Armed conflict and natural disasters: protecting cultural and natural heritage in times of crisis

How are cultural and natural heritage, including UNESCO Properties, affected in times of crisis? What is the international regulatory framework for the protection of cultural and natural properties threatened by conflict or natural disasters? What are the tools and institutions established to ensure their protection? What does it mean to protect cultural/natural heritage and UNESCO… Read More

Climate Change and Cultural Heritage

From rising temperatures and sea levels, to desertification and extreme weather events, climate change presents a global crisis that requires global collective action. The science is clear: without concrete and decisive climate action, we stand to lose a lot. This crisis not only puts natural sites around the world in danger, but also our abundance… Read More

Anthropocene. The Human Epoch

At the beginning of the new millennium, within the Earth Sciences, the term Anthropocene was coined to indicate a geological phase in which, at the end of the Holocene, the following period is characterized by the absolute prevalence of Man as formative agent of the dynamics of transformation of the Earth. Anthropocene: what is it?… Read More

What is UNESCO World Heritage?

What is UNESCO World Heritage? Who decides if a site has Outstanding Universal Value? What are the criteria for becoming a UNESCO Site? The cultural and natural heritage is unique and irreplaceable, which is why it must be protected and protected at an international level. An effective system of collective protection, organized on a permanent basis and according… Read More

Christina of Sweden in Rome

Immagine della Piazza del Campidoglio nel '600 (SIMART PV 75_1)

From the abjuration of Protestantism to the triumphal entry into the Eternal City: places and enterprises of a former sovereign so much loved and controversial.  The woman who, in the Rome of the second half of the seventeenth century, influenced and promoted poetry, theatre, music but also science, astronomy, medicine and alchemy. As with the… Read More