Sommario: 

1. Premessa 

2. Le esigenze della tutela dei beni cultura nell’Italia postunitaria e pre-repubblicana

3. L’Italia Repubblicana: dalla tutela del patrimonio storico-artistico alla promozione dello sviluppo della cultura 

4. La “regionalizzazione” dei beni culturali: dal bene come “valore da preservare” al bene come “risorsa” per lo sviluppo socio-economico delle autonomie locali 

5. Dalla dimensione codicistica alla dimensione globale del patrimonio culturale ed i suoi effetti sulle politiche di tutela e valorizzazione.

Abtract: 

The process of construction of the unification of Italy is not only the result of a complex and difficult political process but it’s especially the result of a process of integration of a people who shares a common cultural root that unites and identifies much more than an administrative frontier or a money. The evolution of the legislation of cultural heritage shows clearly the steps of the construction process of the cultural and political identity of the Italian people. If we add that the public policies for the protection of cultural heritage have been able to count from the first years after unification of the Kingdom of Italy on an administrative structure with specific competencies it’s clear the contribution of the legislation of cultural heritage to construction and evolution of our institutional and administrative system.