VIA SALENTINA Reclaiming Rurality, Regaining Salento Type of project: Cultural landscape European Post-Masters in Urbanism, IUAV Re-forming Salento Workshop Year: 2017 Authors: Karoline Fischer, Maricruz Gazel, Adriano Amenta, Marco Andreatta, Zhouyigi Chen, Francesca Strafella.
Taken place during the development of an integrated urban plan for the municipalities of Presicce and Acquarica, the workshop was an occasion to question about Salento territory’s future, imagining how the landscape would change considering current environmental, social and economic challenges, and what would be the strateqies to face these transformations. Via Sallentina is a road from the Messapic Era, which in Roman times connected Leuca harbor and Appia road, very important for the economy and commerce of Salento peninsula. Presently, the road is a reference landscape axis, as it crosses centenary olive trees, heritage elements and the traditional agriculture elds, important images of the region's identity. But this territory is under transformation. Facing the Xylella Fastidiosa bacteria threat, that already devastated a good amount of olive elds, landowners and the residents started worrying about the agriculture production future, as it is based on olive cultivation and the region's economy depends on it. Other facts that contribute to the current scenario are: Increase of local unplanned tourism Climate change Considerable job demand Olive trees plantation is diminishing productivity Heritage in abandonment or underused.
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