VII INTERNATIONAL COURSE OF CONSERVATION AND HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE

MOTION

To:
The Honourable Nicola Bono
Undersecretary, Minister of Assets and Cultural Activities
Architect Manuel Guido
Minister of Assets and Cultural Activities
Honourable Fabio Granata
Councillor of Cultural Assets of the Sicilian Region
Dr. Giuseppe Voza
Superintendent to Assets CC. AA. AA. of Siracusa
Architect Mariella Muti
Director of the Department of Assets CC. AA. AA. of the Superintendency of Siracusa
Dr. Beatrice Basile
Superintendent of Assets CC. AA. AA. of Catania
The Mayors of:
Caltagirone
Catania
Militello Val di Catania
Modica
Noto
Palazzolo Acreide
Ragusa
Scicli

In conclusion to the VII International Course of Conservation and History of Architecture, organised by the International Study Centre on Baroque (5-12 December 2003) on the topic “The Paths of Baroque in south-eastern Sicily, awareness and integral conservation of the cities in the Noto Valley World Heritage Site”, which has aroused great interest in many learned men from various Italian and foreign universities, with the united participation of the President of the Faculty of Architecture in Siracusa, President of the Graduate Science Course of Cultural Assets and the Scientific Committee of the International Study Centre on Baroque, having noted a total lack of communication with cultural institutions with regards to putting forward the project of the management plan of the Noto Valley, requested by Unesco for the network of the eight cities included in the world heritage site list, let alone the initiatives of enhancement of the territory linked to it and to be activitated,

REQUEST

a more incisive participation of the Universities and the International Study Centre of Baroque, that have specific and recognisable competences in the field of territorial analysis as well as the culture of the 16th and 17th centuries. Therefore, we hope that such cultural resources may contribute to such an important and delicate process of relaunching the heritage of the baroque age to aim at better awareness, conservation and valorisation.