A journey to discover the world at your doorstep. MIGRANTOUR, THE WORLD WITHIN CITIES Multicultural neighbourhoods demonstrate how much migration can contribute to the enrichment and transformation of European cities. New foods, customs, places of worship, lifestyles and an endless number of stories waiting to be told and heard to support genuinely intercultural exchange. Thanks to the Migrantour project, today in more and more European cities you can experience a new kind of urban tourism, accompanied by citizens of migrant origin through the cultures of the world to take a short, great journey at your doorstep. Project co-financed by This pubblication has been financed with the support of the Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development as part of the project AID011366“Our invisible cities. Meetings and new narratives of the world within cities ” and the European Union as part of the project“New Roots-Migrantour intercultural walks building bridges for newcomers’active participation” AMIF-2016-AG-INTE. The products reflects the view of the author Foundation ACRA only,the European Commission and Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development cannot be held responsible for any use of the information contained within. Promoted and coordinated by: With the support of: MIGRANTOUR, THE WORLD In collaboration with: WITHIN CITIES Intercultural walks in Bologna, Brussels, Cagliari, Catania, Florence, Genoa, Lisbon, Ljubljana, Milan, Naples, Paris, Pavia, Rome and Turin A journey to discover the world at your doorstep. MIGRANTOUR, THE WORLD WITHIN CITIES Multicultural neighbourhoods demonstrate how much migration can contribute to the enrichment and transformation of European cities. New foods, customs, places of worship, lifestyles and an endless number of stories waiting to be told and heard to support genuinely intercultural exchange. Thanks to the Migrantour project, today in more and more European cities you can experience a new kind of urban tourism, accompanied by citizens of migrant origin through the cultures of the world to take a short, great journey at your doorstep. Project co-financed by This pubblication has been financed with the support of the Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development as part of the project AID011366“Our invisible cities. Meetings and new narratives of the world within cities ” and the European Union as part of the project“New Roots-Migrantour intercultural walks building bridges for newcomers’active participation” AMIF-2016-AG-INTE. The products reflects the view of the author Foundation ACRA only,the European Commission and Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development cannot be held responsible for any use of the information contained within. Promoted and coordinated by: With the support of: MIGRANTOUR, THE WORLD In collaboration with: WITHIN CITIES Intercultural walks in Bologna, Brussels, Cagliari, Catania, Florence, Genoa, Lisbon, Ljubljana, Milan, Naples, Paris, Pavia, Rome and Turin MIGRANTOUR, THE WORLD WITHIN CITIES Intercultural walks in Bologna, Brussels, Cagliari, Catania, Florence, Genoa, Lisbon, Ljubljana, Milan, Naples, Paris, Pavia, Rome and Turin Migrantour, the world within cities Intercultural walks in Bologna, Brussels, Cagliari, Catania, Florence, Genoa, Lisbon, Ljubljana, Milan, Naples, Paris, Pavia, Rome and Turin Editor: Francesco Vietti Publication conceived by: Francesco Vietti, Enrico Marletto, Sara Marazzini, Stefania Carrara Text. Prefazione: Sara Marazzini - Introduction and conclusions: Francesco Vietti Bologna: Filomena Cillo - Brussels: Fatima Rochdi - Cagliari: Laura Longo Catania: Flavia Monfrini e Salvatore Maio - Florence: Chiara Trevisani e Anna Bartoli Genoa: Rossella Semino e Adriana Offredi - Lisbon: Filipa Bolotinha Ljubljana: Jana Milovanovi - Milan: Gabriele Zoja e Giacomo Pozzi Naples: Laura Fusca e Jomahe Solìs Barzola - Paris: Stefan Buljat Pavia: Irene Miracca - Rome: Laura Valiere e Marta Marciniak - Turin: Rosina Chiurazzi Editing: Francesco Vietti Translation into English by: Paola Di Quattro Graphic design and layout: Altra Economia Soc. Coop., www.altreconomia.it Migrantour Project Partners: Fondazione ACRA, www.acra.org Viaggi Solidali, www.viaggisolidali.it Oxfam Italia, www.oxfamitalia.org Baština, www.bastina.fr Associação CRESCER, www.crescer.org Associação Renovar a Mouraria, www.renovaramouraria.pt Cooperativa Casba, www.coopcasba.org Cooperativa Progetto Contatto, www.progettocontatto.it Terra vera, www.terra-vera.org Amici di Sardegna, www.amicidisardegna.it Trame di Quartiere, www.tramediquartiere.org Nextgeneration, www.nextgenerationitaly.com Alterbrussels, alterbrussels.org In collaboration with : City of Milan - City to City Cooperation Unit-Foreign Affairs Department Mayor’s Office City of Turin - International Cooperation and Peace Departement Parma intercultural center Association Kwa Dunia For more information: www.migrantour.org - [email protected] This pubblication has been financed with the support of the Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development as part of the project AID011366“Our invisible cities. Meetings and new narratives of the world within cities ” and the European Union as part of the project“New Roots-Migrantour intercultural walks building bridges for newcomers’active participation” AMIF-2016-AG-INTE. The products reflects the view of the author Foundation ACRA only,the European Commission and Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development cannot be held responsible for any use of the information contained within. On the cover: Migrantour Ljubljana, Migrantour Genoa, Natia Docufilm (Migrantour Milan), Migrantour Catania, Photo Aid (Migrantour Turin), Migrantour Lisbon, Simona Fossi (Migrantour Roma), Baština (Migrantour Paris, Migrantour Brussels, Migrantour Napoli, Mauro Liggi (Migrantour Cagliari). All the maps in this publication have been designed by LS Cartography (www.mapmovie.it). Index Preface pag. 5 Introduction pag. 7 A journey to discover the world at our doorstep • Cities, tourists, migrants: a responsible approach • The Migrantour Network • Le città, gli itinerari e i volti Migrantour Migrantour BOLOGNA pag. 15 Migrantour BRUSSELS pag. 23 Migrantour CAGLIARI pag. 31 Migrantour CATANIA pag. 39 Migrantour FLORENCE pag. 47 Migrantour GENOA pag. 55 Migrantour LISBON pag. 63 Migrantour LJUBLJANA pag. 71 Migrantour MILAN pag. 79 Migrantour NAPLES pag. 87 Migrantour PARIS pag. 95 Migrantour PAVIA pag. 103 Migrantour ROME pag. 111 Migrantour TURIN pag. 119 Conclusions pag. 126 • The journey continues • Welcome! The Migrantour project represents for the Italian Association for Responsible Tourism (AITR) a very high-profile experience; conceived and guided by some of its members as ACRA Foundation and Viaggi Solidali, it has an extraordinary impact in many Italian and European cities. It combines many values and positive aspects: the rich and pleasant enhancement of the cultures present in our country; the direct involve- ment of immigrants; the creation of job opportunities; the increasing of the awareness of thousands of schoolchildren, students, citizens about the richness that other cultures can bring to society. An experience that continues to develop, as it is widely shared, appreciated and replicable. Maurizio Davolio, President of the Italian Association for Responsible Tourism (AITR) Preface Anyone looking at European cities and their inhabitants with an attentive eye will not help note how migration, always a factor in urban change, is a transnational phenomenon that creates strong linkages among displaced people and families, in different territories and cultures. From this observation sprung the idea of promoting a form of responsible tourism “at kilometre zero” that would put citizens, including those from distant cultures, at its heart. A proposal was launched in 2010 in Turin by way of the first course for “intercultural companions” supported by Viaggi Solidali, a tour operator for responsible tourism, in collaboration with the NGOs ACRA Foundation and Oxfam Italia. Given its success and the growth in interest from other Italian and European organisations, we thought to develop a European network of cities offering urban tours, accompanied by citizens of migrant origin and targeted at residents, tourists, students and anyone else interested in discovering their area from a fresh perspective. Our network was implemented between 2014 and 2015 thanks to the project “MygranTour: a European network of migrant driven intercultural routes to understand cultural diversity”, co-funded by the European Union, which allowed us to work in 9 cities (Turin, Milan, Genoa, Florence, Rome, Marseille, Paris, Valencia, Lisbon) where studies on multicultural districts, training courses, new itineraries, workshops and walks for schools and citizens were carried out. In 2018-2019 the Migrantour network was further expanded and consoli- dated thanks to two new initiatives. The project “New Roots - Migrantour intercultural walks building bridges for newcomers active participation”, again co-funded by the European Union, allowed us to include in the net- work new important cities (Brussels, Ljubljana and Naples) and to involve newly arrived migrants, asylum seekers and refugees in our activities. The project “Our invisible cities. Meetings and new narratives of the world 5 in the city”, carried out with the co-financing of the Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development (AICS) has finally allowed us to extend the network to other Italian cities (Bologna, Cagliari, Catania and Pavia) focusing on specific