The Via Appia Regina Viarum included in the list of UNESCO sites

The Italian The Ministry of Culture reports this in a note. This is the first candidacy promoted directly by the Ministry of Culture, which coordinated all the stages of the process and prepared all the necessary documentation for the request for registration on the World Heritage List. This is the result of teamwork involving several institutions: 4 regions (Lazio, Campania, Basilicata and Puglia), 13 metropolitan cities and provinces, 74 municipalities, 14 parks, 25 universities, numerous representatives of the territorial community, as well as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology of the Holy See.

“I express my satisfaction and pride for the great result that has been achieved. The ‘Via Appia. Regina Viarum’ is now a World Heritage Site”, said the Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano“UNESCO has recorded the outstanding universal value of an extraordinary work of engineering that has been essential for commercial, social and cultural exchanges with the Mediterranean and the East over the centuries – adds Sangiuliano -. Congratulations to all the institutions and communities that have collaborated with the Ministry of Culture to reach this prestigious milestone. It is a recognition of the value of our history and our identity, from which a valorisation can emerge that can bring economic benefits to the areas concerned.” For the Undersecretary of Culture responsible for UNESCO, Gianmarco Mazzi, it is “a great success for the Ministry of Culture, but above all for those millions of Italians who live in the areas of the Appian Way, a worldwide symbol of the history from which we come. It adds to the extraordinary success achieved less than a year ago by the Italian Opera and I am happy that it coincides with my mandate.”