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Arqueo-Cuba

Archaeology and environmental sustainability: international cooperation to fight climate change

Following the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable development objectives, Arqueo-Cuba fosters the exchange of experiences between Italian and Cuban cultural professionals and aims to develop innovative solutions for the conservation and sustainable management of Cuba’s archaeological heritage, along with respect to the effects of climate change on the local environment.

The Fondazione supports the Italian and Cuban partners by providing training courses and supporting innovative solutions for the management of local cultural heritage.

Arqueo-Cuba is funded by the AICS – Agenzia Italiana per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo, within the program “Promozione dei Partenariati Territoriali e implementazione territoriale dell’Agenda 2030”. The leading actor is the San Felice Circeo municipality. The Fondazione Scuola dei beni e delle attività culturali is a project partner together with OHCH – Oficina del Historiador de la Ciudad de la Habana, OCCM – Oficina del Conservador de la Ciudad de Matanzas, DG ERIC – Direzione Generale educazione, ricerca e istituti culturali, and Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, ARCS – Arci Culture Solidali APS.

the programme

The preservation of the Cuban historical-archaeological heritage identity must be combined today with the ongoing architectural and social development of the urban area of ​​Havana as well as with the tangible effects of climate change. This program aims to support Cuban cultural heritage professionals to involve local authorities and communities in development programs that take into account conservation needs and the role of cultural heritage in the sustainable development of the island, from an economic and environmental point of view.

who

A multidisciplinary work group where Italian experts, professionals, and professors work together with technical and administrative officials of the Cuban Oficinas and students from the San Geronimo de la Habana University College Oficinas.

how

The 36-month program combines online training courses and field workshops, visits, and work tables, in Cuba and in Italy.
Training courses are tailored to the specific training needs of Cuban professionals, with a focus on the management of archaeological parks, digital technologies in archaeology, sustainable tourism development, and community engagement. Theory becomes a practice in the laboratories:  the working group designs and tests management models in two Cuban target sites and, based on multidisciplinary studies, solutions are identified to promote them within sustainable touristic circuits and guarantee their conservation.

where

The Cuban project partners have identified two target sites, selected for their historical-archaeological features and the management issues they imply: the Polvorin San Antonio industrial archeology site in the Cayo Blanco in the Baia de L’Havana and the archaeological site of Matanzas, 10 km from Havana. The first – an 18th-20th century powder magazine – is today a site at risk, characterized by the presence of polluting waste. The second – an aboriginal center, discovered in 2004 and still not investigated – represents an interesting, as well as little known, case study that testify the life of  “ceramic farmers” communities, living in the area before colonization. In Italy, the archaeological and naturalistic sites of Ostia, Pyrgi, Tarquinia, San Felice Circeo, and Giardino di Ninfa were chosen as reference sites, to host Cuban delegations on study visits to Italy.