Geomorphological evolution in a highly dynamic context as a key factor in cultural heritage: the case of Civita di Bagnoregio (Central Italy)

Abstract

The paper illustrates the 2024-geomorphological setting of the Civita di Bagnoregio area (Central Italy, Lazio region), defined on geomorphological survey, drone footage examination and bibliographic data analysis. It also emphasizes how the peculiar and enchanting geomorphological features of this area (the ‘geomorphological heritage’) has deeply conditioned the lives of the inhabitants from Protohistory to the 20th century, therefore appearing to constitute the primary shaping factor of the identity, memory, and history (the ‘cultural heritage’) of the communities settled on the cliff through time.