World Canal Conference Milano 2 September 2014 A cultural and tourist water-itinerary on the lagoon of Venice arch. Francesco Calzolaio f.calzolaio@culturnet.net
Prolegomena: three ouputs of the European Project for a network of costal territories (DGXII Culture 2004/6) First: the exhibition dedicated to the industrial heritage between land and sea has visited nine European countries, from the archipelago of Turku the lagoon of Venice, from the Danube delta to the roadstead of Hyeres, from the Gulf of Thessaloniki to Barcelona
a book and a cabotage to promote cultural communities around the industrial archeology second output: a relay race of historic vessels involved local authorities and citizens of Iglesias, Gaeta, Siracusa, Taranto, Venice and Macerata, in the production of a documentary
the book Rooms of the ecomuseum of the lagoon of Venice, 2009 Third output: a guide to the museums of the material culture, the environment and productions, from San Dona in Chioggia, from Mira to Stra, from Valle Averto Pellestrina, from the Arsenal to Murano and Burano
the threat: National Geographic 2010 assesses the Unesco World Heritage Sites. In Venice predominates "A sense of decay that makes almost regret tourists for coming, as complicit in the degradation of the city" it is necessary a decongestion of the central area, where the daily life of citizens in danger of suffocation, If the city is reduced to a Theme Park citizens are likely to be fish in an aquarium
Mission: the source of identity that has been lost over the centuries is the sostenbile use of water transport, which is, however, still an extraordinary resource for the future of Venice and its lagoon
Lagunalonga1: a cultural cabotage to diverge the tourism flows in a diffused museum network, as a tool for eco-museum of the lagoon
f.calzolaio@culturnet.net Lagunalonga2: A group of tourists / citizens cross the lagoon by boat, using existing hotels and visiting museums and oasis
Culturnet: a European Grundtvig project (2009/10) based on the selection of the most valuable local resources in 9 sites, which define the sense of heritage community for residents (Faro Convention) d c e 1 b 2 b a a 3 c 4 resouces a. einviromental heritage b. museum heritage c. productive heritage d. archeological heritage e. immaterial heritage 5 d e territories: Malta. 1 Salonicco 2 Bruxelles 3 Po Park. 4 Venice. 5 Bed Frigua, Tunisia Minneapolis, USA Porto, Portugal Conero Park, Italy
Output1: the web-portal www.culturnet.net, from local to social network
Output2: exhibition at the Settimana degli Ecomusei di Argenta (Delta Po) settembre 2012 Opening of the exhibition Culturnet with Hugues de Varine, who conied the term Ecomuseum in 1971
Design1: LagunalongaAnchorpoint, from the local network to the structuring of a node as the interpretive center of the lagoon. In my project for Thetis, the beautiful path around the Lazzaretto Nuovo, between walls and saltmarsh, can be equipped to interpret the lagoon landscape to visitors
Design2, LagunalongaBoat: prototype of boathotel, as a ecosustainable and itinerant center of interpretation of the cultural resources of the lagoon
Lagunalonga3: a cabotage to consolidate the community of citizens and institutions of the Committee for the Ecomuseum of the Venice Lagoon, which offers a participatory process for sustainable development of the lagoon
Lagunalonga2014 is a test round tour of the lagoon: we produced a documentary, verified times and places of the water route. Meanders through: 11 islands: Torcello, Burano, Lio Maggiore, Lio Piccolo, Sant'Erasmo, Lazzaretto Nuovo, Certosa, Lido, Poveglia, Pellestrina, Chioggia, 11 associations: Tra Mar e Laguna, Fondazione Bucintoro, Forum Arsenale Futuro, Vela al Terzo, Poveglia per tutti, Polisportiva Millecampi, Marineria Tradizionale, Venti di Cultura, Faro Venezia, Proloco Lido e Chioggia, Archeoclub, 8 municipalities: Quarto D'Altino, Jesolo, Cavallino - Treporti, Venezia, Chioggia, Codevigo, Campagna Lupia, Mira 7 hisorical boats: bragosso Sant'Alban e Pietro III, cabinati a vela di Vento di Venezia, la chiglia del Bucintoro, barche a remi e al terzo, burcio Timoteo, canoe dell'associazione Polisportiva Millecampi 4 farmhouses: La Barena, 4 museums: Il Lato Azzurro, Valle Averto, le Saline Museo Archeologico di Altino e Torcello, museo del Merletto di Burano, Museo della Torre dell'orologio e Museo della laguna sud di Chioggia 3 rowing associations: Treporti, Francescana e Pellestrina 3 natural reserves: 3 forts: Valle Averto, Cà Roman e Alberoni Forte Vecchio, torre Massimiliana, l'arsenale 2 walled vineyards: Orto di Venezia e Venissa 2 beaches: il Bacan e gli Alberoni 2 musicians; Angela Milanese e Maurizio Nizzetto (album Peregrinazioni Lagunari) 1 golf course Lido 1 Palladian villa Malcontenta di Mira
Next1: LagunalongaFestival is an international multimedia festival dedicated to cultural routes by bike, rowing and sailing. Stockholm Gdansk In the framework of the european Grundtvig project River of Opportunities, with the main operators of festivals along european waterfronts, the Festival is an annual context for documentaries that discover the landscapes between land and water, it's a articulated in three different locations days and sections. Next year is in preparation the first issue.
Next2: LagunalongaEvent is a journey of four days, from 2015, proposed every week from May to October The 2014 WCC lagoon pretour A magic journey to the discovery of cultural resources distributed in the lagoon, aboard of historical boats, in existing hotels and farmhouses. An itinerary that tastes a mix of typical resources of the lagoon, from local products, to museums and environmental sites, from the eno-gastronomy to the unique silence of the lagoon. It's proposed with Destination Venice