Cultural places: enhancing heritage by improving urban liveability in public space

Aim of this study, carried out in the framework of the ISMed-CNR project titled “Analysis and design of the contemporary territory: identity, urban healthy and livability for resilient and sustainable places (with the author’s responsibility), are: to analyse the Italian UNESCO sites and deepening those considered most emblematic from different points of view; and identify guide lines for sustainable enhance- ment of the Unesco brand in cultural places. The list of analysed sites includes: Cilento – il parco nazionale e il vallo di diano, paestum, velia e la certosa di padula; Tivoli – Villa Adri- ana; Tivoli – Villa D’Este; Genoa – the new roads and the system of the palaces of the rolls; the Dolomites; Rome – the historical city; Florence – the historical centre; Matera– i Sassi; Napoli – the historical centre; Siena – the historical centre; Alberobello – i trulli; Amalfi – la costiera amalfitana; Pompei, Ercolano e Torre Annunziata – le aree archeologiche; Caserta – la reggia, il parco, San Leucio e l’Acquedotto Vanvitelliano. Of these, the Dolomites case study will be illustrated using the original Heritage Experi- ential Design Method. The paper is organized as follows: section 2 illustrates the method; section 3 the case study and the principles derived from all the case studies; and, finally, section 4 draws the conclusions.