The Archaeological Park of Pompeii and the Archaeological Park of Herculaneum have commissioned Fondazione Santagata to draft the new Management plan of the UNESCO Site “Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata”.

CONTEXT

Pompeii is the only archaeological site in the world to provide a complete picture of the ancient Roman city and one of the most important and most visited cultural sites worldwide. After its discovery and excavation begun in 1748, later in 1997 the site was inscribed in UNESCO World Heritage List together with Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata (Oplontis).

The Archaeological Park of Pompeii and the Archaeological Park of Herculaneum commonly decided to start a comprehensive review of the Management plan of the UNESCO site.

GOALS

  • Evaluation of the current programming and management system.
  • Definition of an integrated Management plan that will be able to pursue the safeguarding of the value of the site’s components, as well as the cultural and economic valorization of the site and its territory.

WORK PHASES

The works on the new Management plan of the UNESCO Site “Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata” are carried out in 3 phases:

  1. Analysis of the current management of the two Institutes, in order to evaluate them using the tools provided by the Enhancing our Heritage Toolkit, and aiming at underlining the weak and inefficient aspects of their systems, so as to identify the corrective strategic actions.
  2. Definition of the vision and mission of the Plan, based on the strategic visions of the two Parks.
  3. Implementation of workshops, meetings and participatory initiatives in order to actively engage the stakeholders and the local population in the dissemination and in the implementation of of the Management plan.

EXPECTED RESULTS

The main result which is expected to be achieved throughout the six years of implementation of the new Management plan is the construction by 2030 of an efficient and sustainable management system and an even more transparent and inclusive governance, which may respond to the concrete needs of not only of the heritage, but also of the local territory in a present and future perspective, identifying the site’s management strategies, defining the actions and the operating procedures to reach the goals and quantifying the necessary financial and human resources in order to deploy the management activities.

PARTNERS

Archaeological Park of Pompeii
Archaeological Park of Herculaneum

The project is funded by the Ministry of Culture by the law L.77/2006.