UNESCO - Finestre sull'Arte

How we tell the story of rock art: the case of Camonica Valley museums

The Regional Directorate of National Museums of Lombardy manages several sites that are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site: among the thirteen sites that the directorate manages, in addition to Valle Camonica, was the Last Supper (later passed un...
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Unesco sites and tourism: protection essential, but the Unesco label is often useful for promotion

There are Unesco sites that, we could say, do not need promotion: I am thinking for example of Venice or Petra. On the contrary: the problem is really to protect the site. So there are sites like Petra that benefit from this recognition, or should at...
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Beyond the "beautiful sites": how to make tourism in UNESCO sites by telling their value

The question I would start with is: what is the role of UNESCO in relation to tourism? In fact, if you read the 1972 convention very carefully, you will never find the word "tourism," you will never find the phrase "territorial promotion," you will n...
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Having a UNESCO site is crucial for tourism, but we need to work with research and protection

As the tourism promotion body of Romagna, we have a fundamental task, a great honor: that of promoting an enlarged territory, consisting of four provinces (Ferrara, Forlì-Cesena, Ravenna and Rimini), and if anyone knows what kind of triangle t...
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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 pr...
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The domus de Janas will be a candidate for inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List

Today, the Governing Council of the Italian National Commission for UNESCO met at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and resolved to nominate to the UNESCO World Heritage List for 2025 "Art and Architecture in the Prehistor...
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Unesco, expanded Buffer Zone of Pompeii-Herculaneum-Torre Annunziata site after decade-long process

The World Heritage Committee has approved the proposed extension of the Buffer Zone of the UNESCO site "Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata," at the end of a process that lasted about 10 years. Ten municipalities are in...
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Italian Unesco sites rise to 59: Gessi emiliano-romagnoli joins the list

Entering the Unesco World Heritage List is the "Karst in the Evaporites and Caves of the Northern Apennines," a serial site consisting of seven different areas located between the provinces of Reggio Emilia, Bologna, Rimini and Ravenna: Alta Valle Se...
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