The yearly meeting of the UNESCO Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, which is taking place in Port Louis (Mauritius), has inscribed “The Art of Dry-Stone Walling, knowledge and techniques”, which was presented by Italy, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Slovenia, Spain and Switzerland, on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List. Italy counts 9 elements now.
The press release by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
https://www.esteri.it/mae/it/sala_stampa/archivionotizie/retediplomatica/arte-muretti-a-secco-patrimonio-culturale-immateriale-unesco.html
For more information :
https://www.politicheagricole.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/13317
https://en.unesco.org/news/intangible-heritage-nine-elements-inscribed-representative-list
The official candidacy short movie:
