Ricerc@Sapienza

The heritage of intangible assets consisting of spoken traditions, rituals, worships, festivals, and craft activities, expresses a population’s culture, defining its identity. Despite the central role it plays in the cultural scene, this heritage is currently at risk to disperse and disappear. Therefore, a critical study and analysis of immaterial assets of a community represent the key to promote the enhancement and the safeguard of the territory, the architecture, and the cities.

The heritage of intangible assets consisting of spoken traditions, rituals, worships, festivals, and craft activities, expresses a population’s culture, defining its identity. Despite the central role it plays in the cultural scene, this heritage is currently at risk to disperse and disappear. Therefore, a critical study and analysis of immaterial assets of a community represent the key to promote the enhancement and the safeguard of the territory, the architecture, and the cities.

Using graphic, photographic, and iconographic documentation, this paper investigates the celebrations of the Madonna del Carmine, “immaterial asset of Italy”