Management Plan for the Unesco Site of Modena Upgrade 2018/2020 Management Plan for the Unesco Site of Modena Upgrade 2018/2020 Piano di Gestione del Sito Unesco di Modena Aggiornamento 2018/2020 A CURA DI Cinzia Cavallari, Leonardo Marinelli Ufficio Coordinamento Sito Unesco – Musei Civici di Modena Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle arti e Paesaggio per la città Simona Pedrazzi metropolitana di Bologna e le province di Ferrara, Modena, Reg- Francesca Piccinini gio Emilia SOGGETTO REFERENTE Licia Giannelli Comune di Modena Segretariato Regionale per i Beni Culturali e Paesaggistici dell’E- milia Romagna COORDINATORE Francesca Piccinini TESTI Direttrice Musei Civici Giovanni Bertugli, Giovanna Caselgrandi, Lucio Fontana, Pie- tro Morselli, Irma Palmieri, Simona Pedrazzi, Silvia Pellegrini, COMITATO DI PILOTAGGIO (2018) Francesca Piccinini, Simona Roversi, Elena Silvestri, Giorgia Gianpietro Cavazza Torricelli Vicesindaco e Assessore Cultura e Istruzione Comune di Modena REDAZIONE Mons. Luigi Biagini Elena Grazia Fè Arciprete Maggiore della Cattedrale di Modena Simona Pedrazzi Cristina Ambrosini Soprintendente Archeologia Belle arti e Paesaggio per la città CREDITI FOTOGRAFICI metropolitana di Bologna e le province di Ferrara, Modena, Reg- Archivio fotografico del Museo Civico d’Arte di Modena gio Emilia Foto di: Paolo Terzi (p. 14), Ghigo Roli (pp. 41, 63, 112) COMITATO TECNICO (2018) Paolo Borghi (p. 62) Giovanni Bertugli, Pietro Morselli, Giulia Severi Comune di Modena Il Museo si scusa per eventuali omissioni e resta a disposizio- ne degli aventi diritto Giovanna Caselgrandi, Simona Roversi, Mario Silvestri, Elena Silvestri Arcidiocesi di Modena - Nonantola Basilica Metropolitana della Cattedrale SI RINGRAZIANO PER LA COLLABORAZIONE COORDINAMENTO DEL SITO UNESCO Paola Bonetti, Francesca Fontana, Maria Grazia Lucchi, Roberto Lugli, Annalisa Lusetti, Maria Sergio, Milvia Servadei, Anna Romano, Isabella Turchi PROGETTO GRAFICO Musei Civici d’Arte di Modena Claudia Caffagni viale Vittorio Veneto 5 Ufficio Comunicazione - Comune di Modena 41124 Modena Tel 059 2033122 ELABORAZIONE MAPPE Fax 059 2033110 Sonia Corradi [email protected] Servizio urbanistica Settore Pianificazione territoriale www.unesco.mo.it e rigenerazione urbana Comune di Modena Cinzia Casasanta CON IL CONTRIBUTO DI Ufficio Comunicazione - Comune di Modena Legge 20 febbraio 2007, n. 77 “Misure speciali di tutela e fruizione dei siti italiani di inte- resse culturale, paesaggistico e ambientale, inseriti nella “lista del patrimonio mondiale”, posti sotto la tutela dell’UNESCO”, progetto “Piano di manutenzione integrata del Sito Unesco di Modena e del suo Piano di Gestione”, cap. 7305, e.f. 2014 Index FOREWORD ............................................................................................................................................. III INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................... V PART I REFERENCE FRAMEWORK Chapter 1. The Modena Cathedral, Civic Tower and Piazza Grande UNESCO site and the city’s cultural heritage ................................................................................................... 16 1.1. Cultural heritages and urban space ............................................................................................ 16 1.2. The three monuments recognised as World Heritages: Cathedral, Civic Tower and Piazza Grande .................................................................................................. 18 1.3. Other properties included in the World Heritage Site ............................................................. 22 Chapter 2. Outstanding Universal Value and legislative framework ........................................ 29 2.1. Outstanding Universal Value ........................................................................................................ 29 2.2. Legislative framework of conservation and protection ............................................................. 34 2.3 Modena city planning towards the General Strategic Plan ....................................................... 36 Chapter 3. Risks, constraints and opportunities ........................................................................... 42 3.1. Periodic Report and results of the second cycle for Europe ..................................................... 42 3.2. Risks and constraints ..................................................................................................................... 43 3.3. The first quality survey addressed to citizens and tourists ....................................................... 52 Chapter 4. Governance and Management Plan ............................................................................. 54 4.1. The Unesco office and Governance system ................................................................................. 54 4.2. Choice of projects for 2018-2020 Management Plan ................................................................ 55 4.3. Didactic projects A Scuola con l’Unesco (At school with UNESCO) and Culture in dialogo (Cultures in dialogue) ............................................................................ 56 4.4. Unified ticket and promotion of visits to the Ghirlandina Tower ........................................... 58 4.5. Site Regulations .............................................................................................................................. 59 4.6. Cathedral Museums redevelopment and extension project ..................................................... 60 PART II OBJECTIVES AND ACTIONS 1. Governance ................................................................................................................................... 64 1.1 Site Governance ............................................................................................................................. 64 1.2 Application of the Regulations .................................................................................................... 66 2. Research and knowledge sharing ............................................................................................. 68 2.1 Creation of a computerised working database .......................................................................... 68 2.2 Integrated instrumental monitoring and scientific supervision ............................................. 70 2.3 Before the Cathedral: research and surveys of the Site between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages ........................................................................................................... 72 3. Protection and preservation of the historic-artistic heritage ............................................. 74 3.1 Cathedral Museums Extension .................................................................................................. 74 3.2 Redevelopment and maintenance of communal areas............................................................. 76 3.3 Post 2012 earthquake repairs and reinforcement of the Cathedral ........................................ 78 3.4 Protection and enhancement of the Cathedral’s artworks ...................................................... 80 3.5 New heating system for the Cathedral ....................................................................................... 82 3.6 Special maintenance of the tapestries ......................................................................................... 84 3.7 Redevelopment and antiseismic reinforcement of the Ghirlandina Tower ........................ 86 3.8 Repair and reinforcement of the City Hall ................................................................................ 88 4. Cultural and economic promotion .......................................................................................... 90 4.1 New Cathedral Museums fit-out ................................................................................................. 90 4.2 Modena Patrimonio Mondiale Fest (Modena World Heritage Fest)......................................... 92 4.3 Promotion of Modenese tourism and local food and wine ..................................................... 94 5. Tourism development and management ................................................................................ 96 5.1 New devices for visiting the Site.................................................................................................. 96 5.2 Quality survey .............................................................................................................................. 98 5.3 Updating of tourism signs............................................................................................................ 100 6. Participation and accessibility .................................................................................................. 102 6.1 #I am Word Heritage Campaign ................................................................................................. 102 6.2 For a Site without barriers .......................................................................................................... 104 6.3 Didactic project A scuola con l’Unesco (At school with UNESCO) ....................................... 106 6.4 Project Culture in dialogo (Cultures in dialogue) ..................................................................... 108 Annexes 1. Timeline of restoration and transformation works: Cathedral, Ghirlandina