Il parco

Obiettivi

Conservazione, salvaguardia e valorizzazione per scopi culturali, turistici, didattici, ambientali e scientifici:

• del contesto geologico-strutturale incluse petrografia, mineralogia e giacimentologia;
• Delle testimonianze storiche e culturali dell’attività mineraria incluso il patrimonio di opere dell’arte, della tecnica e dell’ingegneria mineraria;
• Del patrimonio archeologico industriale delle strutture sotterranee e superficiali e delle infrastrutture (estrazione, lavorazione e trasporto dello zolfo);
• Del patrimonio documentale delle opere, degli insediamenti, delle tradizioni, degli usi e costumi e delle vicende umane dell’attività mineraria;
• Dei siti e degli habitat d’interesse storico, naturalistico, ambientale, paesaggistico ed urbanistico riferito anche al paesaggio culturale generato dall’attività mineraria;
• Dei reperti mineralogici, archeologici e storico-culturali connessi alle miniere;
• Del patrimonio immateriale di conoscenza, identità e memoria delle comunità coinvolte, con uno sguardo al futuro.

Goals of the Park

Conservation, protection and enhancement for environmental, scientific, cultural, educational and tourism purposes:

• Of the geological-structural context including petrography, mineralogy and depositology;
• Of the historical and cultural evidence of mining including the heritage of works of art, technique and engineering;
• Of the industrial-archaeological heritage of underground and surface structures and of the infrastructures (extraction, processing and transport of sulfur);
• Of the heritage of works, settlements, traditions and human events related to mining activity;
• Of sites and habitats of historical, naturalistic, environmental, landscape and urbanistic interest also referring to the cultural landscape generated by mining activity;
• Of the mineralogical, archaeological and historical finds connected to the mines;
• Of the intangible heritage of knowledge, identity and memory of the communities involved, with an eye to the future.

ReMi Project – National Network of Italian Mining Parks and Museums

ISPRA, custodian of the mineralogical heritage of the Geological Survey of Italy, launched the ReMi project in 2006 with the aim of learning about the state of the art of disused mining areas in Italy with regard to their enhancement and museum creation. The Sulfur National Park of Marche and Romagna is a founding member of the network.

EUROPE DIRECT MARCHE REGION local network

The Park is a member of the regional network of EUROPE DIRECT MARCHE REGION which aims to make Europe accessible to local citizens and allow them to seize European opportunities and participate in debates on the future of the EU.

UNESCO

The Park, in collaboration with the UNESCO Urbino Montefeltro Committee (CUUM) is promoting its mining and cultural sites.

MINes of the ADRiatic and IONian region

The Park is promoting a cross-border initiative that provides for the creation of a network of mines and mining towns in the Adriatic and Ionian region with cultural, tourist, environmental and good practice exchange purposes.

Arcevia Non-tourism project  – Art for sustainable community tourism, “New Development” call 2022 – Fondazione Cariverona

The project proposed by the Parco dello Zolfo in favor of the Municipality of Arcevia intends to promote the cultural resources of the area in an innovative way, including the tangible and intangible heritage linked to the sulfur mines, in order to bring about touristic, cultural and social development also using the universal language of art.