Tangible and Intangible Heritage in the Traditional Landscape of Tricarico (Italy). (original) (raw)

Abstract

The paper presents the case study of Tricarico, an Italian town in which the urban landscape comes out of an articulation of spaces typical of the Islamic town. Beside the houses, a complex pattern of gardens and orchards develops. The existence of these cultivated areas is based on a careful management of soils through systems of terracing and techniques of water catching and distribution probably deriving from Arab influence. Tricarico’s landscape is the result of a complex system of knowledge and practices that, over the centuries, have shaped the natural resources, transforming them into expressions of culture. The enormous job of producing the physical spaces has proceeded hand in hand with the formation and sedimentation of intangible heritage related to the know-how and perfectly clear still today in the way of managing the gardens. The one visible today is a cultural landscape of great value, which is a huge, living archive of traditional knowledge. It needs to be understood and protected by the careful management of its tangible and intangible features but, overall, by the involvement of the local communities, guardians of the cultural values enclosed therein.

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