Local heritage receives ever greater attention in Italy and Europe.
When we talk about heritage we are referring to a complex environment that brings together natural and cultural, tangible and intangible legacies and not just a collection of assets.
When we say local we are referring to the bond that a community establishes with a complex wealth made up of values

• archaeological, from fortifications to the systems of ancient settlements or traces of ancient productions;
• environmental, such as characteristic landscapes or natural habitats;
• architectural, from the characteristic buildings of a place to rural buildings or details such as pavements, tombstones or traditional writings;
• intangible, such as stories, poems, songs, dialects, recipes, traditions, or characteristics of how people lived.

In 1995, Piedmont promulgated the first Italian law on ecomuseums, deeming this instrument the most suitable for valorising this type of heritage.
Since then, ecomuseums and other local heritage development experiences have grown across the country.

This site is a gateway to the exploration of Italian ecomuseums, their territories and what is developing in and around them.