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Conservation of historical buildings: The rehabilitation of the Benedettini Monastery in Catania

In: Teaching Cultural Economics

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  • Giacomo Pignataro
  • Ilde Rizzo

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The chapter explores the policy area of cultural heritage conservation, to derive suggestions for appropriate public action. The conservation of a baroque monastery in Catania, which has been restored and reused for educational purposes by the University of Catania, is used as a case study. The chapter illustrates the extensive role of the public sector in heritage conservation, the actors involved – with special attention to the role of experts – and the forms of intervention, focusing on the use of regulation. Four questions are addressed: What should be conserved? Why do we conserve? Who should conserve? How should conservation be carried out? A political economy framework is used to show that the outcome of public intervention cannot be taken for granted, being affected by the features of the public decision-making process.

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  • Giacomo Pignataro & Ilde Rizzo, 2020. "Conservation of historical buildings: The rehabilitation of the Benedettini Monastery in Catania," Chapters, in: Trine Bille & Anna Mignosa & Ruth Towse (ed.), Teaching Cultural Economics, chapter 38, pages 275-281, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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