During the Middle Ages Europe was crossed by pilgrims who wanted to reach the holy places of Christianity. The Italian peninsula is still crossed by a pilgrimage route called Via Francigena, which starts from Canterbury and arrives in Rome, running through Europe for about 1800 km. Currently there are purposes and actions aimed at the promotion of these routes, rich in history and spirituality. The European Union is deeply involved in those projects aimed at the identi- cation of tools for the development of sustainable cultural tourism in order to preserve European culture and memory. It is important to understand how landscape, that according to the European Landscape Convention re ects the “sense of places” and represents the image of their history (Croce and Perri 2009), has evolved along those roads, and to analyze the relationships between the built and natural environment, since they maintain a remarkable symbolic connection between places and peoples over time and history (Falqui and Serenelli, 2009). This study focuses on the section of the Francigena Route that crosses the Emilia- Romagna Region in the Province of Piacenza. A land classi cation method is proposed, with the aim to take into account dif- ferent indicators: land zoning provided by regional laws, elements of relevant historical and natural value, urban elements, type of agriculture. The analyses are carried out on suitable bu ers around the path, thus allowing to create land- scape pro les. As Nature is a key element for the spirituality character of these pilgrimage routes, the classi cation process takes into account both protected and other valuable natural elements, besides agricultural activities. The outcomes can be useful to de ne tools aimed to help pilgrims and tourists to understand the surrounding places along their walk, as well as to lend support to rural and urban planning and integrated local development and landscape en- hancement projects.
Diti, I., Torreggiani, D., Tassinari, P. (2015). What landscapes do pilgrims go through along the via Francigena? A gis-based landscape classification in the Emilia-Romagna region. Firenze : firenze university press.
What landscapes do pilgrims go through along the via Francigena? A gis-based landscape classification in the Emilia-Romagna region
DITI, IRENE;TORREGGIANI, DANIELE;TASSINARI, PATRIZIA
2015
Abstract
During the Middle Ages Europe was crossed by pilgrims who wanted to reach the holy places of Christianity. The Italian peninsula is still crossed by a pilgrimage route called Via Francigena, which starts from Canterbury and arrives in Rome, running through Europe for about 1800 km. Currently there are purposes and actions aimed at the promotion of these routes, rich in history and spirituality. The European Union is deeply involved in those projects aimed at the identi- cation of tools for the development of sustainable cultural tourism in order to preserve European culture and memory. It is important to understand how landscape, that according to the European Landscape Convention re ects the “sense of places” and represents the image of their history (Croce and Perri 2009), has evolved along those roads, and to analyze the relationships between the built and natural environment, since they maintain a remarkable symbolic connection between places and peoples over time and history (Falqui and Serenelli, 2009). This study focuses on the section of the Francigena Route that crosses the Emilia- Romagna Region in the Province of Piacenza. A land classi cation method is proposed, with the aim to take into account dif- ferent indicators: land zoning provided by regional laws, elements of relevant historical and natural value, urban elements, type of agriculture. The analyses are carried out on suitable bu ers around the path, thus allowing to create land- scape pro les. As Nature is a key element for the spirituality character of these pilgrimage routes, the classi cation process takes into account both protected and other valuable natural elements, besides agricultural activities. The outcomes can be useful to de ne tools aimed to help pilgrims and tourists to understand the surrounding places along their walk, as well as to lend support to rural and urban planning and integrated local development and landscape en- hancement projects.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
