Monuments et sites
Historic Centre of San Gimignano, Italy / Su Nuraxi di Barumini, Italy / Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily), Italy
Résumé en anglais
The contemporary understanding of cultural heritage is broadening its horizons: it now includes not only traditional archaeological orarchitectural monuments, but also all evidence of material goods and
intangible assets, which are the true expression of the historical, socialand cultural background of the society that has generated them.
Acceptance of these fundamental principles of UNESCO and ofinternational Charters and Conventions is leading to a new concept of
preservation and value enhancement, highlighting the need for carefulinvestigation of the territory and its resources; the Management Plan is
its operational tool.This article provides three examples of the way this plan can be implemented, referring to Italian WH sites:
a) an archaeological site: Barumini (Sardinia); b) an urban site: S. Gimignano (Tuscany);
c) a cluster of sites: Val di Noto (Sicily);