Tangible and Intangible in Conservation. Friends, false friends, or aliens? Some considerations on the Camino de Santiago as cultural heritage
The assertive entrance of the immaterial in Conservation (Convention pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel immatériel, Paris, Unesco, 32e session, 29 septembre – 17 octobre 2003) has produced a wave of initiatives and considerations accompanied by very few in depth analysis. The strong impulse of the Unesco declaration promoted the production of many lists of intangible goods also in the ‘materialistic’ Europe, whose sense of heritage is founded on the material nature of historical architectures, pictures and sculptures.