La Cittadella di Alessandria ‘Faro’ di pace nel “patrimonio di strade, reti e connessioni” del Consiglio d’Europa

A Heritage Community is made up of people who attribute value to specific aspects of cultural heritage, which they wish, within the framework of public action, to maintain and transmit to future generations. It is the concept of ‘subsidiarity’, that is, the right/duty of every citizen or association to contribute (in addition to the enjoyment) to the conservation and transmission of the Cultural Heritage - as described by the art. 2b of the Faro Convention of CoE in 2005. Thus, was born “The Citadel of Alexandria, ‘Faro’ of Peace in Europe” (2022), CoE Community Heritage Project (Creator and Coordinator Anna Marotta) to make the most of the entire system, with a strong historical, cultural and identity value. On the VIII Annual Meeting of Rete Faro Italia (8-9 May 2024), the Association of the same name was born, for the concrete governance of the aforementioned ‘participatory process’, also thanks to the website, especially when applying for funding. Among the proposed sections, priority is the territory of defence in the Alessandria area, with periodization in history: from the Savoy to Napoleon¸ from the Risorgimento (the “District Entrenched Camp” with Valenza and Casale Monferrato) up to the resistance. Without neglecting Gavi and Tortona. The same area was interpreted through the landscape vision of the “fortresses in art”; but also, through the complementary approach to the bastioned fronts, up to the treaties, treatise makers (and not only): Gaspare Beretta; Vincenzo Maria Coronelli; Clemente Pellegrini, Antoine de Ville; Dimitriy Anichkov; Manuel Azevedo Fortes.