16 articles in this issue
Fiorella Dallari,Olimpia Niglio
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Olimpia Niglio
The sacred values of the landscape and their meaning depend on the cultural contexts of reference that over time have consolidated or modified traditions, rituals and beliefs.The sacredness of the landscape has no connection with materiality except with t... see more
Gloria Pungetti
The natural, cultural and spiritual values that local communities assign to holy lands is a fundamental concept to consider in landscape conservation. In sacred sites, people meet and express their spiritual meanings trough their individual experience. Am... see more
Tomasz Duda
The aim of this article is to present the role of geographic factors (elements of the natural, social and geopolitical environment) in shaping the broadly construed sacral landscape, with particular emphasis on its impact on the development of religious t... see more
Vreny Enongene,Kevin Griffin
This paper seeks to explore how the concept of stakeholder involvement has been applied for the very first time in the management and conservation of the 800 years old Ireland’s Holy mountain Croagh Patrick. In doing so, it explores factors that facilitat... see more
Taisuke Kuroda
“Kofuns” are Japanese ancient tombs that were built from the mid-third to seventh centuries. Some of these Kofuns have survived into the present urban tissue despite being reused and showing changes in their form and their meaning. This study investigates... see more
Hideki Yoshihara,Noriko Inoue
The primary aim of this paper is to outline the cultural landscapes associated with the Ainu people and their culture, as well as the characteristics of tourism leveraging these landscapes, in Biratori Town in the Hidaka region of Japan’s Hokkaido Prefect... see more
Vita de Waal
Since time immemorial there have been places that held a special meaning and were perceived to be endowed with special powers or of special spiritual or cultural significance.It is surprising to discover that many cultural and sacred sites have a long his... see more
Julie Rausenberger
Santurismo (Santería + Turismo) refers to the popular formula of Afro-Cuban religions and tourism and initially served the Cuban government in the 1960s to promote Santería as a folkloric product of Cuban identity through staged performances in touristic ... see more
Tommaso Maria Rossi
The ecclesiastical archives contain the millennial memory of our past. Unlike the Italian State Archives and the European National Archives, they are the only institutions that can boast a history coming back much long before the year 1000 a.D. The activi... see more
Ilaria Sabbatini
Paola Foschi
The Palazzo dell'Archiginnasio was the seat of the Bologna Studio from 1563 to 1798 and inside it many sacred representations recall the profound and widespread presence of the Christian religion in the complex of the decoration of the building. The chape... see more
Simone Marchesani
This contribution wants to show the history of the Archivio Arcivescovile in Bologna also to an untrained public: the numerous, important documents that it contains, the people who worked on it, the changes of seat that took place over the centuries. In t... see more
PierLuigi Chierici
Fiorella Dallari,Filippo Pistocchi,Gloria Pungetti
Glenda Furini,Guido Gambetta
Sometimes we underestimate the importance of linking together different cultural assets in order to implement enhancement strategies suitable to cross the sectorial borders. Instead, we tend to consider watertight compartments and run the risk to target s... see more