Bologna, 28 July 2021 – The unexpected dopo la cold shower in May: i portici, wonderful system of 62 kilometers that furrow the city far and wide, have surprisingly become Unesco World Heritage Site. The decision came at the end of an extraordinary session held at Unesco, which effectively overturned the decision of its consultative body Icomos, which had rejected the Bolognese dossier. But the diplomatic motion has won, and Bologna brings home a very important recognition, after Montecatini Terme and Padova. The work of the Municipality, with the councilor Valentina Orioli, and the Bolognese Undersecretary for Culture, is fundamental. Lucia Borgonzoni. Che exults: “A magnificent result for Bologna and Italy: we are on top of the world, we have two more protected sites than in China “.
Merola: great honor
“One’immense satisfaction and a great recognition that it makes us happy. The inscription of the porticoes of Bologna among the UNESCO world heritage sites is the achievement of a objective pursued for some time and is the recognition of the great work of recent years carried out by the deputy mayor Valentina Orioli and by the whole structure that has dedicated passion, competence and relationship skills to this cause. A great thanks to the Ministry of Culture, to the minister Dario Franceschini and to the undersecretary Lucia Borgonzoni, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the councilor Paolo Bartorelli and to the Ambassador of Italy to Unesco Massimo Riccardo. This title represents a great honor and great responsibility for Bologna, we will live up to this recognition “, is the enthusiastic comment of the mayor Virginio Merola.
The councilor and candidate for mayor Matteo lepore also celebrates on social media, congratulating Merola for the result achieved and subtle: “A special hug to the citizens of Barca. You are there too, with yours Train“.
“One important result for my city and for the whole country. A dutiful recognition of artistic and historical excellence, unique in the world. Thanks to the institutions that have worked on this result, from the Municipality of Bologna to the Ministry of Culture, “Andrea De Maria, deputy for the Democratic Party and Secretary of the Presidency of the Chamber is also delighted.
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The arcade system
A 62-kilometer grid, of which 42 only in the historic center, which characterize the center of Bologna and have always made it a distinctive sign of the city which in the arcades that line its streets and squares has always found traces of its most intimate and true identity. Bologna had been working on the candidacy for years, having presented the arcades as the symbol of “a sustainable urban lifestyle, in which the religious and civil spaces and the homes of all social classes are perfectly integrated “.
The arcades, in Bologna, are in fact at the same time an architectural and social model, carried out consistently over the centuries. A kind of conjunction between public space and private space. The flagships of the candidacy, in particular, were the portico dei Servi and that of San Luca, the longest in the world, which connects the city with the Colle della Guardia where the Marian shrine is located. But also its more modern variations, such as those of the suburban district of Barca.
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