The historic urban landscape, building on the 1976 “UNESCO Recommendation
concerning the Safeguarding and Contemporary Role of Historic Areas”, refers to
ensembles of any group of buildings, structures and open spaces, in their natural
and ecological context, including archaeological and palaeontological sites,
constituting human settlements in an urban environment over a relevant period of
time, the cohesion and value of which are recognized from the archaeological,
architectural, prehistoric, historic, scientific, aesthetic, socio-cultural or ecological
point of view. This landscape has shaped modern society and has great value for
our understanding of how we live today