Legislation of Cultural Heritage

Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: GIOVANNI IUDICA

Expected Learning Outcomes

According to the Dublin descriptors, students, at the end of the course, will demonstrate:

- knowledge and understanding in a post-secondary level field of study and knowing the fundamental themes in one's field of study;

- ability to apply knowledge and understanding in order to demonstrate a professional approach and possess adequate skills both to conceive and support arguments and to solve problems in one's field of study

-  learning skills necessary to undertake subsequent studies with a high degree of autonomy.

The course aims to provide a complete reconstruction of the legislation on cultural heritage, with specific reference to the activity and organization of public and private institutions with regard to the management of cultural heritage, artistic heritage and the landscape, In particular, the course will analyze the various legal instruments available in order to protect and enhance the cultural heritage, including through the use of new technologies.

Course Structure

The course will be carried out according to teaching methods suitable to allow the acquisition of all basic notions indicated in training objectives. During the lessons, cases and materials previously provided to students will also be discussed.

Attendance of Lessons

Attendance is not compulsory.

Detailed Course Content

Cultural heritage- Protection, management, enhacement and circulation of cultural heritage- Public bodies of cultural heritage- The supranational regulation of cultural heritage- Legal protection of the landscape.

Textbook Information

Students can choose one of following texts:

- A. Crosetti- D. Vaiano Beni culturali e paesaggistici, Torino, Giappichelli, 2018, p. 334.

- C. Barbati, M. Cammelli, L. Casini, G. Piperata, G. Sciullo, Diritto del patrimonio culturale, Bologna 2017, p. 312.

- S. Amorosino, Il diritto dei beni culturali, Padova, 2019, p. 234.

- M.G. Pulvirenti, Patrimonio culturale e ordinamento pluralistico, Torino, Giappichelli, 2022, p. 250.


Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).

All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.

Course Planning

 SubjectsText References
1The course aims to provide a complete and updated reconstruction of the cultural heritage legislation with specific reference to the activity and organization of public and private institutions regarding the management of cultural heritage, artistic heritage and landscape. The course in particular also aims to offer a non-merely static approach towards cultural heritage by analyzing in detail the various legal instruments available in order to protect it, enhance it and make it usable, also through the study of new technologies.

Learning Assessment

Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises


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