Mines of Mountains

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The territory of the project is characterized by an important natural heritage, and is considered as a mountain area. That’s why it’s necessary to bring a particular attention in order to limit the depopulation of these marginal areas and contain climate changes, witch impact it deeply. The main economic activity pass by mountain tourism. These last years, we are assisting, sometimes at eh increasing of a demand linked to a cultural discovery of the territory, during all the year: the mining heritage has, in this context, a fundamental role. The project aims to the creation of a cross-border territorial network to create a cultural touristic offer linked the mining patrimony, aiming to a sustainable development. This kind of network has as objective, to allow local communities implied to appropriate this architectural, historical, historical, environmental heritage constituted by mines, forgotten and not usable in their state. Even if Aoste Valley and Savoy have invested in the safeguard, and that local communities asked their valorisation, the management of alpine mine sites are still a common problematic. The project aims, also, to find a use to this patrimony, transforming this “negative” point in a positive one, at the same level as other heritage elements of the Alpes.

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