESCO Heritage is a great success for the Ministry of Culture, but above all for those millions of Italians who live in the territories of the Via Appia, a worldwide symbol of the history from which we come. It adds to the extraordinary achievement achieved less than a year ago by Italian opera and I am happy that it coincides with my term in office,” commented Undersecretary for Culture with responsibility for UNESCO Gianmarco Mazzi.

On Wednesday, July 31, 2024 at 7 p.m. in Rome, the celebratory event for the inscription of the site “Via Appia. Regina Viarum” on the UNESCO World Heritage List, in the presence of Minister of Culture Gennaro Sangiuliano, Undersecretary for Culture Gianmarco Mazzi and all public and private institutions involved in the candidacy process. “Until the last moment we kept our fingers crossed, but now it is right to celebrate this important achievement that brings the number of UNESCO sites in Italy to 60,” ministerial offices report. “In the coming hours the location where the initiative will take place will be announced together with all the realities that have contributed to achieve this result.”

The Appian Way is officially a UNESCO World Heritage Site

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