Public event - Esplorando I Colli Euganei. Luoghi, pratiche e patrimoni in movimento – 10 July 2024
Public event - Esplorando I Colli Euganei. Luoghi, pratiche e patrimoni in movimento – 10 July 2024
On 10th July 2024, the Museum of the Euganean Hills in Galzignano Terme (Padua) hosted our event Esplorando I Colli Euganei. Luoghi, pratiche e patrimoni in movimento [Exploring the Euganean Hills. Places, Practices, and Heritage in Motion]: a public meeting, organised in collaboration with the Municipality of Galzignano Terme, aimed at presenting recent experiences of research, heritage valorisation, dialogue with local actors, and university teaching, carried out by the geographers of our Department/MoHu Centre and focused on the Euganean Hills environment.
Following the introduction by Benedetta Castiglioni, Chiara Gallanti recounted how the Museum of Geography found in its archive a collection of thirteen photographic plates depicting various geographically significant views of the Euganean Hills. She also previewed a book – to be published in September – about the results of a re-photography project based on these old photographs, Lo sguardo sui colli. Foto, mappe e geografie euganee di ieri e di oggi (The gaze on the hills. Past and present photos, maps, and geographies of the Euganean Hills), co-edited by her and Giovanni Donadelli. After that, Giovanna Di Matteo presented the outcomes of the research project ‘Practices of use and values of the Euganean Hills’, reflecting on the various meanings attributed over the years to the Euganean Hills landscape by those who visit it for leisure. Finally, the results of the educational workshop ‘Landscape and Proximity Fruition’ (November 2023-April 2024), which involved students from the Landscape Studies MA programme under the supervision of Sabrina Meneghello e Giovanna Di Matteo, were presented.
The event was attended by significant local entities, such as the Regional Park of the Euganean Hills, Villa dei Vescovi, Villa Selvatico, and the Museum of River Navigation in Battaglia Terme, as well as stakeholders of our Master’s degree programme in Landscape Studies.
It is also noteworthy that a few days earlier, during the 36th Session of the International Coordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere Programme, the Euganean territory was recognised as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
