NextGenerationEU Program - PNRR - Mission 1 (M1C3 - Tourism and Culture 4.0) - investment 2.2 “Protection and enhancement of architecture and rural landscape”
As part of the NextGenerationEU Program - PNRR - Mission 1 (M1C3 - Tourism and Culture 4.0) - investment 2.2 “Protection and enhancement of architecture and rural landscape”, the Sardinia Region, starting from 2022, has given impetus to a vast process of conservative recovery and enhancement of an articulated range of historic buildings and artifacts from the agro-pastoral world and the popular and religious tradition of rural communities: stazzi, mills, medaus, furriadroxius, cuiles, stables, dry stone walls, portals, country churches.
The intervention, aimed at counteracting the progressive process of abandonment, degradation and alteration of these assets, which has ended up compromising their typological and constructive characteristics and their relationship with the surrounding spaces, is aimed at improving the landscape quality of the territory and the implementation of innovative solutions, including technological ones, to improve accessibility for people with specific needs. In addition, the recovery of rural building stock, combined with interventions to improve its energy efficiency, contributes to the achievement of climate and environmental objectives, returning to the community and in many cases to public use, an underused building stock that has so far not been accessible to the public. The impact of bureaucratic obligations and new elements related to compliance with the DNSH principle (Do No Significant Harm - Do Not Cause Significant Harm) is also significant. Public notice “Protection and enhancement of architecture and rural landscape” - Complete documentation
Financing and Results
The entire PNRR Rural Architecture M1C3- Inv. 2.2 intervention in Sardinia was able to count on a financial envelope of about 30.000.000 euros, which allowed the financing of 222 projects presented by different types of private entities and church bodies. The call, fully managed by the Directorate General for Cultural Heritage through the staff of the Cultural Heritage Valorization Service, involved construction sites located in 127 municipalities on the island involving a variety of public and private entities including Superintendencies, Local Authorities, Parishes, Private Beneficiaries, professionals and businesses. In total, 456 assets have been recovered and redeveloped. There were 194 projects completed on the final date of August 31, 2026.
The progress of the project and the geolocation of the interventions are available in the PNRR section of the website of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia
Requirement of Public Fruition and Free Openings for the first 5 years
The beneficiaries are required to ensure the obligation to use the assets subject to intervention for at least 5 years from the end of the work. They are also required to ensure at least 12 days of free opening to the public for each of the 5 years.
The PNRR Rural Architecture in the digital ecosystem of Sardegna Cultura
Through special cards, dedicated to each of the more than 190 projects, published on Sardegna Cultura in the places and projects section, it is possible to access a set of information and data useful for the better knowledge and public use of the assets subject to intervention, such as in particular:
The data relating to the PNRR Rural Architecture Project will also be available during on-site visits, through a QR Code affixed to the permanent plate relating to the intervention placed on or near the property subject to conservative recovery/restoration, in a place easily accessible to the public.
La Misura M1C3 – Investimento 2.2 “Tutela e valorizzazione dell’architettura e del paesaggio rurale” finanziata dall'Unione europea prevede che i beni debbano essere aperti per la pubblica fruizione almeno per i primi 5 anni successivi alla conclusione del progetto. La Regione Autonoma della Sardegna nell'ambito dell'Avviso ha stabilito che ciascun beneficiario debba assicurare almeno 12 giornate di fruizione gratuita ogni anno per 5 anni. In questa sezione sono presenti le schede degli interventi finanziati dal PNRR Architettura Rurale in Sardegna. All'interno di ciascuna scheda sono disponibili tutte le informazioni inclusi i contatti e i calendari - laddove disponibili - per scoprire questi beni spesso dimenticati che oggi ritornano alla collettività. In corrispondenza di ciascuna scheda sono disponibili le informazioni relative alle modalità di accesso al Bene incluse le giornate di fruizione pubblica gratuita previste dal progetto PNRR Architettura Rurale
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