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Italy-China project about UNESCO Recommendation concerning the "Historic Urban Landscape"

The project born from a Protocollo d'Intesa (MoU) signed in 2013 between the Institute for Conservation and Valorization of Cultural Heritage of the National Research Council (CNR-ICVBC) and the World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for the Asia and the Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (WHITRAP-UNESCO) on the implementation of the UNESCO Recommendation concerning the "Paesaggio Storico Urbano - Historic Urban Landscape - HUL" and it focuses on the future of small historic towns of the two countries with the aim of identify and promote a sustainable approach both for economic and touristic development and conservation of the built and landscape heritage and the human and local identity.