Laws On Cultural Heritage

Presentation of the course
The course includes lectures by the teacher on the following topics: the history of legislation on cultural heritage; the regulation of cultural heritage in the European Union; the main international conventions concerning cultural heritage; legislative and administrative competences in the field of cultural heritage legislation; the internal organization of the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities (MiBAC); the discipline of cultural heritage contained in the Code of cultural heritage and landscape (legislative decree 22 January 2004, n. 42); the notion of cultural property; the different categories of cultural heritage; cultural assets of public and private property; the methods of ascertaining and verifying the cultural nature of private and public assets; the forms of protection, conservation and protection of cultural heritage; modifications of cultural heritage; the circulation, trade and alienation of cultural assets at national level; international circulation and within the European Union; the removal of cultural assets from the national territory and the return of cultural assets illegally imported into Italy; archaeological assets; archaeological excavations and fortuitous finds; the expropriation of cultural assets, the use of public cultural assets by private entities; the use of institutes and places of culture; access to public and private cultural assets; forms of management of publicly owned cultural assets; the enhancement of cultural heritage; the consultation of documents contained in public and private archives; the criminal, civil and administrative sanctions established in the event of violation of the rules for the protection of cultural heritage; the protection of modern and contemporary works of art; the general regulation of landscape and landscape assets.There are no supplementary didactic activities and exercises.

The history of legislation regarding cultural heritage; the regulation of cultural heritage in the European Union legal system; the main international conventions concerning cultural heritage; legislative and administrative competencies related to cultural heritage legislation; the internal organization of the competent Ministry; the regulation of cultural heritage contained in the Code of Cultural Heritage and Landscape (Legislative Decree No. 42 of January 22, 2004); the concept of cultural heritage; the different categories of cultural heritage; public and private cultural heritage; the methods for assessing and verifying the cultural nature of private and public assets; the forms of protection, conservation, and safeguarding of cultural heritage; modifications to cultural heritage; the circulation, commerce, and alienation of cultural heritage at the national level; international circulation within the European Union; the exit of cultural heritage from national territory and the restitution of cultural heritage illegally imported into Italy; archaeological heritage; archaeological excavations and accidental finds; the expropriation of cultural heritage; the use of public cultural heritage by private entities; access to cultural institutions and places; access to public and private cultural heritage; management forms for publicly owned cultural heritage; the enhancement of cultural heritage; the consultability of documents held in public and private archives; and the criminal, civil, and administrative penalties established in the event of violations of regulations protecting cultural heritage.