Civita di Bagnoregio, from the safeguard of fire to the worship of the ashes. Biography of a transition
Journal title TERRITORIO
Author/s Giovanni Attili
Publishing Year 2019 Issue 2018/86
Language Italian Pages 11 P. 20-30 File size 2466 KB
DOI 10.3280/TR2018-086003
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This essay qualifies as a territorial biography of Civita di Bagnoregio. It is the complex tale of a duel with death rooted in the geomorphological frailty of the hamlet. It is also the tale of a tenacious community able to fight its tragic destiny for centuries, forging a productive and energetic relation of care with the territory. At least until the time when the push towards industrialization, with the consequent abandon of the fields, forced the dwellers to painfully leave their long-suffering rock. Since the 1960s, Civita was rediscovered from the outside, with new inhabitants and habits that leverage on processes of extensive aestheticization. Nevertheless, it is the amplification of these same processes that catalyse a sensational reinvention of the hamlet, exploitable by the touristic industry that will end up in treacherous territorial commodification.
Keywords: Depopulation; tourism; vital cycles
Giovanni Attili, Civita di Bagnoregio, dalla salvaguardia del fuoco al culto delle ceneri. Biografia di una transizione in "TERRITORIO" 86/2018, pp 20-30, DOI: 10.3280/TR2018-086003