Cultural Rupestrian Heritage in the Circum-MediterraneaArea. Common identity, new perspective.

The project activity of CRHIMA-cinp has been financed by Culture Programme 2007-2013 funds, Budget 2010, Strand 1.1 Multi-annual cooperation projects, Strand 1.2.1 Cooperation measures. The purpose of the Culture Programme 2007-2013 is to propose the revaluation of the cultural area shared by Europeans through the cooperation between creators, operators and cultural institutions of the countries participating in the Programme. Specifically, the Action of Cooperation 1.2.1 is devoted to the development of multi-sectored cultural cooperation, creativity and innovation and possibility of long-term cooperation. The project “Rupestrian cultural heritage in the circum-mediterranean area. Common identity, new perspectives” has been ranked at the first place amongst the 108 candidate projects, with a rating of 95/100. - The total investment amounts to € 394,000.00; the Financing is equal to € 194,742.67 with a ratio of 49.80% co-financing. - The program of the project was completed in 24 months; the activities began 01/10/2010 and ended on 29/09/2012. The rupestrian culture - General information. The troglodyte architecture, rupestrian or underground, is a heritage cross and contemporary culture subdiva, implemented over time with variations and it is connected to all cultures. Living in caves is still present in many parts of the world, at all latitudes, with different climates and different types of soils. Climatic factors, integration or mimesis of the landscape architecture, economics based on the use of local materials, the variety and richness of the living space, tricks of light, are all factors that characterize rupestrian architecture and are to be considered. The energy crisis of the last decades, has led technologists and scholars of the built environment, to inform about the passive methods of air conditioning and bioclimatic solutions adopted in the ancient “houses of man”. In addition, the attention of multidisciplinary operators for the environment, collapsing in many areas, has focused attention on rupestrian sites. The project CRHIMA-cinp turns its attention to the some regions and municipalities of the partner countries: the island of Santorini in Greece, Andalusia and the Ebro Valley in Spain, the Loire Valley in France, Italy and Puglia in Cappadocia in Turkey.