Paesaggi collettivi Il silenzio delle proprietà collettive delle Valli del Germanasca nel Piano Paesaggistico Regionale del Piemonte

Communal land management is a structural element of the Alpine Mountains. In the Valleys of the Germanasca (TO), collective management has been carried out for centuries by means of extensive private shared ownership. These properties materialize the interrelations between the community and territory as identified by the first article of the European Landscape Convention. This contribution puts the theme of collective management of the highlands in the perspective of the recognition, by the urban tools regarding the theme of Landscape, of the “interrelations” between anthropic and natural elements, and in this case with respect to the Piedmont Regional Landscape Plan.

Il paesaggio è partecipazione, ma…

The paper focuses on the considerable distance that can be found around the theme of participation between the approach of the European Landscape Convention of 2000 and that of Italian Landscape Protection Law (Legislative Decree No. 42 of 2004).

The Landscape Observatory of Catalonia Managing and Planning the Landscape with the Communities

In December 2000 the Parliament of Catalonia (Spain) signed the European Landscape Convention (ELC). Five years later, in 2005, Parliament passed the Landscape Protection, Management and Planning Act 8/2005, and the Landscape Observatory of Catalonia was set up as the Generalitat of Catalonia’s assessment body and as a way to create public awareness on landscape. Managing and planning the landscape with the communities is one of the main challenges of the ELC. This paper will explain a short selection of initiatives promoted by the Landscape Observatory or in which the Landscape Observatory is involved, which clearly show that different dimensions of the landscape are generating increasing local interest, as local communities perceive the landscape as a catalyst for development and a way to increase self-esteem, identity and quality of life.

L’Osservatorio regionale del Veneto e la Rete degli Osservatori locali

The Regional Landscape Observatory of the Veneto Region, formally established by the regional law n. 10 of 2011, initially involved local entities in the elaboration of experimental landscape plans. In 2012, endowed with a special organisational discipline, the Observatory set out tasks and activities to promote the protection, management and requalification of regional landscapes. In February 2013, the Regional Network of Landscape Observatories was established. In the years 2014-19, the Observatory focused its activities on training, participation and awareness-raising, in line with the aims of the European Landscape Convention, by providing training courses on landscape for technical experts and refresher workshops for professionals in collaboration with a number of universities of the Veneto region.

La salvaguardia del paesaggio delle certose

The European Landscape Convention lies on a series of guidelines aimed at the conservation of the landscape in its natural and human features. It is interesting to analyse how the Convention is applied in the case of the chartreuses, cloistered monasteries closely connected with the surrounding territories. Nowadays, it is possible to find a few examples of safeguarding actions which privilege religious architecture despite the land patrimony. In other cases, however, such actions are aimed at promoting the heritage of the Carthusian complexes overall, in order to provide a more accurate and comprehensive understanding of historical sites.

Paesaggio, pianificazione, partecipazione: una prospettiva archeologica

In Italy, the management and protection of historic landscapes are regulated though a variety of tools, i.e. planning regulations and cultural heritage law, at different levels (from local to regional and national). Within this framework, this paper focuses on cultural heritage law, and in particular on the definition of the ‘zones of archaeological interest’ (art. 142, comma 1, letter m of the d.lgs. 42/2004). The common juridical interpretation of this sentence is compared to the theories at the basis of landscape archaeology. Adopting an archaeological perspective in landscape management could facilitate a participatory approach encouraged by the European Landscape Convention, as exemplified by some recent experiences.

I piloni votivi nella Val Sangone Un’eredità culturale e identitaria per l’identificazione del paesaggio storico

Twenty years after the signing of the European Landscape Convention, the need to recognise and protect the identity values of local communities in Italy is becoming increasingly consolidated in the collective consciousness. In particular in Piedmont, scattered in the Val Sangone, votive pylons stand out as important elements of popular culture: guardians of a religious semantics deeply rooted in local communities, dedicated to Marian worship but also to the memory of historical events, they retain the essence of local values and stand as a vestige of the historical landscape that needs to be valued and protected.

Tra natura e storia: conoscere per valorizzare La Ensenada de Bolonia

The adoption of the European Landscape Convention has required a process of revision and adaptation of national and local laws. In Spain, despite the difficulty in reorganising European standards at all levels of territorial administration, this adoption has resulted in a number of remarkable landscape valorisation projects, including the Guide to the Cultural Landscape of the Ensenada de Bolonia supplemented by the Implementation Plan, as an outcome of research carried out by the Andalusian Institute of Historical Heritage (IAPH). The projects have been nominated for the European Council Landscape Prize for 2018-19, a reward granted to outstanding projects, for achieving high-quality landscape goals.

Classification of Landscape Physiognomies in Rural Poland: The Case of the Municipality of Cekcyn

<p>This article presents a methodology and the results of the classification of the rural landscapes physiognomies conducted on the study area located in the municipality of Cekcyn, Poland. The study aimed to develop a landscape identification method that would combine natural, cultural, and visual criteria with which to implement the provisions of the European Landscape Convention. The realization of the European Landscape Convention in Poland is incomplete due to the lack of practical application of landscape assessment in land management and spatial planning at the commune level. The research was intended at helping to fill this void. The study develops a method using which it will be possible to protect the diversity and beauty of Europe’s rural landscapes more effectively. The goal has so far been of little scientific interest in Poland. The physiognomy of the studied area was analyzed with the use of commonly available spatial data and by means of field studies. Physical-geographical units and cultural characteristics have been designated based on spatial databases. Landscape patterns were identified by analyzing visual fields with the use of both GIS applications and field studies. This practice made it possible to determine physiognomic units of the landscape which are internally coherent and relatively homogeneous in terms of physical-geographical, cultural, and visual features. Identifying the landscape physiognomy within the designated landscape physiognomic units serves to harmonize spatial alterations in the area of rural communes in processes of land management and planning.</p>