Preservation and valorisation of vernacular built heritage. People education and participation in Italy

Vernacular Heritage belongs to cultures grounded on memory and tradition. The Italian postwar “anthropological caesura”, caused by socio-economic factors, led to a refusal of traditional buildings often with the purpose to repel a humble past; however this was followed by the acquisition of awareness of the past, engendering regret and safeguarding needs, even if often with negative results.