World Heritage is perhaps the best known activity of Unesco, the United Nations agency in charge of Education, Science and Culture. With the term World Heritage Unesco recognises that some sites in the world have a particularly significant cultural, natural and historical value, a precious and unrepeatable legacy of humanity's past that must be preserved.
Today in Italy there are 59 Unesco Heritage Sitesof which 10 are located in Lombardy. To these are added three intangible assets.
In Italy, the first site to receive such recognition in 1979 was the Valle Camonica rock artmore than 140,000 symbols and signs (pitoti) engraved in the rocks that tell of thousands of years of the life of prehistoric man. One of the best known signs is the Rosa Camuna, whose graphic reworking is now the symbol of the Lombardy Region, engraved a hundred times in the rocks of the valley.
AM for UNESCO World Heritage sites in Lombardy is a project created for enhance and promote the enjoyment of 10 sites which are part of the UNESCO heritage in Lombardy and to foster the connection between the sites themselves and the relevant museums.
Promoted by the Lombardy Region and financed by the Ministry of Culture, AM for UNESCO is a polyphonic programme that unites different places.
Video interviews, podcasts, social media storytelling, guided tours and itineraries to introduce the different souls and unseen sides of Lombardy; surprising stories and in-depth studies designed for those who are exploring, have explored or will explore Lombardy's UNESCO sites and their museums, privileged gateways to fully understand and appreciate the richness and complexity of the territory.
Project financed with funds from Law no. 77 of 20 February 2006
The network of the world heritage of Lombardy
Discover the in-depth materials dedicated to the 10 sites of the Unesco Material Heritage in Lombardy:
The interviews
Review all interviews dedicated to Unesco sites to discover its history and connections with the many museums in the area.
Simona Ricci, director of Abbonamento Musei, talks to some of the directors and curators of institutions linked to the rich Unesco heritage of Lombardy.
Two cities
Two citiesa three-part podcast on the Bergamo and Brescia area and its UNESCO sites.
Tanteanime
A podcast, Tanteanimein 10 stages to discover the hidden beauties of Lombardy.
In the course of the episodes, travel bloggers Alessio and Cécile, the Hesitant Explorers, take the ten UNESCO sites in Lombardy and the connected museums on a discovery of their 100 different souls.
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