Le grandi sfide europee e il giardino storico come “eredità culturale”

This paper aims to address the issue of accessibility and inclusion of the cultural heritage in the specific field of historic gardens. The indications of the Council of Europe and the framework convention on the value of cultural heritage for society, known as the Faro Convention, are the prerequisites to start a process of modification of the consolidated approach to heritage and the promotion of inclusion policies related to cultural heritage by widening the actors involved. «The need to put the individual and human values at the center of a broadened and interdisciplinary idea of cultural heritage» and «the right to participate in cultural life, as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights» are the contemporary reference from which to start a review of the ways of intervention also in the specific field of historic gardens. In the Italian context, this approach is part of the new meaning given to restoration which, according to the Code of Cultural Heritage and Landscape, includes both conservation and enhancement operations.4