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What is the European Capital of Culture? The European Capital of CUlture is a city designated by the European Union that has the possibility of promoting its vivibility and its own cultural development for the period of one year. Many European cities have taken advantage of this period to radically transform their cultural identity and ther international visibility. Being designated European Capital of Culture provides a city with the opportunity to be distinguished and to attract artists and visitors from the entire European Union. Moreover, in the long term, it allows the creation of new jobs, the evolution of the cultural demand and the construction of a renewed territorial identity. The event is not a constellation of single and autonomous episodes, but it has to be founded on a solid base constituted by objectives and metodologies translated into operating terms by the project management. Further information: Wikipedia European Commission for Culture Back to top Why 2019? The European Parliament and the 25th may 1999 Council decided to integrate the event in the communitary picture and introduced a new selection procedure for the capitals for the period 2005-2019 to avoid the ferocious competition for the title and to let every UE member have the opportunity to host the capital, so as to start development processes and optimize the intrinsic potentials of the event. Italy and Bulgaria had been drawn for the year 2019. Back to top Where is Terni? Terni is in the southern part of Umbria, in Italy. Rome, the capital, is only 100 km away; Perugia less than 80. Map. Back to top Why Terni? Because the direction taken by the European Commission for Culture tends to privilege the decentered, places in the process of development, renovation and reinvention. The cultural patrimony of Paris or London is universally acknwoledged, but that Cork, Lille or Sibiu also possess a rich and relevant cultural offer is less evident and thus more intriguing to demonstrate. Terni is at a crossroads in its history: the industrial tradition is in decline; it has to either reinvent a propulsive identity or die. Umbria has a very rich cultural agenda regarding the conservation of medieval and rinascimental artistic heritage, but has a profound lack regarding contemporaneity: what city can fill this gap better than Terni, the newest city, the industrial pole born in the late '800? Recent urban operations seem to confirm this trend, through a recovery of abandoned industrial areas and their transformation into centers of creation and cultural fruition. Moreover, the proximity with Rome and its position on the peninsula render Terni extremely easy to reach. Back to top How can I contribute? For now, by visiting the site and downloading the magazine. Later, by discussing, spreading the idea, stimulating the curiosity and the debate. Back to top |
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