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Training course on culture and sustainability

 

The course, organised in collaboration with MUS.E, is a training opportunity that suggests a new vision of the educational sphere by interweaving Agenda 2030 goals, especially Goal 4 dedicated to quality education, inviting integration between school strategies and programmes and a global Education for Sustainable Development (ESS). Therefore, the planned experience puts in place a participatory teaching methodology aimed at the knowledge and management of the territory’s cultural heritage, the ability to perceive it and transmit it to future generations.

The course is part of the European project AtlaS.WH, which aims to raise students and teachers’ awareness of the tangible and intangible cultural heritage of our city.

Calendar of 2020 meetings at MAD – Murate Art District

  • 14 January h17/19: Carlo Francini and Chiara Bocchio – World Heritage as an asset for all. Tuscany’s cultural heritage and museums connected to UNESCO
  • 21 January h17/19: Martina Alemanno (ASVIS) – The opportunities of culture. How to use heritage for a systemic, collaborative, active education
  • 28 January h17/19: Maria Chiara Pettenati and Isabel de Maurissens (INDIRE) – The implementation of Agenda 2030 and “sustainability” as an opportunity for education
  • 4 February h17/19: Giovanni Liberatore and Antonio Vanni – Education, ethics, responsibility, participation: actions and experimental projects on local heritage
  • 11 February h17/19: Alesia Koush – Value education. For people and the planet: heritage and culture for an inclusive and social education, for a united and plural citizenship, for a sustainable development

 

FAQ

Why is the Historic Centre of Florence a World Heritage Site?

The Historic Centre of Florence was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1982. The justification for its inscription is contained within the Statement of Outstanding Universal Value, which articulates the criteria for inscription of the site, its integrity, authenticity and the management system for its protection. The Historic Centre of Florence is considered to be a unique artistic achievement embedding museums, churches, palaces and globally renowned cultural goods of inestimable value. The city has also been able to exert an important cultural, economic and architectural influence in Italy and Europe for centuries, defining itself as the birthplace of modern Humanism and Renaissance values. The stratification of these values is also enriched by the relationship between the Historic Centre and the surrounding hills, which form a perfect harmonious backstage.

What is the area of the city of Florence inscribed on the World Heritage List?

The Core Zone inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1982 coincides with the Historic Centre of Florence, traditionally identified with the area included within the avenues corresponding to the ancient circle of the fourteenth-century walls. In 2021, a boundary modification of the perimeter was approved to include the complex of San Miniato al Monte and the surrounding area. The Buffer Zone of the site encompasses the eighteen Belvedere points and includes part of the territories of four municipalities: the Municipality of Florence, the Municipality of Sesto Fiorentino, the Municipality of Fiesole and the Municipality of Bagno a Ripoli.  

What is the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV)?

Cultural and/or natural significance that is so exceptional that it transcends national boundaries and is of common importance to present and future generations of humanity as a whole, constituting the fundamental requirement for the inscription of porperties on the World Heritage List. The properties  deemed to hold Outstanding Universal Value can be included in the World Heritage List if:

  • They satisfy one or more Selection Criteria;
  • They respect the conditions of Integrity and Authenticity;
  • They have an adequate Protection and Management System to ensure their safeguarding
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