LIVING HERITAGE AND EUROPEAN PROJECTS: FROM COMMUNITIES TO PLACES
Volda University Study Visit
23 September 2026
Cellino Attanasio and Montegualtieri (Teramo, Italy).
An activity developed with the participation of LEM Italia, in the context of Tramontana Network project, co-funded by the European Union, through its Creative Europe programme
“Living Heritage and European Projects: From Communities to Places” involves a delegation of 23 participants from Volda University, Norway: 20 students and three faculty members.
The afternoon will begin in Cellino Attanasio with the interactive workshop “What Makes Heritage Alive?”, focusing on intangible cultural heritage and its role in contemporary European communities.
Starting from the experience of Tramontana IV, we will explore with the students how living heritage can be collected, documented, transmitted, co-created and shared, as well as the role of local communities in safeguarding and reinterpreting their cultural heritage. The experience of REVIVE will also be briefly presented as a complementary example of the relationship between culture, community engagement and the regeneration of rural areas.
The workshop will be followed by a short visit to the historic centre of Cellino Attanasio and its Belvedere, where we will focus on the relationship between community, cultural landscape and rural territory.
The group will then travel to Montegualtieri, where the visit will focus on its distinctive medieval tower and the surrounding Vomano Valley landscape, providing a further opportunity to discuss the connections between tangible and intangible heritage, local traditions, communities and places.
The activity continues the cooperation with Volda University initiated through the previous study visit in 2024, this time involving a new group of students and two additional faculty members.