Paesaggi sublimi. Un parco per valorizzare il patrimonio paesaggistico militare delle colline del Golfo della Spezia

The Gulf of La Spezia presents a heritage of architecture and military works among the richest and most impressive in Europe plunged into a system landscapes and natural ecosystems of exceptional beauty and great biodiversity. Around the Military Arsenal, there are 62 artefacts, which constituted a capillary defence system perfectly integrated in the morphology of the gulf and capable of functioning as a great defence and attack machine. The city, while benefiting from this strategic military activity of national rank, in the course of the twentieth century had to yield huge spaces of its territory to this dominant function. Facing the disuse and the ruin of its artefacts in recent times, the Liguria base opens to scenarios for the divestment of some areas to civic uses. In this context, the fortifications on the hilly arch surrounding the city are currently lacking in any public or private interest. This system of fortifications is an exceptional opportunity to enhance the "green belt" which, from the top of its hills, surrounds the city, transforming the military functions into cultural and social functions with a territorial Ecomuseum. In this context, the project of the Parco delle Mura aims at favouring the initiation of this transformation process.